"Leaving the War in the Woods" news article
Source: Click here by Jason Nark Army veteran Steve Clendenning takes an early morning walk through the New Ringgold Boy Scout Camp during the River House gathering for veterans on Sunday October 8, 2017. On a Saturday in April 1948, a loner poet from Pennsylvania shouldered a rucksack and a weight no scale could measure and embarked on a journey no man had taken before. Earl Shaffer, 29, walked down a Georgia mountain and kept going, alone with the sound of his breath and th
"Marines' cross-state hike brings awareness to PTSD" news article
Source: Click here Sponsored by the Warrior Bonfire Program, Jason Bailess of Vicksburg and Gabriel Vasquez of Austin, Texas set off on a trek from the Alabama state line all the way to Vicksburg in five days to bring awareness to PTSD. Therese Apel/ The Clarion-Ledger Two Marine Corps veterans, one from Vicksburg and one from Texas, are a little more than halfway through a 155-mile journey across the state on U.S. 80. Jason Bailess and Gabriel Vasquez hope, by the time they
"Penn Medicine Helping Military Members, Vets Cope With Mental Health Problems" news artic
Source: Click here PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Helping veterans and active-duty members of the military cope with a mental health problem is often difficult because many service members are reluctant to talk about it. Being in the military can trigger a variety of mental health issues like depression and anxiety. Help is available at the Veterans Administration, and now there’s a private center at Penn Medicine. The Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic provides free behavioral hea
"Therapy Dogs Comfort Survivor of Las Vegas Shooting" ABC News article
Source: Click here A group of therapy dogs are being flown to Las Vegas to comfort survivors from Sunday's mass shooting in Las Vegas. The LCC K-9 Comfort Dogs, affiliated with Lutheran Church Charities, are helping survivors, families of victims, first responders and others after a suspected shooter Stephen Paddock opened fire during the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival, killing 58 people and injuring nearly 500. "The key is for people to cry and for people to start talking a
