Tag: combat

“These programs could undermine coping mechanisms developed by the troops who already successfully handle stress.”

Women in Combat. The Pentagon and the news media act as if this is a brand new concept.

149 killed this year in Afghanistan and 24 in Iraq. Almost six months of combat 173 killed. This is day 149 of this year meaning at least 2,682 veterans have taken their own lives so far.

“They were treating him for PTSD while he was still over there (in Iraq),” said Mark Charters of Midland, Brooks’ uncle. “They gave him an honorable discharge, a month’s worth of pills and then told him that he wasn’t eligible for help at the VA hospital because he hadn’t served 24 months of active duty.”

First let me say that being right does no good if no one listens. Too many years ago, I noticed a difference between civilian survivors and participants. By that I mean, law enforcement and military personnel. There is one kind of PTSD survivors experience after a crime, natural disaster, accidents and abuse but there is another type when people are part of the traumatic event itself. Then there is the type after violence was used in response coupled with the constant threat of more events.

The police are not sure if is this veteran shot himself or not but all seem to agree PTSD was behind it all. Whether...

This man is a true leader when it comes to talking about his own battle with PTSD. He is not ashamed and no one...

If you hear someone say they have an abscess tooth, you understand how much pain they are in even if you've never had one, you have had a tooth ache. If you hear someone say they have a sinus infection, you understand how much pain they are in with the pressure building in their head and their body is drained of energy.

With combat overseas still lingering, it seems that our fighting men and women will forever be in harm’s way. Although we currently have bullet proof vests and armored vehicles, the number of those who perish in battle is still far beyond acceptable. With technology available to deliver a virtual computer onto a tiny pane of glass and store thousands of songs onto a device the size of a pack of gum, what is being done to improve the invaluable lives of soldiers?

It’s among the most sensitive subjects for troops stressed out from war while trying to get on with their lives, their families and their careers: whether to tell anyone what’s going on inside. Now, a unique band of brothers has come together to tell those suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder that it’s more than OK to tell. The group consists of 35 Medal of Honor recipients – men from America’s past wars who have the credibility to tell those fighting its current wars that help is there for the taking and to take it.

During her yearlong tour of duty in Iraq Maj. Elizabeth A. Condon saw all manner of horror and heartbreak, from dead bodies in the street and memorials for fallen friends to “little babies with holes in their backs.” But it was a moment of tenderness, she said, that stuck with her most. It happened when she was helping to care for a young Iraqi woman, whose belly had been left ripped open and infected from an amateur cesarean.

NO MORE CORPORATE RUN "MILITIA" GROUPS NO MORE CONTROLLED PRESS AND "POLITICS AS USUAL" By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor I am sick and tired of what...

Mr. Cheney, while you and those around you were being kept safe during the Vietnam War, I was fighting in Vietnam. I wasn't fighting for you. If I had known who you were, I would have thrown you in a well in a New York minute. Like generations before me, I hoped my own children wouldn't have to sleep in mud day after day and see their friends blown apart beside them. Now I have to listen to your endless whining about how Americans should think nothing about how important it is to be safe, safe, of course, because we are sending the children we fought to protect out to die for us. If I have to be kept safe in my old age, seeing our kids and grandkids die, many of them husbands, parents, it just isn't worth it. If real killing and dying has to go on to really protect America, something some of us aren't so sure is the case, I will go right now, but I am dragging your bloated hulk with me.

Instructional Protocol/Sensitivity during Interaction with PTSD Sufferers By Carol Ware Duff RN MSN University of Toledo School of Nursing The purpose of this teaching program it...