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Archive for 'April,2009'

DoD Announces March 2009 Retention Numbers

All services are meeting or exceeding their recruiting goals month after month according to the Department of Defense. Here are last month’s numbers: These are the recruiting goals: Army – 6,548 accessions with a goal of [...]

Brief Therapies Usually Not Suitable For Combat PTSD

I had a comment on a recent post on the merits of whether or not going to therapy had benefits or would be damaging. I think it safe to say that some practitioners can and do delve [...]

Somali Pirate Standoff

Kirk S. Lippold, Former USS Cole Commander and Senior Military Fellow at Military Families United, released the following statement concerning the second day of the standoff between the Navy and the Somali pirates. Due to a [...]

Army Civilians Make The Army Strong

A lot goes into being the strongest Army on the planet. Part of that success lies within the strength of our Civilian Employees. They play a vital role in our Army moving. In short, Army Civilians [...]

Photo of the Day – 9 Apr 09

U.S. Soldiers carry the remains of U.S. Army Spc. Israel Candelaria Mejias during a transfer ceremony on Dover Air Force Base, Del., April 7, 2009. Mejias died in Baghdad, Iraq, April 5, 2009, of wounds sustained [...]

Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day

President Barack Obama proclaimed today as “National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day” and urged all Americans to “observe this day of remembrance with appropriate ceremonies and activities.” Not sure why this wouldn’t be released PRIOR [...]

A Moment of Silence, Please!

April 8th & 9th, 2004 a bloody day for all in Iraq. The days preceding the 8th & 9th were not easy days. Things were heating up all over Iraq. On April 7th, I took a [...]

A Cocktail of Therapies, Does It Help Our Soldiers and Veterans?

A cocktail of therapies. The thing is that many practitioners themselves stop at coping strategies and basic psychotherapies. Chronically traumatized persons will respond to these therapies and receive much needed relief from major–presenting–symptomology. By not addressing [...]

Why Do Soldiers and Veterans Seem Reluctant to Seek Help?

I have thought about this for a couple of days and did not know what to say for a minute. But then I started thinking about why I was not persistent with receiving help. My initial [...]

Recruiting Suicides

Time Magazine wrote another article recently related to suicides in recruiting battalions. The Army as a whole is suffering from a disturbing rise in suicide across the board. However, no command has been hit the way [...]

Coming Home From the War Zone

I get many comments and emails about how to deal with a loved one coming home from the war zone. Some of them are simple and other really break my heart. It is so hard some [...]

Combat Rage and What We May Do With It

I want the reader of this post to know that I am writing about the combat veteran with a severe form of PTSD. Not every combat veteran will fit this category, as a matter of fact [...]

Elite Warrior

This video from Great Americans almost makes me want to be a Marine…almost! It IS a very motivational look at the Corps. United States Marine Corps Elite Warrior – watch more videos [...]

Photo of the Day – 6 Apr 09

U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment conduct an operation in Now Zad, Afghanistan, April 3, 2009. Residents have abandoned Now Zad, a village in the Helmand province of Afghanistan, because of the strong insurgent [...]

The War That Never Was

I’ve got a new post up over at the You Served blog that highlights some of the technical terms used by the new administration. It all stems from an absurd briefing I attended last week at [...]