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July 2016

ACA Blogs

Moral Injury: The Impact of Combat on Veteran’s Individual Morality

This post was originally posted as part of the American Counseling Association Blog Project. Original post can be located HERE In a previous post, I discussed how veterans experience more challenges than just PTSD and TBI, the primary conditions that most community members are aware of. In order to provide some deeper Read more…

By Duane France, 9 yearsJuly 30, 2016 ago
Awareness

When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again…but Johnny Isn’t Johnny Anymore

“Man, you just don’t know. A part of me died in that city. I walked in there thinking I was Captain America, and walked out feeling like Doctor Doom.” The changes that happen in people can be stark and startling. Have you ever met someone after a long absence, and Read more…

By Duane France, 9 yearsJuly 28, 2016 ago
Advocacy

What About the Forgotten Veterans?

When we talk about “forgotten veterans,” we often think of those who served in the Korean War. Many veterans of that conflict feel as though they got lost between the WWII Generation and the Vietnam Veterans. I once had the honor of working with Sergeant Major (Retired) Raymond Moran, a Read more…

By Duane France, 9 years ago
Awareness

Veterans and the Rubber Bullets of Our Thoughts

Have you ever had one of those moments, somewhere between two and four in the morning, when your eyes spring open and you find yourself staring at the ceiling, hoping that you can get back to sleep but knowing that it’s probably not going to happen? Then the thoughts start to Read more…

By Duane France, 9 yearsJuly 21, 2016 ago
ACA Blogs

The Challenges of Veteran Mental Health: Beyond PTSD and TBI

  This post was originally posted as part of the American Counseling Association Blog Project. Original post can be located HERE The mental health and wellness of those who have served in the military is of critical importance to the veteran, their family, and the community in which they live. There Read more…

By Duane France, 9 yearsJuly 20, 2016 ago
Awareness

V is for Veteran, Not Villain, Victim, or Vindicator

This post was originally written in July of 2016 in response to two ambush-style attacks by former military service members in Dallas and Baton Rouge.  For the second time in two weeks, a former service member has committed a heinous and horrifying attack on American soil. Are these the only crimes that Read more…

By Duane France, 9 yearsJuly 19, 2016 ago
Awareness

The Strength to Bear Evil: Lessons to a Veteran from Tolstoy

Of the things I enjoyed about my military deployments, one of the most unique was: free books. Wherever I was deployed to around the world, there was always a room, a tent, a building, in which books were donated to be sent overseas to the troops. Inevitably, I always returned Read more…

By Duane France, 9 yearsJuly 14, 2016 ago
Awareness

Correlation and Causation: Military Service and Killing Machines

  Let’s get the “Killing Machine” argument out of the way. I don’t know about you, but I have successfully refrained from engaging in cold-blooded pre-meditated murder after I left the service, and I have twenty-two years of service and three combat tours. It is human nature to fear what Read more…

By Duane France, 9 yearsJuly 12, 2016 ago
Awareness

The Guns Do Not Go Silent After Combat…Neither Should Veterans

  Everyone has a story. You just have to listen to it. As a mental health counselor working exclusively with veterans, it often surprises me how difficult it is…and also how easy…for a veteran to be able to tell their story. The impacts of combat, deployments, or even just military Read more…

By Duane France, 9 yearsJuly 7, 2016 ago
Awareness

Military Transition: Jumping Out of a Plane in the Fog

In late 1999, at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, I jumped out of an airplane in the fog. Through the quirks of assignments during a 22 year Army career, I’ve only had the pleasure of two Airborne assignments out of eight or nine different ones. Those two were three years as Read more…

By Duane France, 9 yearsJuly 5, 2016 ago

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I am a Mental Health Counselor certified to practice in the state of Colorado. The thoughts, ideas, musings, and posts on this site come from my military experience, my professional experience, and my personal opinions. They do NOT, however, represent professional advice. While I am a Mental Health Counselor, I am not YOUR Mental Health Counselor, and interaction with me on this web site does not result in a professional therapeutic relationship. The opinions I express here are my own, and in no way should be seen as reflection of my agency, my profession, or any professional associations that I am connected with.

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