Summary: The Military Voices Initiative provides a platform for veterans, service members, and military families to share their stories. In doing so we honor their voices, amplify their experiences, and let them know that we—as a nation—are listening. For more Read more…
Is there such a thing as just enough of a “bad” thing? Or too much of a “good” thing? Does that make the bad thing good, and the good thing bad? I try not to label things as good or Read more…
This post is an original article written by Eric Milzarski for the We Are The Mighty, a military media brand run by veterans, military family members, and civilians to bring relevant, engaging entertainment to the military community. It is republished here by Read more…
Summary: Stephanie is the mother of a veteran who passed away in January of 2016 while waiting for treatment from the VA for PTSD and addiction. She is now an advocate for improved veterans services, particularly in the area of Read more…
“The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they perceive veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated by our nation.” This quote, often Read more…
Summary: Shara is a licensed psychotherapist that provides therapeutic support to enhance the lives of others with specializations in grief and loss, veteran behavioral health, mindfulness, and trauma counseling. As a Navy brat and a former military spouse, she understands the Read more…
It’s been a couple of years since I’ve been banging the gong about veteran mental health. It’s not uncommon for me to bring it up in the first few minutes of a conversation; it doesn’t take long to realize where Read more…
Summary: Heather Ehle, founder, and chief executive officer of Project Sanctuary, is a Registered Nurse (RN) with more than 25 years of experience in the health care industry as a nurse, manager, volunteer and entrepreneur. She has extensive experience in Read more…
If you had a choice, after all these years, would you go back? Absolutely. In a heartbeat. This is something I hear from veterans I work with all the time: if they called, I would go back in an instant. Read more…
Summary: Carl Castro, PhD, joined the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work faculty in 2013 after serving 33 years in the Army, where he obtained the rank of colonel, as the research director for the USC Center for Innovation Read more…
