We now have legislation in both the House and Senate that requires mental health screening for troops before and after they go into combat. U.S. Reps. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., and Mike Thompson, D-Calif., introduced legislation in the House that would require a face-to-face mental health screening for all soldiers before they are deployed on a combat mission, after their tour and every six months for…
The big flap this week is that the head of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, is afraid returning veterans will join right-wing extremist organizations. Given how badly we treat veterans returning with PTSD, that’s not a big surprise. We destroy them and discard them. Check the stories here and here. Maybe it’s time to treat our veterans right and give them the help they need to return to civilian…
Yet another initiative from the Obama administration. This time they are setting the stage for immigration reform. You can read about ithere. In the article the President says immigrants who are long-time residents but lack legal status “have to have some mechanism over time to get out of the shadows.” Could we not consider the needs of our veterans, servicemen, and servicewomen first? If you…
I received the following email last week. Mr. Blaschko at Mr. Trudeau’s request all correspondence is sent here and then forwarded to him. Two copies of your book have been sent to Mr. Trudeau so there is really no need to keep sending multiple copies. Should we receive any more we will dispose of them. lj Laura Jordan Executive Assistant United Press Syndicate (816)581-7305 Some…
Why do we need to help our veterans? Because if we don’t, we will be seeing many more stories like this one, “Gulf War veteran who killed his four children CHOOSES to go to the electric chair.” One look at this man’s face and anyone can see the ravages of war and a hard life afterwards. We don’t need a military that comes back wounded and unable…
Stop-loss is going away! For more about that take a look here. Health care is next. We’ll keep working until the health care issue is brought before America and vets get the services they deserve. Please help by sharing your comments to our leaders and by working with organizations that help our military. We received a tribute to Marine Cpl. Brett Lundstrom, a member of the Pine…