“Today, a terrible wrong to our nation’s war veterans is being righted,” he said. http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/07/29/ptsd.lawsuit/index.html

Veterans with post traumatic stress disorder are more likely to develop heart disease than those without ptsd, a federal study shows. http://bit.ly/oG5UHM

Bullets, Bombs, IEDS. For today’s armed forces, the risks are many. But for women who serve their country, some of the greatest dangers come from an enemy within: men. http://bit.ly/oDbndd

The fault that I found is that Obama’s decision limits the condolence letters to the families of those who commit suicide, only to those who take their own lives in a combat zone. And what it doesn’t recognize is the myriad of problems that these men and women are facing when they return home after multiple deployments in a relatively short period of time. Often PTSD develops after a delay. And so to kind of create this distinction of, OK, we’ll recognize it but only if it happens in Iraq or only if it happens in Afghanistan or another area that supports those combat missions, isn’t enough. http://n.pr/nWMvVy

N.B. soldiers need time to adjust after return from Afghanistan http://bit.ly/nk9sQV

N.B. soldiers need time to adjust after return from Afghanistan http://bit.ly/nk9sQV

MP3 with Professor Larry Ashley, an Invictus Foundation Board of  Trustee member-Worth taking the time to listen  http://db.tt/cnce7Ut

Meanwhile, efforts such as those of veterans groups and the training of new clinicians will be necessary to meet the U.S. military’s goal of ensuring that nobody is left behind. “The need is just so ongoing, so persistent and so severe,” Parrish said. http://trib.in/nW2RSQ

Not much more needs to be said except there is an absolute need for public and private sector collaboration to deal w/ this crisis: http://n.pr/q6WUds

Support Our Troops shoud not come with qualifiers-This wouldn’t take an act of Congress – a simple Presidential directive as the Commander-In-Chief would change this with the stroke of a pen and give these families the recognition they deserve:http://bit.ly/luAoNY