Veterans Voices- Post-Traumatic Stress and a Traumatic Brain Injury strain a marriage
- When doing everything right isn’t enough: A Marine’s suicide shows that even the unlikeliest veteran can fall through the cracks.
- The War Within: The battle against post-traumatic stress
- Brown Water Update: VA updates list of Vietnam Navy ships exposed to Agent Orange
- The War Within: Special Report on Post Traumatic Stress featured on WERE 1490 AM
- Brown Water Bungle: Paperwork error excluded hundreds of Vietnam Navy veterans from receiving Agent Orange benefits
- Toxic Legacy: A brief history of Agent Orange in Vietnam
- Broken System: Despite 30-year battle, federal court victory, Vietnam veteran’s disability claim remains unresolved
- Still Adrift: Congressional inaction sinks hope that ailing Vietnam Navy veterans will regain Agent Orange benefits
- Frank Buckles, last surviving U.S. World War I veteran, dies at age 110
Tag Archives: Military Families
When doing everything right isn’t enough: A Marine’s suicide shows that even the unlikeliest veteran can fall through the cracks.
By Ken Olsen (Copyright 2011, All Rights Reserved) Of all the questions raised by Clay Hunt’s suicide, perhaps the most perplexing is this: why did a 28-year-old former Marine who was receiving VA health care, taking medications for post-traumatic stress … Continue reading
The War Within: The battle against post-traumatic stress
By Ken Olsen (Copyright 2011, All Rights Reserved) Melissa Seligman started shaking when her husband described the aftermath of a suicide bombing he witnessed during his first deployment to Iraq. She had heard that same flat, detached tone from her father, when … Continue reading
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Tagged Military Families, Her War Her Voice, Ken Olsen, American Legion, Vietnam veterans, VA, PTSD, The American Legion Magazine, War in Afghanistan, traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress, Melissa Seligman, Chris Piper, war in Iraq, mental health, Ken Jones, Vet Centers
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Tireless warrior: Kristy Kaufmann fights for military families
By Ken Olsen (Copyright 2010, All Rights Reserved) For more than three years, Kristy Kaufmann has been one of the most prominent voices warning that too many of the nation’s military families are quietly crumbling. The wife of a battalion … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, American Legion, deployment, Iraq, Ken Olsen, Kristy Kaufmann, Military Families, war
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From Blue Star to Gold: For military spouses and families, death changes everything
Part III Quickly forgotten, families of the fallen struggle with loss, loneliness By Ken Olsen (Copyright 2010, All Rights Reserved) Shellie Smith buried her husband near Clayton, N.C. Army 1st Lt. Justin Smith could have been laid to rest at … Continue reading
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Tagged Army, Iraq, Justin Smith, Ken Olsen, Military Families, military widow, Shellie Smith, war
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Forgotten on the Home Front: Guard and Reserve Families Serve in Isolation
PART II ‘A lot for a country to ask’ Far from the active-duty community, Guard and reserve families feel isolated By Ken Olsen (Copyright 2010/All rights reserved) Stacy Bannerman ate her holiday meals at a local diner during her husband’s … Continue reading
