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Category Archives: Military Transition / Veterans

• Veterans Roundup: Caregivers in the Room, Minorities Looking for Greater Support From VA, Healthcare Is a Heavy Focus, and More

  New VA effort wants a veteran’s caregiver to be part of the treatment process Stars and Stripes, Steve Beynon (@StevenBeynon) We’ve had the privilege to support the Elizabeth Dole Foundation since assisting in their launch in 2012. Senator Dole keeps finding new ways to s… more

• Veterans Roundup: PTSD Help Comes in Many Forms, TBI Becomes Focus, and More

  Commander of ill-fated Fitzgerald among veterans with PTSD helped by innovative writing and arts program Military Times, Dylan Gresik (@DylanGresik) Using various forms of art for creating something new out of the destruction of war is having a profound impact on our military a… more

• Veterans Roundup: Brain Injuries, Masculinity Effects PTSD, Suicide Fight, and More

  Advocates demand apology from Trump for troop concussion comments Military Times, Leo Shane III (@LeoShane) Last Friday, the Pentagon reported that 50 service members had been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury (TBI) following the missile strikes by Iran on a military base… more

• Veterans Roundup: Ecstasy, Alcohol and Much More

  FDA expands access to ecstasy drug for PTSD therapy Stars and Stripes, Nikki Wentling (@nikkiwentling) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration designated MDMA as a “breakthrough therapy” to treat PTSD in 2017. Last week, the FDA announced it would allow more people to acces… more

• Veterans Roundup: Homeless Veterans, Where We Find the Troops, and More

  Veteran homelessness nearly cut in half in 10 years. But thousands remain on the streets. Connecting Vets, Abbie Bennett (@AbbieRBennett) When former Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki set a plan in 2009 to eliminate veteran homeless by 2015 many were skeptical of th… more