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Help veterans through Survivor Corps
The Reaction — By Carol Gee November 11, 2008: The headline read, "Bush marks Veterans' Day on carrier," according to The Washington Post. But much remains to be done. Our troops still need our help. As a follow-up to Veterans' Day, you can help through an organization called Survivor Corps, an outgrowth of the landmine survivor movement. (Operation Survivor is Survivor Corps' program for U.S. veterans and service members.) It was founded in 1997 by Jerry White, who lost his leg to a landmine in the Middle East conflict in 1984, and Ken Rutherford, a political scientist at Missouri State who lost both legs in a landmine accident in Somalia in ...

Supporting our Troops: Operation Survivor
culturekitchen - fresh dissent served daily — This was sent to me on Veterans Day but I am just getting around to posting about it. Here's what they are all about: Within the United States there are over one and a half million service members that have served in military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Over thirty thousand have been physically wounded, but many more have experienced less visible, psychological wounds. Traumatic Brain Injury and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder have emerged as signature injuries of these conflicts, with recent reports suggesting an increase in rates of suicide, alcohol and drug abuse, homelessness, and domestic violence among returning service members and veterans. These traumatic affects of ...