Here is another heartbreaking story about the toll of war on our special forces. They are the best trained of our Armed Forces, yet as I hammer home in my workshops and lectures, life can break anyone. Yet, Special Forces suicide has become an all too common reality. http://p.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/apr/18/special-forces-suicide-rates-hit-record-levels-cas/ This…
Category: Honoring Those Who Serve
Dedicated to those first responders, troops, and veterans who serve and have served.
Today I had the honor to teach a class on “Creating a Culture of Resiliency” at the first Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department’s Leadership Academy continuing education course at Franklin University. Every opportunity I get to spend with police officers is always a blessing. Today it was a special blessing. I…
A US Marine, Sgt. Merlin German, died April 11th, 2008. Sgt. German was burned over 95 percent of his body after a bomb blew up his humvee February 21, 2005 enroute to Ramadi, Iraq, he survived and after 17 months of treatment against all odds was able to move home.…
Police officers with PTSD is a problem impacting departments all over the country. Sadly, it is a problem that seems to always hit a wall. The blue wall. Twice in the last few days I was reminded of the police “Blue wall of PTSD.” The first was at a workshop…
Wilfred Owen (1893-1918) was probably the greatest war poet. He was killed in battle just a week before WW1 ended and his untimely death more than anything is probably the reason he didn’t receive the same fame as his friend and fellow poet, Siegfried Sassoon. His life ended at just…
How about a veteran revolution? We live in such a black and white world, that it seems everything is a two-sided argument. In the middle of these verbal battles though we can forget there are people. I see it everyday with veterans and issues like PTSD. The government spends millions,…