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Subject: Warrior & Family Support Newsletter: Friday, 25 October 2013
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Warrior & Family Support News
"Keeping Faith with the Military Family"
Friday, 25 October 2013
Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Warrior & Family Support Office
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COMMUNITIES IN ACTION
NextAvenue.org
Like many women of her generation, Lee Woodruff, 53, grew up believing in the importance of giving back. But the writer and part-time correspondent for CBS This Morning, who is married to ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff, never expected that the cause she'd embrace would be as an advocate for injured war veterans and their families…
MLB.com
After Game 1 of the 109th World Series was dedicated to military veterans and their families, Major League Baseball continued to drive home awareness Thursday afternoon with an event that drew Commissioner Bud Selig, Red Sox chairman Tom Werner, Hall of Famer Jim Rice, Red Sox legends and other dignitaries to the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. The delegation met there with veterans who have suffered…
An army of helpers
Hillsboro Tribune
Jay Mello, manager of the Home Depot store on Tualatin Valley Highway in Hillsboro, took a personal interest when he found out there was a veteran in the community who could use a helping hand. So last Thursday at 7 a.m., more than 50 volunteers from ...
Hillsboro Tribune
Jay Mello, manager of the Home Depot store on Tualatin Valley Highway in Hillsboro, took a personal interest when he found out there was a veteran in the community who could use a helping hand. So last Thursday at 7 a.m., more than 50 volunteers from ...
WELLNESS
HuffingtonPost.com
Although we are welcoming our warriors home with balloons and applause -- and we do shake their hands and thank them for their service -- we continue to struggle to ensure that returning troops and their families receive the opportunities they need and the support they deserve beyond the homecoming. At the very least we must offer them understanding and acceptance; so far, we are falling short…
I have PTSD, but it's not who I am
Pacific Daily News
I anticipated sharing my experience because revealing that I suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder makes me vulnerable, but being vulnerable (which I later found out) was a process that helps me cope with PTSD. I can reveal my PTSD symptoms to ...
Pacific Daily News
I anticipated sharing my experience because revealing that I suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder makes me vulnerable, but being vulnerable (which I later found out) was a process that helps me cope with PTSD. I can reveal my PTSD symptoms to ...
Housing Unit at Jail Aims to Help Veterans
WKBW-TV
Military flags flight high in the special housing unit. Deputy Ronald Overturf, with the Erie County Sheriff's Office, is a veteran himself. "I came home and I'm okay, but to see so many that came home and are not, it's tough," Overturf says.'' Judge ...
WKBW-TV
Military flags flight high in the special housing unit. Deputy Ronald Overturf, with the Erie County Sheriff's Office, is a veteran himself. "I came home and I'm okay, but to see so many that came home and are not, it's tough," Overturf says.'' Judge ...
EMPLOYMENT
Time
When Dekiema Pogue learned that her husband, a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy, had been given orders for a change of station from their home in Norfolk, Va. to Jacksonville, Fla., her first thought was about her family. But her second thought was about her job…
Forbes.com
Companies want to hire military veterans. It's the right thing to do and it's good for business. I've spoken to several recruiters who want to help veterans successfully transition from the military to the private sector. Their advice: "help us help you." "Job seekers must think like recruiters,"…
TheBlaze.com
Despite a nominal dip in the unemployment rate for September, the number of young veterans returning from Afghanistan and Iraq reached 10.1 percent, up nominally from 10 percent in August. American Legion spokesman Craig Roberts told TheBlaze that the following companies have been "heavy hitters" when it comes to stepping up to hire more veterans…
EDUCATION
Defense.gov
The Defense Department continues to assist service members and their families in preparing for the transition to civilian life with a new virtual curriculum, a Defense Department official said here. We recognize that many of our service members don't have access to brick and mortar classrooms for transition instruction" Kelly said. "The JKO portal is our effort to take all of the redesigned TAP curriculum, which is called Transition GPS, … and put it into an environment where they can access it whenever they need it from anywhere in the world."…
Rockford Conference Aimed At Women Veterans
WNIJ and WNIU
There are currently 67,000 women veterans in Illinois, accounting for 8.8 percent of the state's veteran population. That is expected to ... The conference will include topics such as sexual trauma, post traumatic stress disorder, and entrepreneurship ...
WNIJ and WNIU
There are currently 67,000 women veterans in Illinois, accounting for 8.8 percent of the state's veteran population. That is expected to ... The conference will include topics such as sexual trauma, post traumatic stress disorder, and entrepreneurship ...
Washington Organizations Rally To Provide Financial Education And Support To ...
Access Washington
"This is a great opportunity for Service members, spouses, and their children to get some free financial education and meet other military families living in the Spokane area," Army OneSource CSC, Angela Traina added. Time: 5 to 8 p.m.. Date: Saturday ...
Access Washington
"This is a great opportunity for Service members, spouses, and their children to get some free financial education and meet other military families living in the Spokane area," Army OneSource CSC, Angela Traina added. Time: 5 to 8 p.m.. Date: Saturday ...
If you are interested in events for wounded warriors or their families at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) at Bethesda, please see the link for the Warrior Care homepage at: http://www.wwcc.capmed.mil/SitePages/WarriorCare.aspx.
If you would like to submit information about what you are doing for our warriors and their families, please send us a hyperlink to media coverage of your efforts.
Best regards,
Randall E. "Smitty" Smith, Lt Col, USAF
Deputy Director, Warrior & Family Support
Office of the Chairman
703.692.2105 (DSN: 222)
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