Veteran Resources
"Valor is stability, not of legs and arms but of courage of the soul."
- michael de montaigne
"Valor is stability, not of legs and arms but of courage of the soul."
- michael de montaigne
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This is is not an exhaustive compiling of everything available to you out there. These are services we have personally come across that we love and have changed our lives, and we hope yours too,...
The Veterans Crisis Line and online chat are free to all Veterans, even if you are not registered with VA or enrolled in VA health care. Hundreds of Veterans call us every day—and start to get back on track. Whatever’s got you down—chronic pain, anxiety, depression, sleeplessness, anger, or even homelessness—a Veterans Crisis Line responder can provide support, day or night.
The PTSD Coach app can help you learn about and manage symptoms that commonly occur after trauma. Together with professional medical treatment, PTSD Coach provides you dependable resources you can trust. If you have, or think you might have PTSD, this app is for you. Family and friends can also learn from this app. PTSD Coach was created by the VA's National Center for PTSD and theDoD's National Center for Telehealth and Technology.
Alternative medicine for veterans. Acupuncture, herbal medicine, massage therapy, meditation, Qi Gong, Tai Chi. For many veterans, the return home can be the most difficult challenge of military service, especially when the resources to help them adjust to life off the battlefield are inadequate, ineffective, or incapacitating. Now Stage Seven is here to help.
Hope for Heroes mission is to provide confidential counseling at no charge for military personnel and their family members who have counseling needs as a result of service in Iraq or Afghanistan. Also complementary and alternative medicine; acupuncture, massage therapy, biofeedback, herbal therapy, tai chi, and more.
Honoring Soldiers injured in service in partnership with the horse. Helping them to adjust physically and emotionally in their post war lives. Men and women who have come home from Iraq and Afghanistan are learning how to heal after having their lives changed by IED’s, post traumatic stress and other wounds received during their deployments to the Middle East.Healing Trauma ( PTSD )
I have tried this guided imagry meditation CD and think it is a powerful, inexpensive way to explore healing neuroligically. Other guided imagry choices for military here ." A man who is good enough to shed his blood for his country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards. More than that no man is entitled to, and less than that no man shall have. " - Theodore Roosevelt
WarFighter Sports
Providing year round sports programs for severely wounded service members from the Iraq and Afghanistan conflict and the Global War on Terrorism.Wounded Warrior Project
To honor and empower wounded warriors. To raise awareness and enlist the public’s aid for the needs of severely injured service men and women, to help severely injured service members aid and assist each other, and to provide unique, direct programs and services to meet the needs of severely injured service members.Homes for our Troops
Building specially adapted homes for our severely injured veterans at no cost to the veterans they serve.Heroes Night Out Greeen Zone
The Center will provide Veterans access to representatives providing services including VA claims representation, education benefits, home loans, PTSD counseling, employment assistance and much more in a positive and responsive environmentYoga Warriors
Healing the wounds of war breath by breath
VA now provides additional support to eligible post-9/11 Veterans who elect to receive their care in a home setting from a primary Family Caregiver. Eligible primary Family Caregivers can receive a stipend, training, mental health services, and access to health insurance if they are not already under a health care plan
Military Warriors Support Foundation
Supporting combat wounded veterans during their transition to civilian life
This site was made by some veterans, family of veterans and friends who work at Google. We understand the challenges of serving, coming home and transitioning to civilian life. We've been there. Some of us are still figuring it out. Here are some free Google products we've gathered together that have made our lives easier. Hopefully, they can do the same for you.
One of the biggest areas I get support is in this online group. The advantage of new media shines here, because most of the time when you need a listening ear it can be 11:00 at night, after a hard dispute with your spouse, or a phase of depression that keeps you from getting out of the house. With the tap of a button, people can connect and help one another from anywhere in the world. This support group keeps a closed circuit, so the VA or other media cannot look on while people are discussing topics. Just send a request to be added.
The mission of the Operation Purple program is to empower military children and their families to develop and maintain healthy and connected relationships, in spite of the current military environment.
Operation Purple Healing Adventures is a family camp experience for active duty or medically retired service members who were wounded or experienced emotional trauma or illness related to their service in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) or Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). Members of the National Guard and Reserve may be in either activated or drilling status, provided their injury was sustained while on active duty status.
Books:
Back from the Front: Combat Trauma, Love, and the Family
America's First Warriors: Native Americans and Iraq- exerpt, NPR
When Our Troops Come Home , Ken Jones Ph.D , free eBook
"When our perils are past, shall our gratitude sleep?"
- George Canning
"The New Epidemic"
"Given the number of troops deployed, tens of thousands of soldiers, Marines, sailors and airmen may be suffering from this pernicious combination of PTSD and lasting problems from mild traumatic brain injury. They become, quite literally, different men and women than they used to be, a generation of warriors whose fight has shifted from external combat zones to invisible internal battlefields.
The issue has ignited debate in scientific and military circles, where much of the basic science remains in dispute. Are the two conditions related? If so, how? Does having a mild traumatic brain injury increase the chance of developing post-traumatic stress disorder? Or does surviving a terrifying event somehow make it more difficult for the brain to recover from a concussion?
Doctors also struggle to tell the two conditions apart. PTSD and traumatic brain injury can produce similar symptoms, such as problems with memory and concentration. Yet both conditions escape detection by medical imaging devices, hindering diagnosis. Other conditions further complicate the picture. Besides PTSD and cognitive problems stemming from brain injury, soldiers also face chronic pain, missing limbs, vision, hearing and other physical problems.
"It's very complicated," said Jennifer Vasterling, who has studied the issue and treated soldiers as chief of psychology at the Boston Veteran's Administration Hospital. "There are no simple scenarios." " - NPR