Retired Sgt. Josh Renschler is leading the Men of Valor at JBLM

They need to call Point Man Ministries for help getting this right! They have been doing this since the 80's and trying to get the military to do the same.

There is a great radio recording you can listen to on the below link where they also talk about "women of valor" and what our troops are going through.

JBLM program reaches out to soldiers with PTSD, TBI

Retired Sgt. Josh Renschler is leading the Men of Valor at JBLM. He says the program is a combination of the best practices from the medical and mental health communities.

Joint-Base Lewis McChord has been in the news a lot lately and much of it hasn't been good: From soldiers behaving badly to increased suicide rates.

Now there is a program at the base that's showing success and giving hope to soldiers dealing with PTSD and traumatic brain injury [TBI].

Retired Sgt. Josh Renschler is leading the Men of Valor at JBLM. He says the program is a combination of the best practices from the medical and mental health communities.

Renschler says the program finds men when they're in crisis. "If evil things happen to me, if I get blown up over there, if I watch my buddy die, where is this great God that loves me?" he says the often ask.

The program meets the soldiers there, at that stage and helps them move on to a new sense of normal in their lives.

Renschler understands what these soldiers are going through, because it happened to him. He received a TBI in combat in operation Iraqi Freedom 2004. He was a part of one of the first deployments out of Fort Lewis with the Strykers.

His entire squad died in Iraq while Renschler was back at JBLM receiving treatments. "So I really suffered what was called, 'survivor's guilt' as well, and because I was here, my entire squad, everyone I worked with, died."

While Renschler was dealing with the hell he brought back with him, others were suffering right along with him including his family.

"We went through, really, a rough few years transitioning out of the military. We lost everything - house, truck everything."

So the Men of Valor turn to the 'combat trauma healing manual.' They start getting at the root of healing, and Renschler says repairing a soldier's wounded spirituality and being around fellow brothers that share similar experiences is key.
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