Soldier pleads guilty to killing woman, unborn child
Associated Press
Apr. 12, 2013
CLAYTON, Mo. — A military police officer from Missouri pleaded guilty to killing a woman and her unborn child to protect his career.
Prosecutors say Phillip C. Parish of Moline Acres, then a private first class in the Army, shot and killed 20-year-old Tabitha Buckingham in May 2011 because she was pregnant and he thought the child was his. He believed the child’s birth would ruin his military career.
The baby turned out not to be Parish’s.
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Saturday, April 13, 2013
Soldier saved by Kapaun gets chance to hold his hero’s Medal of Honor
Soldier saved by Kapaun gets chance to hold his hero’s Medal of Honor
By STAN FINGER AND ROY WENZL
The Wichita Eagle
April 12, 2013
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A few hours after he accepted his Uncle Emil’s Medal of Honor from the president of the United States, Ray Kapaun walked into the lobby of the Pentagon Sheraton Hotel in Arlington, Va., where he and his uncle’s Korean War comrades are staying.
In his hands, Kapaun held the Medal, with its sky blue sash, encased now in a small wood display box.
Several aged heroes from the war stood in the lobby, including former U.S. Army Master Sergeant Herbert Miller, an old soldier who now talks with a crack in his voice and whose hands shake so much from an affliction that makes it hard for him to sign his name.
At the White House, Ray had sat in the front row with his relatives and listened to the president describe the heroics of his uncle. Miller and his wife, Joyce, also sat in the front row, off to the president’s left, with some of the other eight soldiers who had been in the death camp with Kapaun.
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By STAN FINGER AND ROY WENZL
The Wichita Eagle
April 12, 2013
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A few hours after he accepted his Uncle Emil’s Medal of Honor from the president of the United States, Ray Kapaun walked into the lobby of the Pentagon Sheraton Hotel in Arlington, Va., where he and his uncle’s Korean War comrades are staying.
In his hands, Kapaun held the Medal, with its sky blue sash, encased now in a small wood display box.
Several aged heroes from the war stood in the lobby, including former U.S. Army Master Sergeant Herbert Miller, an old soldier who now talks with a crack in his voice and whose hands shake so much from an affliction that makes it hard for him to sign his name.
At the White House, Ray had sat in the front row with his relatives and listened to the president describe the heroics of his uncle. Miller and his wife, Joyce, also sat in the front row, off to the president’s left, with some of the other eight soldiers who had been in the death camp with Kapaun.
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Veterans' Affairs staff sign performance agreements
VA Employees signed performance agreements and it is a great idea. The only thing is, it happened in Namibia not here!
Veterans' Affairs staff sign performance agreements
Global Post
April 12, 2013
Over 130 employees of the Ministry of Veteran Affairs on Thursday signed the performance agreements in order to improve their service delivery.
The Public Service of Namibia has introduced the Performance Management System (PMS) which requires all staff members to sign performance Agreements for the planned activities which are derived from the strategic plan each financial year.
Deputy Minister of Veteran Affairs Hilma Nicanor said the signing of agreements signifies acceptance of ownership thereof and that everyone is committed to the terms of the agreement.
“You must show the nation and in particular the Veterans that you can deliver to their expectation, that you can lead by example in the provision of quality service to our people as you are signing these performance agreements today. The aim is to strengthen our civil service and enforcing accountability, thereby ensuring more efficient and effective service delivery. Thus our slogan from today onwards should be 'Zero tolerance on a None Performance culture',” said the Deputy Minister.
When can we say no more veterans lost to suicide?
When can we say no more veterans lost to suicide?
Kathie Costos
Wounded Times Blog
April 13, 2013
When do we hold them accountable? When do we demand they stop doing what does not work? When do we hold "experts" claiming PTSD is not real accountable? When will families finally be able to lay down their heads at night knowing this day more will not die by suicide?
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Preventing? Yes it is possible. I am living proof of that but I will be the first to tell you that if it is done wrong, it won't work. I am not a veteran but have faced death many times. If they tell you that you can train your brain ahead of time to "become resilient" they have already started you off on the road to suffering.
When you hear that they have proven "resilience training" works, the first barrier has been built. Comprehensive Soldier Fitness does not work for a reason. RAND explores the reasons as well. As you can see it does not fit with military culture, was not designed for combat but for children and actually prevents soldiers from asking for help as soon as they need it.
You cannot train your brain to prevent PTSD but they fed the stigma by saying you can. You can prevent PTSD in a lot of cases and that is why they have Crisis Intervention Teams responding to traumatic events all over the country. You can reverse a lot of what PTSD does if you get help soon afterwards, before your brain actually starts to change. But even then, you can come out on the other side of this darkness healed. In other words, your life can be better and what remains of PTSD is something you can find peace enough to live with.
Kathie Costos
Wounded Times Blog
April 13, 2013
When do we hold them accountable? When do we demand they stop doing what does not work? When do we hold "experts" claiming PTSD is not real accountable? When will families finally be able to lay down their heads at night knowing this day more will not die by suicide?
Brain Scans Show PTSD Not Just MentalBut as you can see years later, not enough had been accomplished.
CBS News
November 10, 2009
Powerful scans are letting doctors watch just how the brain changes in veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and concussion-like brain injuries - signature damage of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
It's work that one day may allow far easier diagnosis for patients - civilian or military - who today struggle to get help for these largely invisible disorders. For now it brings a powerful message: Problems too often shrugged off as "just in your head" in fact do have physical signs, now that scientists are learning where and how to look for them.
"There's something different in your brain," explains Dr. Jasmeet Pannu Hayes of Boston University, who is helping to lead that research at the Veterans Affairs' National Center for PTSD. "Just putting a real physical marker there, saying that this is a real thing," encourages more people to seek care.
Up to one in five U.S. veterans from the long-running combat in Iraq and Afghanistan is thought to have symptoms of PTSD. An equal number are believed to have suffered traumatic brain injuries, or TBIs - most that don't involve open wounds but hidden damage caused by explosion's pressure wave.
But quicker diagnoses of PTSD among military veterans is only part of the issue. On Monday, CBS News correspondent Don Teague reported that the ranks of Army psychiatrists - with only 400 on staff to treat the nearly 550,000 active duty soldiers.
Experts say finding enough qualified counselors is a challenge. "It's the face to face counseling that's so important for preventing and treating PTSD," said former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Dr. S. Ward Casscells.
How does latest technology work?
Duration 4:53
DateJan 18, 2013
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Preventing? Yes it is possible. I am living proof of that but I will be the first to tell you that if it is done wrong, it won't work. I am not a veteran but have faced death many times. If they tell you that you can train your brain ahead of time to "become resilient" they have already started you off on the road to suffering.
When you hear that they have proven "resilience training" works, the first barrier has been built. Comprehensive Soldier Fitness does not work for a reason. RAND explores the reasons as well. As you can see it does not fit with military culture, was not designed for combat but for children and actually prevents soldiers from asking for help as soon as they need it.
You cannot train your brain to prevent PTSD but they fed the stigma by saying you can. You can prevent PTSD in a lot of cases and that is why they have Crisis Intervention Teams responding to traumatic events all over the country. You can reverse a lot of what PTSD does if you get help soon afterwards, before your brain actually starts to change. But even then, you can come out on the other side of this darkness healed. In other words, your life can be better and what remains of PTSD is something you can find peace enough to live with.
PTSD has become a billion dollar industry but still they die
PTSD from childbirth. Testing rats for PTSD study.
Shell Shock on TV with NCIS
Apr 12, 2013
Tonight on Global TV "NCIS" begins a two-part episode called "Shell Shock" about a former marine suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, but don't worry the our interview was stress free as Mark Harmon and the cast celebrated their 10 year milestone.
These are just from the first emails I opened this morning. PTSD is not new but lately it seems to be an industry worth hundreds of billions a year.
Shell Shock on TV with NCIS
Apr 12, 2013
Tonight on Global TV "NCIS" begins a two-part episode called "Shell Shock" about a former marine suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, but don't worry the our interview was stress free as Mark Harmon and the cast celebrated their 10 year milestone.
These are just from the first emails I opened this morning. PTSD is not new but lately it seems to be an industry worth hundreds of billions a year.
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