Navy veteran killed in shooting outside Katy-area pub KHOU Michelle Choi and KHOU.com Staff August 23, 2017
“Tough, hands-on type of a guy. He never wanted to sit behind a desk,” said his mother, Robin Raab. Instead, 30-year-old Corey Raab wanted to travel the world, and just like his older brothers, he did it by joining the U.S. Navy. He heroically served two tours.
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas -- A Navy veteran was killed and another man was injured after a reported argument outside of a Katy-area pub overnight.
It happened in the parking lot of EinStein's Pub on Mason near Cimarron. Investigators believe the incident started with four men involved in a verbal altercation that led to a fight. Someone pulled out a gun and opened fire.
Harris County Sheriff’s Deputies say a 30-year-old Navy veteran was killed, and a 23-year-old man was pistol-whipped He was taken to the hospital with head injuries. read more here
Merritt Island ceremony marks Vietnam service, sacrifice decades later Florida Today Britt Kennerly August 22, 2017
The "Vietnam Veterans Service Day and Welcome Home Ceremony" at Brevard Veterans Memorial Center in Merritt Island drew more than 100 cadets from eight Brevard schools, dozens of friends and family members and more than 120 Vietnam veterans for a morning of respect and gratitude.
Many Vietnam veterans still feel the aching sting of not receiving a welcome home from the public when they returned from a long and bitterly divisive war.
Tuesday, local veterans got that overdue honor from young and old, down to Air Force Junior ROTC cadets not much younger than some of the veterans were when they served in Vietnam.
And the vets, now in their late 60s and older, were grateful. read more here
Why Not Take Tomorrow Back in Your Hands? Combat PTSD Wounded Times Kathie Costos August 23, 2017
What is worse to you, needing help from someone else, or worrying that they won't help? Oh, it is all so easy to see so many getting help online but, so hard wondering why you are not one of them. Gets pretty lonely, at best, and at worst, robs you of whatever hope you try to hang onto. We can keep asking "why" something happened, but sooner or later, we've run out of questions before we found a single answer. I know that feeling all too well and right now, I'm in one of those times when the back of my neck hurts from my head being down so low, instead of held up high. The weight of the world or something much deeper? I can sit here and feel sorry for myself, asking "why" or I can add in that one extra word that opens the door to possibilities. Instead of asking "why" add in "not" and see what happens. I am not a veteran. I am just a human dealing with life and other people as best as I can. You have all the same problems the rest of us do but you also have the extra weight on your shoulders from serving and putting your life on the line. When you need help, first figure out why you are not asking for it. Is it because of your pride? Nope, since you had no trouble asking for help when your life was on the line along with those you served with. Is it because you've asked before and ended up feeling worse because you were turned down, turned away or put down? So why not ask someone else? Nothing will ever change until you try to make it happen. If you know your life sucks, then wonder why and then why not do something to make it better? Life mattered so much to you that you were willing to risk it for others. So why not risk your pride to save your own this time? Look at your family and the people you think you are making miserable. You must care about them or you wouldn't be thinking of what you're doing to them. Why not think of what you can do for them? Why not think of ways to make your lives better together instead of thinking about something that will cause them to blame themselves for the rest of their lives. Why not give them a chance to help you stay instead of leaving them with that? Why let what you survived defeat you now? Why not take back control over your life instead? If your pride is stopping you from asking for help, why not think of what it can be like to stand on the other side of this darkness and help someone else get through their own?
"Why be afraid if I'm not alone"
I made Alive Day years ago, and at the end, it says that "18 veterans committed suicide today" but that was what we knew a long time ago. We know better now and now you know better too. The song on the video is "I Will Live For Love" and why not think of your life that way? You were willing to die for those you served with and loved like family. Why not be willing to live for them too?
Fort Hood soldier's baby faces rare health condition KCEN TV 6 News Jillian Angeline
CAPT. WILLIAM LEASURE'S WIFE, ELISA LEASURE, WAS AT A ROUTINE SONOGRAM AT 20 WEEKS PREGNANT WHEN SHE HEARD THE NEWS NO PARENT WANTS TO HEAR. "THEY GOT ANOTHER SONOGRAPHER TO COME IN AND THAT’S WHEN I KNEW SOMETHING REALLY WASN’T RIGHT,” LEASURE SAID.
HOUSTON - A Fort Hood soldier returned home early from a deployment in Europe to care for his family. His soon-to-be newborn son is facing an uphill battle.
The soldier's wife, Elisa Leasure, was at a routine sonogram at 20 weeks pregnant when she heard the news no parent wants to hear.
"They got another sonographer to come in and that’s when I knew something really wasn’t right,” Leasure said.
Leasure's son, Billy Jr., was diagnosed with Heterotaxy Syndrome -- a condition which affects 1 in 10,000 births where internal organs are misplaced or duplicated. Heterotaxy means "on the different side".
“My first thought is we have to temper our excitement because I know nothing about this disease and of course one of the first things you’re presented with is hey, you should strongly consider abortion,” Captain William Leasure said.
“Rather than being upset like I was, because I was in tears, I just couldn’t think clearly," Elisa Leasure said. "His first thought was well we’ll research it and you know? Worse case scenario, instead of a football player, I’ll have a fishing buddy.”
Billy’s heart developed on the right side of his body, known as right atrial isomerism.
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Before you think I've totally lost my mind, read the story and then understand this veteran served as a medic in combat, but couldn't get over jelly even though he was getting help. Just goes to show that not all help is good help if this happened.
Iraq veteran threatened girlfriend with knife in row over jelly
Devon Live Ted Davenport August 23, 2017
Former army medic had PTSD when he attacked partner
A judge has showed mercy on a former army medic who attacked his partner while suffering from post-traumatic stress caused by his service in Iraq.
Christopher Minards threatened his girlfriend with a knife and pushed her and her twin sister during a petty argument over spilled jelly.
He had just come home from working a night shift as a hotel porter when he lost his temper and threw a mug at a mirror, breaking both.
His behaviour was so violent that his partner and her twin sister both fled the home in Newton Abbot and waited for police to arrive.
Minards, aged 32, is a former army medic who has been receiving support and treatment from veteran's charities for post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) dating back to his service with 4th Rifles and the Welsh Regiment in Iraq. read more here
