Saturday, October 21, 2017
Orlando Nam Knights Eternal Chapter Biketoberfest
Orlando Nam Knights Eternal Chapter had the annual Biketoberfest Party and Memorial Service for "brothers" who lost their lives since last year.
More Doing More But More Veterans Commit Suicide
Veteran suicide numbers in NC soar above national average
Citizen Times
Alexandria Bordas
Oct. 20, 2017
Veterans in North Carolina committed suicide at a rate comparable with that of veterans nationwide in 2014 but at a rate more than double that of the generation population, according to a newly updated report.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs recorded 249 veteran suicide deaths in North Carolina in 2014, more than double the number of veteran suicides reported in the same year in neighboring South Carolina.
The state-by-state veteran suicide data was released last year, updated again in 2017 and re-released in September. It represents the largest report ever compiled on veteran suicides.
The VA examined veteran suicides over the course of 35 years, beginning in 1979, to better understand suicide trends across the nation.
"There is a lot of stigma about mental illness and suicide, especially in regards to military culture," said Dr. Craig Martin, chief medical officer for Vaya Health, a mental health service provider in Buncombe County.
Martin previously worked for the VA in New England.
In North Carolina, the veteran suicide rate was 37 per 100,000 in 2014, according to the report, versus a national suicide average of 17 per 100,000 people.
read more here
Citizen Times
Alexandria Bordas
Oct. 20, 2017
Veterans in North Carolina committed suicide at a rate comparable with that of veterans nationwide in 2014 but at a rate more than double that of the generation population, according to a newly updated report.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs recorded 249 veteran suicide deaths in North Carolina in 2014, more than double the number of veteran suicides reported in the same year in neighboring South Carolina.
The state-by-state veteran suicide data was released last year, updated again in 2017 and re-released in September. It represents the largest report ever compiled on veteran suicides.
The VA examined veteran suicides over the course of 35 years, beginning in 1979, to better understand suicide trends across the nation.
"There is a lot of stigma about mental illness and suicide, especially in regards to military culture," said Dr. Craig Martin, chief medical officer for Vaya Health, a mental health service provider in Buncombe County.
Martin previously worked for the VA in New England.
In North Carolina, the veteran suicide rate was 37 per 100,000 in 2014, according to the report, versus a national suicide average of 17 per 100,000 people.
read more here
The Long Road Home Filmed at Fort Hood
TV series filmed on Fort Hood will have star-studded premiere on post
KCENTV 6 NBC News
Stephen Adams
October 20, 2017
National Geographic's The Long Road Home, which filmed on Fort Hood, will host a premiere screening for soldiers and their families Oct. 27 at 6 p.m. inside the Abrams Gym.
The complete mini-series premieres on National Geographic at 8 p.m. Central Time on Nov. 7.
Actors Noel Fisher, Sarah Wayne Callies, EJ Bonilla, Jon Beavers, Jorge Diaz, Ian Quinlan and Darius Homayoun will attend the screening on post, along with ABC News Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz, who authored the book on which the series was based.
The eight-episode series will depict the 1st Cavalry Division's ambush and heroic fight on April 4, 2004 in Sadr City, Baghdad -- a battle that came to be known as "Black Sunday."
The series also stars two-time Emmy-nominated actor Michael Kelly and Emmy-nominated actor Jason Ritter, along with Kate Bosworth.
read more here
KCENTV 6 NBC News
Stephen Adams
October 20, 2017
National Geographic's The Long Road Home, which filmed on Fort Hood, will host a premiere screening for soldiers and their families Oct. 27 at 6 p.m. inside the Abrams Gym.
Actors Noel Fisher, Sarah Wayne Callies, EJ Bonilla, Jon Beavers, Jorge Diaz, Ian Quinlan and Darius Homayoun will attend the screening on post, along with ABC News Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz, who authored the book on which the series was based.
The eight-episode series will depict the 1st Cavalry Division's ambush and heroic fight on April 4, 2004 in Sadr City, Baghdad -- a battle that came to be known as "Black Sunday."
The series also stars two-time Emmy-nominated actor Michael Kelly and Emmy-nominated actor Jason Ritter, along with Kate Bosworth.
read more here
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