NY National Guardsman-Iraq Veteran-Police Officer-Firefighter All In One

New York Army National Guard Soldier saves life while on the job as a police officer
New York National Guard
By Master Sgt. Raymond Drumsta
March 10, 2016

As a Soldier, police officer and volunteer firefighter, Reyes has racked up an array of medical qualifications, including combat lifesaver and emergency medical technician. For the last three years, he's been a member of the police department's Medical Crisis Action Team, which responds to emergency incidents like active shooters and barricaded subjects.

But, Reyes stressed, his infantry training and civilian training work hand-in-hand — whether he's serving as a Soldier, police officer or firefighter.

This is police officer Arnold Reyes on the

job with the Suffolk County Police Department.

Reyes is also the command sergeant major of the

New York Army National Guard’s 2nd Battalion,

108th Infantry. Reyes and others helped bring a 

woman back to life in December 2015.

Photo By: New York National Guard

EAST PATCHOGUE, N.Y. — Protecting and treating people is all part of Arnold Reyes' life of public service, whether he's serving as a Suffolk County Police Officer, or as command sergeant major in the New York Army National Guard.

So Dec. 19 — when he and others literally brought Kathleen Manganello, a 72-year old retired librarian, back to life here — was just another day for Reyes.

"I guess it's just ingrained...helping people," he reflected.

But for Manganello's family, Reyes is much more.

He's an "amazing superhero," her son, Andrew, told WLNY news during a January press conference in which Reyes was reunited with Manganello and her family.

An Iraq veteran who served in Baghdad in 2004 and 2005, Reyes' life of public service also includes 16 years in the Suffolk County Police Department and about 28 years in the Army infantry. Now the command sergeant major of the 2nd Battalion, 108th Infantry, the Selden, New York, resident has served most of his Army career in the New York Army National Guard.
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Firefighter-Iraq Veteran Marine Fights For PTSD Service Dog

Service dog leads to conflict, conversation about Joliet man's PTSD
Local veteran: Work dispute spotlights disconnect with disability rights
The Herald News
Lauren Leone-Cross
Jan. 21, 2016

Leverence – a firefighter and paramedic with the Aurora Fire Department and member of Aurora Firefighters Local 99 – said unchecked PTSD symptoms not only were getting in the way of his relationship with his wife and three daughters, but also were creating problems on the job.

Kevin Leverence sits on the floor with his service dog, America, after coming home from work as a firefighter Wednesday in Joliet.

JOLIET – Service dogs have for years helped people with physical disabilities, but increasingly they are being trained to help people cope with mental illnesses such as post-traumatic stress disorder.

Among those people are veterans such as Kevin Leverence, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran from Joliet who earned a Purple Heart for injuries received during his nine-month deployment to Iraq in 2004.

Leverence is two months into his relationship with America, a 2-year-old yellow Labrador retriever service dog from Puppies Behind Bars, an organization in which inmates train service dogs exclusively for veterans.

“My whole goal with this is to make this more normal. We’re going to see more and more service dogs, and better ways to handle mental health than with piles of pills,” Leverence said. “[I want to] bust this conversation wide open that it’s OK to have trouble.”
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Firefighter Fatally Shoots Wife, a Sheriff’s Deputy

Firefighter Fatally Shoots Wife, a Sheriff’s Deputy, in Apparent Murder-Suicide
LASD
KTLA News
BY TRACY BLOOM, KAREEN WYNTER, SARA WELCH AND MARY BETH MCDADE SEPTEMBER 7, 2015

A firefighter fatally shot his wife inside a La Canada Flintridge home before turning the gun on himself in an apparent-murder suicide, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said on Monday.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department provided this image of Cecilia Hoschet

who was shot and killed in an apparent murder-suicide on Sept. 6, 2015.

Deputies initially responded to a report of a "woman screaming" at approximately 10 p.m. on Sunday in the 5000 block of Crown Avenue, according to a Sheriff's Department's news release.

Based on a preliminary investigation, it appeared the couple had been involved in some sort of fight or altercation when the husband opened fire, Lt. David Coleman of the sheriff's Homicide Bureau said at an early morning news conference.

Deputies arrived at the residence and found the door was open, Coleman said. They then discovered the victim, who suffered an apparent gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene.

She was identified by the Sheriff's Department as Cecilia Hoschet, a 2-year veteran of the department.
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Michigan Firefighter-Iraq Veteran Killed After Targeted by Hit-and-run Driver

Newlywed firefighter and Iraq War veteran, 35, killed in 'deliberate' hit-and-run crash while collecting money for charity 
By ASSOCIATED PRESS and SNEJANA FARBEROV FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
9 September 2015

Dennis Rodeman, seven-year veteran of the Lansing Fire Department, was killed Wednesday while taking part in 'Fill The Boot' fundraising campaign
Police say Rodeman and a 22-year-old driver had some words before the firefighter was mowed down by a pickup truck
Witnesses said the driver of the pickup deliberately circled back and plowed into Rodeman as he was collecting money
Suspect was arrested after a foot chase; he is facing charges of murder and felony fleeing and eluding Rodeman had been a US Marine who served a tour of duty in Fallujah, Iraq; he and his wife of two months, Katherine, were expecting their first child

A Michigan firefighter and Iraq War veteran with a baby on the way has died after being deliberately struck by a hit-and-run driver while collecting donations for charity, according to police.

Dennis Rodeman, a seven-year veteran of the Lansing Fire Department, succumbed to his injuries at an area hospital Wednesday evening, Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero said.

The 35-year-old Rodeman, who also served in the US Marines in Fallujah, Iraq, according to the mayor, was mowed down at around 3.40pm while taking part in the annual 'Fill The Boot' fundraising campaign benefiting the Muscular Dystrophy Association and the International Association of Fire Fighters.
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Firefighter-Marine Takes Down Armed Robber in Seconds

Texas firefighter takes down armed robber during hold-up
BY TRIBUNE MEDIA
JULY 15, 2015

MIDLOTHIAN, TX – A Mansfield firefighter and former Marine took down an armed robber with his bare hands, and it was all caught on camera at a Midlothian gas station. And now, Daniel Gaskey is being hailed as a hero.

The robbery took place June 26 at the Exxon Oasis Food Store on 9th Street in Midlothian, according to Midlothian Police Sgt. Nick Harp.

Security video captured the incident, showing Gaskey standing at the counter getting ready to pay when a white male, wearing a black mask and red and black jacket, enters and shoves him aside. Gaskey, at first, moves back and puts his hand in the air, apparently mistaking the man, identified by police as Dylan Bearden, for an impatient customer.
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MUST SEE VIDEO: A Mansfield firefighter takes down an armed robber. Boom!

Washington National Guardsman Vindicated by Jury After Job Loss

Jury Finds County Discriminated Against Iraq Vet
Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, Wash.
by Andrew Binion
Mar 18, 2015

TACOMA -- Kitsap County deliberately discriminated against an Army National Guard veteran returning to work in the Fire Marshal's Office and retaliated against him after he filed a complaint by demoting him and passing over him for a promotion, a federal jury decided Monday.

The county's attorney said she disagreed with the verdict in the case of former Deputy Fire Marshal Craig D. Hanson, saying the county's hiring process that Hanson disputed had picked the most qualified candidate for the promotion.

The first trial in August in U.S. District Court in Tacoma ended in a hung jury. In the most recent two-week trial, jurors sided with Hanson in three of nine claims, awarding him about $65,000.

Hanson's attorney, Matt Crotty of Spokane, said the jury's finding that the discrimination and retaliation was "willful" was uncommon and could allow for the doubling of the award.

Hanson, now retired from military service, was a master sergeant in the Washington National Guard and also had served in the Army and Marines. 

He started with the Fire Marshal's Office in March 2007 and left in November 2009 when he was called to active duty. One of his deployments during that time was for a year in Iraq.

He returned to work in the office in December 2012 but claimed in court documents the work environment had turned hostile and resulted in him being demoted. Fire Marshal David Lynam did not return a call for comment left at his office Monday afternoon.
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Vietnam Veteran Waited 40 Years For Service Medals

Worcester Vietnam War veteran receives 6 service medals over 40 years later 
MassLive
By Lindsay Corcoran
March 13, 2015

According to his daughters, Raffa rarely speaks of the war. He preferred instead to talk about his service on the Worcester Fire Department, where he worked for 34 years until retiring in 2012.

Raffa received six medals for his service in Vietnam.

WORCESTER - Since returning from Vietnam in 1970, Frank Raffa never again put on his uniform. On Friday, he was pinned with the service medals he earned, but it took him over 40 years to receive.

"My family was supportive when I came back, but other people said things," Raffa recalled of his return from the divisive war. "So I just never put my uniform on."

U.S. Rep. James McGovern helped the 65-year-old Worcester veteran obtain six medals he earned for his service, including the Army Commendation Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Ribbon and two expert badges.

"He's an incredible man who not only served our country over there, but also served our city here," said McGovern, noting Raffa's service on the Worcester Fire Department.
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Bradenton firefighter shot and killed by police was also a veteran

UPDATE

Wendt joined the Bradenton Fire Department in December 2003 after volunteering with Cedar Hammock-Southern Manatee while working at Ten-8 Fire Equipment.

A year later, he spent 13 months in Iraq with the United States Army Reserve. Wendt received a Bronze Star Medal for his efforts.

On May 13, 2005, as a recovery section sergeant with HHC Platoon, 1st Battalion, 103rd Armor and Task Force Liberty, Wendt “went to the aid of a fellow soldier who was injured and trapped under a burning vehicle during a Vehicle Born Improvised Explosives Device attack,” according to the U.S. War Office. He used tow chains to move the burning vehicle away from the injured soldier.

“It seems like every day you read about this, but when it hits home, it's different,” Gallo said.

I am posting this with an extremely heavy heart. This morning I woke up to news of this from his Mom. My prayers for my friend and his entire family as well as the firefighters and police officers involved with this tragedy.

He was a firefighter and volunteered to serve this country in combat.

When will we ever get to the point where being back home is less dangerous than combat for those we send?

Officer fatally shoots firefighter brandishing guns
Herald Tribune
STAFF REPORT
Published: Monday, November 24, 2014

Donald Wendt in a 2008 photo provided by the City of Bradenton
Wendt, 50, was shot and killed Nov. 23, 2014, by a Bradenton police officer.

MANATEE COUNTY - A Bradenton firefighter was shot and killed by a city police officer Sunday night after the firefighter reportedly approached officers brandishing two handguns.

Bradenton Police SWAT Officer Jason Nuttall — a 15-year veteran — shot Donald Wendt, 50, who was employed as a firefighter for the Bradenton Fire Department.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating the shooting.

Bradenton Police Chief Michael Radzilowski said Wendt served two tours of military duty in Afghanistan and may have been suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

At 9:30 p.m. Sunday, neighbors called police to report Wendt was outside of his home in the 3300 block of Oxford Drive waving a weapon and threatening to kill himself and his sister.

A SWAT team and hostage negotiators were summoned. Wendt was inside when police arrived, so officers set up a perimeter and evacuated people from nearby homes.

Team members were trying to contact Wendt by phone, when he re-emerged from the home and pointed a gun at police.

Nuttall fired a single shot at the firefighter, killing him.
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Iraq Veteran-Seattle Firefighter Back to Work

Seattle firefighter, Iraq veteran returns to work with prosthetic brace
NBC King 5 News
Alison Morrow
October 8, 2014

Seattle firefighter Matt Runte is walking again, thanks to a newly developed prosthetic brace.
(Photo: KING)

SEATTLE -- A Seattle firefighter is dreaming big again after nearly losing his ability to walk, much less work.

No stranger to training or training hard, it wasn't just war that pushed Matt Runte to his physical edge. More than a decade after returning from Iraq uninjured, a car hit Runte on his motorcycle.

"It wasn't until I got to looking at my feet that I saw my left boot had blown out," he said. "It's a non-functioning forefoot."

Runte lost two toes and suffered severe blood vessel damage. He could barely walk, much less run the marathons he once enjoyed.

Then, Hanger Clinical Director Ryan Blanck took on Runte's case with the prosthetic brace he just developed.
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Vietnam vet fatally gunned down over TV

Former Birmingham firefighter, Vietnam vet fatally gunned down over TV
AL.com
By Carol Robinson
May 02, 2014

HUEYTOWN, Alabama - A retired Birmingham firefighter and two-tour Vietnam Veteran was fatally gunned down during a break-in at his Hueytown home earlier this month.

Authorities today are expected to announce charges against two men in the April 23 slaying of 66-year-old Howard Arthur McKee. Hueytown Police Chief Chuck Hagler will be joined by the Birmingham police, U.S. Marshals and FBI at a press conference scheduled for noon. Both men are in custody.
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Marine killed trying to help after chain reaction crash

Marine's Body Arrives Home
February 28, 2014
By WKBW News

CHEEKTOWAGA (WKBW) Twenty year old Richard Jones was a Lance Corporal in the United States Marine Corps and a former volunteer firefighter in Niagara Falls. His body was flown home on Friday as more information is released on how he died, trying to help others.

A hearse flying two American flags, flanked by family, friends, and several first responders left the Buffalo Airport, transporting the flag draped casket of Marine Richard Jones.

UPDATE
Marine from Niagara Falls dies in California accident
"Chief Bruce Mack of the Frontier Volunteer Fire Company in Wheatfield confirmed that the victim was Ricky Jones, 20, a Niagara Falls High School graduate who came up through the company’s Youth Program and became a firefighter when he turned 18. He is the son of Niagara Falls Police Detective Daniel Jones."

Marine Killed in I-8 Chain Reaction Crash
The Marine may have been killed after getting out of his truck, while attempting to dodge an oncoming vehicle
NBC San Diego
By Diana Guevara and Monica Garske
Saturday, Feb 22, 2014

U.S. Marine was killed in a chain reaction-type crash along Interstate 8 in San Diego Saturday morning, possibly while attempting to jump out of the way of an oncoming vehicle, California Highway Patrol officials said.

The fatal accident, which involved several vehicles, happened just after 5 a.m. along westbound I-8 at the State Route 163 interchange in the Mission Valley area.

CHP officials said a woman was driving a Honda Civic on westbound I-8 when, for unknown reasons, she lost control, striking a nearby barrier before coming to a halt in the middle of the freeway. Shortly thereafter, officials said three other cars slammed into the Honda in a chain reaction.

According to CHP officials, one of those vehicles, a Ford truck, was occupied by two Marines who were headed to the Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD). After colliding into the wreckage, the Marines got out of their truck and walked over to the woman in the Honda to help.
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Firefighter keeps going after Black Forest fire destroyed his own home

Ft. Carson Firefighter Puts Loss Behind, Continues To Provide Support
KKTV News
June 15, 2013

FORT CARSON, Colo. – Ben Robinett lost everything when, two hours after the Black Forest fire started, his house burned to the ground.

Even with all of Ben Robinett’s possessions gone and his family now homeless, he continues to help anyone that he can.

Ben Robinett, a firefighter and emergency medical technician with the Fort Carson Fire Department, inspires his fellow brothers.

“I have known Ben for seven years, and I am proud to work beside him,” said Martin Flores, firefighter and EMT, FCFD. “We have been through everything together, from wild land fires, structure fires, and many life and death situations.

“You could not ask for a better partner at your side. He is as solid as a rock,” Flores said. “He still continues to come to work even though his house is gone. That shows his true passion for this job. His work ethic and dedication inspires us all.”

Ben Robinett said he was at the grocery store on Tuesday with his 16-year-old daughter, Emily, when they came out and saw the fire.
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September 11th firefighter and first responder to Pentagon succumbed to injuries

This headline got my attention and that is pretty sad because it was not the word "gay" that did it. It was everything that came after it. Firefighter, first responder, Pentagon and September 11th. Who decided that what people do in their personal lives mattered so much they had to be added to a headline? While there are many articles that should include this disclosure, it was not necessary here.

Gay firefighter, first responder to Pentagon on 9/11, dies
Washington Blade
By Lou Chibbaro Jr.
June 7, 2013

Phillip Curtis McKee III, a businessman, stained glass artist and firefighter who was among the first to respond to the fire at the Pentagon caused by the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attack, died May 31 at a hospital in Fairfax City, Va. He was 41.

Family members attribute McKee’s death to complications from injuries and illness linked to three days of fighting the Pentagon fire following the 9/11 attack, including inhalation of toxic dust, a severe leg injury that resulted in him being wheel chair bound, and a prolonged bout of post-traumatic stress disorder.

McKee’s husband and partner of 15 years, Nopadon McKee, said the injuries forced Phillip McKee to retire from his job as a firefighter due to disability. Although he displayed “tremendous courage” in persevering as an artist, businessman, and author over the next 12 years, the injuries and his struggle with PTSD took its toll, Nopadon McKee said.

“He succumbed to his injuries,” a statement released by the family says.
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Civilian soldiers suffer PTSD in Sydney too

Dark reality for troops caught up in conflict
Sydney Morning Herald
Frank Walker
April 23, 2013

Every serviceman knows the moment they go to a defence force psychologist their military career is over, says Afghanistan veteran Geoff Evans.

"It shouldn't be that way, and Defence has worked hard to turn this attitude around, but it's the reality," said Mr Evans, who was medically discharged after being wounded during his second tour in 2011.

Mr Evans has post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a mental illness brought on by exposure to trauma and stress. It came from seeing two of his mates killed in front of him. Lieutenant Michael Fussell stepped on a mine and Private Greg Sher was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade just a few metres from him.

He has physical wounds from being blown into the air when his Bushmaster-armoured vehicle ran over a road mine. His brain suffered a severe traumatic injury from his head being violently shaken. It led him to be medically discharged - the day after he was promoted to lieutenant.

Mr Evans now realises he went on his second tour to Afghanistan already suffering PTSD. As a civilian, he was a fireman but when his reservist unit, the First Commando Regiment, was sent for a second tour in 2011 he went without hesitation. He even gave up his spot in officer school to go as a corporal and stay with his mates.

"I didn't admit it to anyone but when I returned from that first tour of Afghanistan I was a mess," he said in his eastern Sydney home - his wife Lisa and children Emily, 9, and Monash, 6, in another room.
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Lynn firefighter made 'tourniquets out of belts and shoe strings'

Lynn firefighter made 'tourniquets out of belts and shoe strings'
Originally Published on Wednesday, April 17, 2013
By Thor Jourgensen
The Daily Item

LYNN — The low-pitched boom silenced the crowd seated around Matt Patterson inside Abe and Louie's, and the explosion that followed drove the Lynn firefighter to his feet and toward the restaurant's front door.

Patterson pushed through other diners, shouting at them to move to the restaurant's kitchen, before running outside and clearing one, then a second barrier blocking off the Boston Marathon's finish line area along Boston's Boylston Street.

The 30-year-old Army veteran's training and firefighter paramedic skills kicked in as Patterson knelt next to a boy lying in the street. One of the blasts sheared off the boy's right leg and Patterson told a man who ran up to help him, "I need your belt."
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Disabled Firefighter Saved by Afghanistan Meatball

Dog rescued from Afghanistan returns favor by helping save owner’s life (With Video)
Published: Wednesday, December 26, 2012
By JOHN KOPP

CLIFTON HEIGHTS — The first time Meatball met Joe McCarty, the Afghan Kuchi puppy welcomed his new owner by peeing on him.

Five months later, McCarty and his wife, Kim, laugh at the story. That’s because Meatball and Joe now share a bond so tight that the 9-month-old dog knows when Joe isn’t right. That keen awareness might have saved Joe’s life earlier this month.

Kim said she was upstairs preparing to fall asleep one night when she heard Meatball begin barking incessantly. Meatball, Kim said, is not known for barking.

Joe, who served as a firefighter for the Sharon Hill Fire Department for 15 years, has suffered four strokes and is paralyzed on his left side.
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Firefighter answers call of duty for fallen son

Marine answers the call of duty for his slain son
by ERIC WILKINSON
KING 5 News
Posted on November 29, 2012

Mike Washington is one of three generations in his family who've dedicated their lives to serving others. The retired marine and 25 year Seattle firefighter taught his children the importance of being part of something bigger than themselves.

“I told them when people need help, why not help?” he said.

So, when Hurricane Sandy ravaged the East Coast, Washington rallied the troops in the Northwest, bringing desperately needed relief to New York and New Jersey. For two weeks the Northwest members of "Team Rubicon," a nationwide band of military brothers and sisters, helped storm victims dig out of the ruins of their former lives. It was a proud moment for this humble marine.

“I look at these young people and they've stepped up before and now they're stepping up again and thriving,” said Washington. “This is what they were meant to do.”

But this story isn't about Mike Washington or Team Rubicon, or even the victims of Hurricane Sandy. It's about someone who never set foot in the disaster zone, but is helping to inspire much of the good work being done there.

That inspiration comes in the form of a black and white photo taped to Washington's firehouse locker, and a tribute typed below it. It’s a picture of hope and promise.

It’s a picture of Mike Washington’s 20 year old son, Michael, killed in action in Afghanistan.
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Wounded Sgt. Helaina Lake returned to home to Maine

Wounded Livermore Falls Soldier Gets Hero's Welcome Home
11/20/2012
Reported By: Patty B. Wight

Today, 24-year-old U.S. Army Sgt. Helaina Lake returned to home to Maine. She's spent the past five months recovering at Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland from injuries sustained in a suicide bomb attack in Afghanistan. Lake suffered burns and severe injuries to the right side of her body, including a shattered leg. Her recovery isn't over, but her return marks the first time she's been home in more than a year. Patty Wight was at the Portland Jetport when Lake arrived.

Sgt. Heliana Lake is surrounded by her father (left, holding Lake's son) and her sister (right, in white shirt) as she arrives at the Portland Jetport.

At the Portland Jetport mid-morning, it was clear that something important was happening, as dozens of firefighters in casual blue uniforms gathered in the arrivals section. One of them was South Portland firefighter Jeff Lake, Sgt. Helaina Lake's uncle. He says he never expected such an outpouring of support, not only from his fellow firefighters, but from around the state.

"It's really unbelievable, the amount of support and the amount of people that are just behind this little girl that went over there and served her country," he says. "And it's just unbelievable."

Helaina Lake was a volunteer firefighter herself before she was deployed to Afghanistan in 2011. She had signed up for a second deployment when the suicide attack happened in June. Since then, her hometown of Livermore Falls has raised thousands of dollars to support her.
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Fourmile Canyon Firefighters at Risk for PTSD

If you are a firefighter, no matter where you are or how long you've been one, if you have a hard time "getting over it" then go for help to talk things over and get it all out. You need professional help for one simple reason. People are not trained to listen to what you may need to say anymore than they are trained to know what to say to you in return. Talking about the event and how you feel about it helps you to heal. Don't put it off. The sooner you get help for what you went through, the better.

September 15, 2010
Fourmile Canyon Firefighters at Risk
BOULDER, Colo. - Many of the firefighters at the Fourmile Canyon Fire lived in the mountain canyons outside of Boulder, where the flames scorched more than 6,000 acres. Experts say that close personal connection to the fire could put them at risk for post traumatic stress disorder - PTSD. Dr. Neil Weiner, director of Clinical Services at the University of Colorado Depression Center explains.

"I think loss of those kinds of personal affects, of memories, potential financial losses all can congeal and really increase the risk of post traumatic stress disorder."

Weiner says some depression or stress for a few weeks after this sort of event is normal, including flashbacks, nightmares, anxiety, or insomnia. He notes if symptoms linger for more than three months that can be a sign that PTSD has developed, and the individual should seek help.
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Fourmile Canyon Firefighters at Risk

8 firefighters hurt at Fort Bragg construction site

8 firefighters hurt at Bragg construction site

The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Aug 26, 2010 19:14:15 EDT

FORT BRAGG, N.C. — Eight firefighters were injured Thursday after a fire started in a barracks under construction here.

Fort Bragg officials said that six firefighters suffered smoke inhalation and heat exhaustion, and were treated at Womack Army Medical Center. Two firefighters were transported to Cape Fear Medical Center.

The fire started Thursday morning in a three-story building under construction near the 4th Brigade Combat Team barracks.

A statement issued by base officials said the fire was extinguished about 1:30 p.m., more than three hours after firefighters first arrived on the scene.
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2010/08/ap-army-bragg-eight-firefighters-hurt-082610/