Vietnam veterans worry VA to end local PTSD support group
Posted: Apr 27, 2012
Reported by Jonathan Martin
NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV)
A group of veterans fear the Nashville VA Medical Center is turning its back on them.
The Vietnam veterans said living with post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, is tough enough. Now, they are worried that a support group for those dealing with anxiety from the Vietnam War could be cut.
"It's not good. It's not a good feeling," said veteran Jack Fann.
"This group is my livelihood. Without these people, I don't know how much longer I'll be alive," said veteran John Baglin.
For more than 10 years, the group of about 15 men has been meeting to talk through their issues with help from a VA facilitator.
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Showing posts with label Nashville. Show all posts
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Vietnam Veterans in Nashville PTSD group ends?
For ten years these men have been able to meet and support each other. Does the VA have any clue how much these Vietnam veterans need it? Do they even have a clue how they are an example of what does work when it comes to PTSD?
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Black Hawk crew honored for 3 heroic days
Black Hawk crew honored for 3 heroic days
By John Ryan - Staff writer
Posted : Monday Apr 23, 2012
An Army dust-off crew that flew 11 rescue hoists during 60 hours of combat deep in Afghanistan’s high mountains last June was honored for its heroics at the 2012 Army Aviation Association of America’s annual forum this month.
The Goodrich Corp., an AAAA sponsor, held the reception in Nashville, Tenn., to recognize the four-soldier Black Hawk crew of Dust Off 73 — pilot Chief Warrant Officer 4 Kenneth Brodhead, pilot Chief Warrant Officer 2 Erik Sabiston, flight medic Sgt. Julia Bringloe and crew chief Spc. David Capps — who spent nearly 12 hours in the air, extracting 14 wounded and one soldier killed in action and flying three critical resupply missions during a three-day operation.
Earlier this year, the crew received the AAAA/Goodrich Corp. 2011 Air and Sea Rescue of the Year award at Fort Rucker, Ala. Each soldier has been nominated for a Distinguished Flying Cross, the highest aviation award for valor.
“We didn’t expect to receive an award for our actions,” Sabiston said in an Army release. “It is a great honor, but anyone in this unit would have done the same.”
On June 25-27, 2011, DO-73 supported Operation Hammer Down, an effort to find Taliban training grounds and fighters in Watahpur district of Kunar province. Soldiers from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, ran missions at elevations as high as 10,000 feet and faced heavy enemy contact.
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By John Ryan - Staff writer
Posted : Monday Apr 23, 2012
An Army dust-off crew that flew 11 rescue hoists during 60 hours of combat deep in Afghanistan’s high mountains last June was honored for its heroics at the 2012 Army Aviation Association of America’s annual forum this month.
The Goodrich Corp., an AAAA sponsor, held the reception in Nashville, Tenn., to recognize the four-soldier Black Hawk crew of Dust Off 73 — pilot Chief Warrant Officer 4 Kenneth Brodhead, pilot Chief Warrant Officer 2 Erik Sabiston, flight medic Sgt. Julia Bringloe and crew chief Spc. David Capps — who spent nearly 12 hours in the air, extracting 14 wounded and one soldier killed in action and flying three critical resupply missions during a three-day operation.
Earlier this year, the crew received the AAAA/Goodrich Corp. 2011 Air and Sea Rescue of the Year award at Fort Rucker, Ala. Each soldier has been nominated for a Distinguished Flying Cross, the highest aviation award for valor.
“We didn’t expect to receive an award for our actions,” Sabiston said in an Army release. “It is a great honor, but anyone in this unit would have done the same.”
On June 25-27, 2011, DO-73 supported Operation Hammer Down, an effort to find Taliban training grounds and fighters in Watahpur district of Kunar province. Soldiers from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, ran missions at elevations as high as 10,000 feet and faced heavy enemy contact.
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Monday, February 13, 2012
Nashville shelter prepares for rise in returning vets
Nashville shelter prepares for rise in returning vets
Written by
Patrick Clemens
As residents of the Volunteer State, our history is one of respect and honor for those who have volunteered to serve and defend our nation. Today, we have two more reasons to feel good about our local veterans, both of which were recently reported in The Tennessean.
First, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is having a great deal of success in getting homeless veterans into affordable housing. The second is a story of combat troops returning home to Middle Tennessee from Iraq.
The two stories have more in common than you might imagine. Currently, Nashville/Davidson County has 600-700 homeless veterans. This number has remained constant for years, and the makeup of veterans also is little changed. Sixty-two percent of homeless veterans served in the Vietnam War era or previously. Very few of these homeless veterans served in the global war on terror.
This is about to change. The number of veterans returning will be the largest since the end of the Vietnam War, and we will see a significant increase in the number of homeless veterans in Nashville/Davidson County.
Written by
Patrick Clemens
As residents of the Volunteer State, our history is one of respect and honor for those who have volunteered to serve and defend our nation. Today, we have two more reasons to feel good about our local veterans, both of which were recently reported in The Tennessean.
First, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is having a great deal of success in getting homeless veterans into affordable housing. The second is a story of combat troops returning home to Middle Tennessee from Iraq.
The two stories have more in common than you might imagine. Currently, Nashville/Davidson County has 600-700 homeless veterans. This number has remained constant for years, and the makeup of veterans also is little changed. Sixty-two percent of homeless veterans served in the Vietnam War era or previously. Very few of these homeless veterans served in the global war on terror.
This is about to change. The number of veterans returning will be the largest since the end of the Vietnam War, and we will see a significant increase in the number of homeless veterans in Nashville/Davidson County.
Monday, June 6, 2011
Nashville’s was among the worst out of 16 VA centers
Nashville VA Knocked in New Internal Report
Monday, June 06th, 2011, by Capitol News Connection
Lawmakers in Washington are not happy about findings from an audit on veterans affairs offices.
The report looked at 16 centers. Nashville’s center was among the worst.
The VA‘s inspector general wanted to know how regional centers were responding to veterans’ disability claims. How quickly and how accurately. They picked Nashville’s regional office at random to inspect from April 2009 to September 2010.
The Nashville center was only in compliance with five out of fifteen claims categories.
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Nashville VA Knocked in New Internal Report
Monday, June 06th, 2011, by Capitol News Connection
Lawmakers in Washington are not happy about findings from an audit on veterans affairs offices.
The report looked at 16 centers. Nashville’s center was among the worst.
The VA‘s inspector general wanted to know how regional centers were responding to veterans’ disability claims. How quickly and how accurately. They picked Nashville’s regional office at random to inspect from April 2009 to September 2010.
The Nashville center was only in compliance with five out of fifteen claims categories.
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Nashville VA Knocked in New Internal Report
Monday, April 27, 2009
SpecOps soldier dies while running marathon
SpecOps soldier dies while running marathon
The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Apr 27, 2009 7:03:11 EDT
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Army officials say a runner who collapsed and died after at the Country Music Marathon was a special operations aviation soldier based at Fort Campbell, Ky.
The army said in news release Sunday the runner was Staff Sgt. Benjamin “Levi” Pigman, a 25-year-old native of Hamilton, Mont.
Pigman collapsed Saturday after he completed the half-marathon at the event. He was treated at the scene and then transported to Nashville General Hospital, where he died, the release said.
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SpecOps soldier dies while running marathon
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Mindy McCready's life saved after suicide attempt
Singer Mindy McCready, who had affair with former Yankee Roger Clemens, apparently attempted suicide
By MICHAEL O'KEEFFE AND CHRISTIAN RED
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITERS
Updated Wednesday, December 17th 2008, 4:30 PM
Country music singer Mindy McCready, whose long-term affair with pitcher Roger Clemens ensnared her in his legal battles, was hospitalized in an apparent suicide attempt Wednesday morning, according to a police spokeswoman.
McCready was taken to a Nashville-area hospital for treatment of wounds to her wrists, according to the spokeswoman and two people close to the troubled singer.
Police and paramedics were called to a Nashville home where McCready was staying and immediately transported her to a hospital.
“We responded to a '10-63,' that's a suicidal person call. Mindy McCready was at the house,” said Kris Mumford, a Nashville Police Department spokeswoman. “Apparently she called the mother of her roommate and said some things that caused the mother concern. She called authorities. We responded with paramedics, who took her to a local hospital.”
The 33-year-old McCready has been weathering enormous pressure all year, and was treated this summer at a Hunt, Texas rehab center for what she described as a nervous breakdown.
By MICHAEL O'KEEFFE AND CHRISTIAN RED
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITERS
Updated Wednesday, December 17th 2008, 4:30 PM
Country music singer Mindy McCready, whose long-term affair with pitcher Roger Clemens ensnared her in his legal battles, was hospitalized in an apparent suicide attempt Wednesday morning, according to a police spokeswoman.
McCready was taken to a Nashville-area hospital for treatment of wounds to her wrists, according to the spokeswoman and two people close to the troubled singer.
Police and paramedics were called to a Nashville home where McCready was staying and immediately transported her to a hospital.
“We responded to a '10-63,' that's a suicidal person call. Mindy McCready was at the house,” said Kris Mumford, a Nashville Police Department spokeswoman. “Apparently she called the mother of her roommate and said some things that caused the mother concern. She called authorities. We responded with paramedics, who took her to a local hospital.”
The 33-year-old McCready has been weathering enormous pressure all year, and was treated this summer at a Hunt, Texas rehab center for what she described as a nervous breakdown.
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Saturday, August 23, 2008
Appeals court rules in favor Nashville police officer
Appeals court rules in favor of reservist
The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Aug 22, 2008 21:26:15 EDT
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A federal appeals court panel has ruled in favor of a Nashville police officer who filed a lawsuit against the department contending his re-employment rights were violated after serving a year in Iraq.
Brian Petty, who served as an Army Reserve captain, requested reinstatement with the Metro Nashville Police Department in February 2005 but was not returned to work until the following month. He was assigned to a clerical position, not to his original job as patrol sergeant or a similar position.
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http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/08/ap_tnpolicereservist082208/
The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Aug 22, 2008 21:26:15 EDT
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A federal appeals court panel has ruled in favor of a Nashville police officer who filed a lawsuit against the department contending his re-employment rights were violated after serving a year in Iraq.
Brian Petty, who served as an Army Reserve captain, requested reinstatement with the Metro Nashville Police Department in February 2005 but was not returned to work until the following month. He was assigned to a clerical position, not to his original job as patrol sergeant or a similar position.
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http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/08/ap_tnpolicereservist082208/
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Group gives three veterans honor burials they deserve
Group gives three veterans honor burials they deserve
Dwight Lewis
dlewis@tennessean.com
615-726-5928
They won't be sending Frank Murray to the University of Tennessee's Anthropology Research Facility, better known as the Body Farm, after all.
Instead, Murray, 65, a Vietnam War veteran found dead June 30 in the trailer where he lived in Murfreesboro, will be given a military burial Tuesday in the Middle Tennessee Veterans Cemetery on McCrory Lane.
"Our goal is to make sure no veteran ends up at the Body Farm,'' William J. Burleigh, a retired Army lieutenant colonel and executive director of Operation Stand Down Nashville, told me Tuesday.
That goal is one that Operation Stand Down Nashville, which helps the community re-establish ties with its veterans, can't accomplish by itself. And it's a goal that's being achieved not only with Murray's burial at 9 a.m. Aug. 5, but that of Dennis Gill, a homeless veteran, at 10 a.m. and Jerry Moran, a veteran who was formerly homeless, at 11 a.m.
"This is an extreme message,'' John Furgess, who served as assistant state commissioner for veterans affairs for 20 years before retiring in 2002, said by phone Tuesday. "When a veteran leaves the military he carries a lifelong record of service to his country. … Many times experts talk about the emotional effects on a veteran. You and I know it as post-traumatic stress disorder. …''
Furgess went on to tell me about the death and life of Jerry Moran, 61, who like Murray was a Vietnam veteran.
Dwight Lewis
dlewis@tennessean.com
615-726-5928
They won't be sending Frank Murray to the University of Tennessee's Anthropology Research Facility, better known as the Body Farm, after all.
Instead, Murray, 65, a Vietnam War veteran found dead June 30 in the trailer where he lived in Murfreesboro, will be given a military burial Tuesday in the Middle Tennessee Veterans Cemetery on McCrory Lane.
"Our goal is to make sure no veteran ends up at the Body Farm,'' William J. Burleigh, a retired Army lieutenant colonel and executive director of Operation Stand Down Nashville, told me Tuesday.
That goal is one that Operation Stand Down Nashville, which helps the community re-establish ties with its veterans, can't accomplish by itself. And it's a goal that's being achieved not only with Murray's burial at 9 a.m. Aug. 5, but that of Dennis Gill, a homeless veteran, at 10 a.m. and Jerry Moran, a veteran who was formerly homeless, at 11 a.m.
"This is an extreme message,'' John Furgess, who served as assistant state commissioner for veterans affairs for 20 years before retiring in 2002, said by phone Tuesday. "When a veteran leaves the military he carries a lifelong record of service to his country. … Many times experts talk about the emotional effects on a veteran. You and I know it as post-traumatic stress disorder. …''
Furgess went on to tell me about the death and life of Jerry Moran, 61, who like Murray was a Vietnam veteran.
Eastland Funeral Home, which is owned by the Dignity Memorial Network, is providing free burial preparation for all three men, Burleigh and Furgess said. And officials with the Middle Tennessee Veterans Cemetery are making burial arrangements.
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008
911 operator: 'I don't give a sh*t what happens to you'
911 operator: 'I don't give a sh*t what happens to you'
David Edwards and Mike Sheehan
Published: Tuesday May 13, 2008
A Nashville woman who waited hours for someone to respond to her call to 911 emergency services didn't hear the worst part of the call.
After Sheila Jones hung up the phone, a local news reporter found that one 911 operator said, "I really just don't give a shit what happens to you."
"I think I'm more hurt than I am mad that my life didn't mean a damn thing to them," said Jones, after hearing the tape played back to her for the first time. Jones had called for help after an ex-boyfriend assaulted and threatened her.
911 officials told Nashville's NewsChannel 5 that the staffer who took the call "was a trainee who was [later] fired ... not for the comment, but for flunking his final exam."
This video is from NewsChannel 5, broadcast May 12, 2008.
go here for the videohttp://rawstory.com/news/2008/911_operator_I_dont_give_sht_0513.html
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/911_operator_I_dont_give_sht_0513.html
David Edwards and Mike Sheehan
Published: Tuesday May 13, 2008
A Nashville woman who waited hours for someone to respond to her call to 911 emergency services didn't hear the worst part of the call.
After Sheila Jones hung up the phone, a local news reporter found that one 911 operator said, "I really just don't give a shit what happens to you."
"I think I'm more hurt than I am mad that my life didn't mean a damn thing to them," said Jones, after hearing the tape played back to her for the first time. Jones had called for help after an ex-boyfriend assaulted and threatened her.
911 officials told Nashville's NewsChannel 5 that the staffer who took the call "was a trainee who was [later] fired ... not for the comment, but for flunking his final exam."
This video is from NewsChannel 5, broadcast May 12, 2008.
go here for the videohttp://rawstory.com/news/2008/911_operator_I_dont_give_sht_0513.html
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/911_operator_I_dont_give_sht_0513.html
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