Operation Warrior Support puts out call to America

One of the groups I belong to working on taking care of veterans is Operation Warrior Support/Brave Aid. I've taken part on many conference calls and last night was no exception. I informed the callers how there was another veteran no longer alive due to combat. No, he did not die in battle but he did die because of it.

The story came out of Seattle. A three tour Iraq veteran was shot by police due to a domestic dispute. At least that is what the headlines said when it added the words "angry man" trying to describe this veteran.

His father said John LaBossiere joined the Marines after high school and after September 11th, so this proved he was patriotic as well as willing to give up his life for the sake of the country. He was deployed twice with the Marines. He was not done yet. John ended up going into the National Guards after. Imagine that! He had a wife and three children but his marriage fell apart. The article went on to say his family said "turned into someone his family hardly recognized." This is all too common because they didn't understand PTSD or what to do to help.

You can read more of this here

Man shot by police a Iraq three tour veteran


The problem is not that his family didn't care, they didn't know. No one told them. This is not just about one veteran, but thousands of veterans across the country needing help from the people of this country. It's about stepping up to fill in the gaps.

For every claim tied up in the VA backlog, there is a veteran and a family waiting for the wounds created by service to be taken care of as well as compensated for in far too many cases when the veteran is unable to earn a living to pay their bills.

While some groups only seem interested in the Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, Brave Aid wants to care for all veterans.

Operation Warrior support is about raising funds to do this. Much like many charities and foundations are funded by business ends, this group is funded by cause marketing. Members make a tax deductible donation of $20.00 a month and then the membership is grown by caring people. These funds support Brave Aid. Brave Aid supports veterans in need. The really great thing is that members also gain by being fundraising donors. You can go here for more information about it.
http://www.braveaid.org/
http://chaplainkathie.warriorsupport.us/

There is a lot to learn about this group and here is a start. There are many who will read this and think it's a scam but I know it isn't. I've met most of the people in this out of Florida. They have already cut checks to help veterans, gotten me involved in helping and this group has not even had the offical kick off yet which will happen on Veterans day. This is all about veterans and for veterans we are all supposed to care about.

Convention Tickets Are Free!
In keeping with the “donation” concept of Operation Warrior Support’s program, we have decided not to charge for attendance.
However, due to limited seating, you should still reserve seating early.
This will be such a terrific event, so plan on being there, let’s show the world who we are and what we stand for, so please invite everyone you know
Click Here To Reserve Seating Now!

Please click the above link to send a reservation email to:jborger@warriorsupport.us
Remember!

You don't want to miss tonights conference call. You will hear a special preview of our introduction of"Operation Warrior Support's Lead Management System"
Guest speaker will be Gale Farup, consultant for PM Marketing. Join us and invite guests, this system will become a tremendous sales tool in promoting the simplicity of building your business.
The call WILL START promptly at 9:00 PM (EST)


"Call To America"
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Mullen calls for better PTSD care

Mullen calls for better PTSD care

By Hugh Lessig

247-7821

11:42 p.m. EST, November 4, 2009


NORFOLK — As a combat medic in Iraq, Megan Krause had seen plenty.

When she came home, she thought her mental state was fine.

"We're medics," she said. "We're supposed to know the signs and symptoms of depression."

She misdiagnosed this case.

The reason for that failure — and her subsequent success — provided a real-life lesson for attendees of a Pentagon-sponsored conference on improving the resiliency of today's warfighter.

The two-day conference, which ended Wednesday, featured an address by the nation's top military officer, who called for better coordination of mental health services as individuals move from active-duty to veteran status.

Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, weighed in via audio link to address the conference and take questions.

"Our problem is stove-piped," he said.

He called for better coordination of services between the Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs and the general public.

"We're not very well-connected across these three areas," he said.

Many discharged veterans know little about VA services, and many groups across the country "would go out of their way to help their veterans" if they knew how and where to help.
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http://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-local_ptsd_1105nov05,0,7842432.story

Lakeland baby starves and dies in a well-stocked home

This just sounds too evil to believe! How could anyone do this? It's not that they didn't have enough money and since they had other children, it is not as if they didn't know children need to be fed.

Lakeland baby starves in a well-stocked home
By Jessica Vander Velde, Times Staff Writer
In Print: Thursday, November 5, 2009



LAKELAND — The pantry and refrigerator were full of juice, pasta, snacks and canned food — plenty to fill the bellies of the two adults and five children who lived in the house on Sunshine Drive.

But not enough for the baby.

Only 2 ounces of formula were found Monday in the home where paramedics pronounced an emaciated 5-month-old girl dead. She weighed just 6 pounds.

Chauntasia Gardner starved to death in a house with more beer than infant formula, investigators said, and the Polk County Sheriff's Office blames the parents. Tivasha E. Logan, 25, and her boyfriend, Chauncey Gardner, 27, were charged with first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse.

"It is mind-boggling," Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said. "I've done this job my entire adult life, and I've seen a lot of violence against children and babies, but I can't ever remember seeing one starve to death. This child was tortured for days on end until she finally died from starvation."
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Lakeland baby starves in a well-stocked home

Missing Florida baby found alive under baby sitter's bed

Missing Florida baby found alive under bed
Melissa Nelson and Erin Gartner, Associated Press Writers

7:30 a.m. EST, November 5, 2009
CHIPLEY, Fla. - A baby missing for five days was found alive and well under her baby sitter's bed, and Florida authorities said Thursday they plan to charge the sitter, her husband and the child's mother.

Investigators found 7-month-old Shannon Dedrick in a box tucked under a bed surrounded by items intended to hide the child at Susan Elizabeth Baker's home near Chipley, a rural Panhandle town, Washington County Sheriff Bobby Haddock said in an interview early Thursday. The baby was placed in protective custody.

"Statistically speaking this should not have ever happened, that we found this child alive, especially after so many days. Time was against us," Haddock said.

Shannon was taken to a hospital but appeared healthy, Haddock said.
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Missing Florida baby found alive under bed

Woman Calls 911, Says Boyfriend Won't Marry Her

Woman Calls 911, Says Boyfriend Won't Marry Her
Same Person Called 911 Saying She Couldn't Find Car
Reported by Carley Gordon

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. -- Clarksville police said they arrested a woman on Wednesday morning after she repeatedly made non-emergency calls to the city's 911 system.

Hee Orama, 34, was arrested after police said she recently made frequent calls to 911complaining about a man lying to her about marrying her.

Police said they responded to two calls from Orama and explained that this was not an emergency situation and to stop calling.
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http://www.wsmv.com/news/21521559/detail.html
linked from CNN