UPDATE: Police confirm body found is that of missing veteran Danny Johnston
The Portsmouth News
Tom Cotterill
May 23, 2018
Officers said Mr Johnston was found in a wooded area at Stoughton Down, near Chichester. The 35-year-old Afghanistan war hero was declared dead at the scene. Officers added his next of kin had been informed.
Inspector Roy Hodder of the missing persons team said: ‘We would like to express our condolences to the family and friends of Daniel Johnston at this difficult time.
‘We would like to extend our thanks to family and friends of Daniel who volunteered to assist us in the search for him.’ It marks the end of a three-day ordeal for Mr Johnston’s loved ones. He disappeared from his family home in Bognor Regis on Sunday morning, at around 9am.
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Veteran with PTSD alleges sexual abuse at hands of former VA social worker and therapist
ABC 7 News
By Jovana Lara and Lisa Bartley
May 22, 2018
Jackie, who is considered 100 percent disabled by the VA due in part to PTSD from her rape, said she was on five different psychiatric medications at the time. In the beginning, she said she believed their sexual relationship was consensual.
Jackie Baum served six years in the U.S. Army Reserves and trained as a nuclear, biological and chemical weapons specialist.
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Army veteran Jackie Baum's life was spiraling out of control. She was homeless, addicted to drugs and living under a bridge steps away from the VA's West Los Angeles campus.
Jackie struggled with bipolar disorder and PTSD from her rape in the military years ago, both of which were exacerbated by an addiction to pain pills and heroin.
"I didn't think I was ever going to get off of that," Jackie told Eyewitness News. "I just assumed I was going to die that way."
In March 2015, Vietnam veteran and outreach volunteer John Keaveney ran across Jackie under the Ohio Avenue Bridge and captured video of the encounter on his cellphone.
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Baby boom: Oklahoma newborns and firefighter dads pose for heartwarming photos
CBS News
By CHRISTOPHER BRITO
May 21, 2018
There's a baby boom at a firehouse in Oklahoma. Seven of their bravest not only battle blazes, but also perform daddy duties -- and there are adorable photos to show for it.
Several firefighters at the Glenpool Fire Department have become fathers over the last year. Their wives wanted to commemorate the special occasion with group photos Sunday afternoon -- even if the star subjects didn't always want to cooperate.
"Honestly, it was difficult to get seven babies to cooperate for a picture so we all had some good laughs," Melanie Todd, whose husband is in the department, told CBS News. "We all joked about knowing which kid not to let theirs hangout with."
The idea was the brainchild from one of the firefighters' wives and they waited until the last baby was born, according to Todd.
"After we saw the final pictures, we were excited," she said.
One of the photos show the infants, five girls and two boys, in the arms of their fathers. Another shows the babies sitting on top of their dads' firefighter jackets -- while donning shirts with their last names on them.
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HEARING THE VETERAN'S VOICE: SUICIDE
A panel of veterans who served in Vietnam, the Gulf War, Iraq and Afghanistan opened up about what they're experiencing in our series, Hearing the Veteran's Voice. They've been going through a residential rehab program for PTSD at the VA in Waco. In this report they candidly discussed suicide.
If you take nothing else away from this report, read this part.
Was it hard to ask for help?
Joel: "It took me seven years to even talk to a therapist, because I don't trust a lot of people. When I first came back, my very first therapist was Nidal Hasan and when he went and shot up Fort hood, I was called by CID because I was on a list of his. You just feel like you just can't trust anybody, because if you can't trust a soldier, especially a major in the United States Army, then who can you trust?"
It is something that has still not been answered.
30-year-old airman from Shaw Air Force base found dead in hotel
by ABC News 4
May 21st 2018
Sumter, S.C. (WCIV) — An airman at Shaw Air Force base was found dead this weekend at an off-base hotel.
The incident remains under investigation by the Sumter County Sheriff's Office.
Monika Carillo, 30, Airman 1st Class, assigned to the 20th Component Maintenance Squadron (CMS) at Shaw Air Force Base, was found dead on Saturday at approximately 10 p.m., according to the public affairs department with the United States Air Force.
She was an electronic warfare section team member who served in the Air Force since Sep. 12, 2017.
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