Thursday, November 3, 2011
Fort Hood Survivor Runs Through Alabama to Support Shooting Victims
Fort Hood Survivor Runs Through Alabama to Support Shooting Victims
Written by Tamika Bickham
Wednesday, 02 November 2011
The two year anniversary of the Fort Hood mass shooting that left 13 dead and 32 wounded is days away. One soldier affected is a native of Eclectic, Alabama and now he's back to honor and raise money for all those affected by this tragedy.
November 5th, 2009 is a day Army Chief Christopher Royal and his wife, Major Stephanie Royal remember all too well.
"Very unexpectedly shots started ringing out and a lot of chaos," said Christopher Royal, "I got shot at several times and I was only hit in my lower part of my back twice."
"It was maybe 15 minutes after we found out the incident had started taking place when I found out my husband was involved," said Stephanie Royal.
Royal was shot twice in the back. He was one of the 32 people who were injured while 12 soldiers and one civilian were killed.
"Things like this always cause mental issues and psychological issues that aren't always seen as well as the physical wounds," she said.
So now this family is on their own mission to help the soldiers and their families who continue to suffer by creating a foundation called 32 Still Standing.
Written by Tamika Bickham
Wednesday, 02 November 2011
The two year anniversary of the Fort Hood mass shooting that left 13 dead and 32 wounded is days away. One soldier affected is a native of Eclectic, Alabama and now he's back to honor and raise money for all those affected by this tragedy.
November 5th, 2009 is a day Army Chief Christopher Royal and his wife, Major Stephanie Royal remember all too well.
"Very unexpectedly shots started ringing out and a lot of chaos," said Christopher Royal, "I got shot at several times and I was only hit in my lower part of my back twice."
"It was maybe 15 minutes after we found out the incident had started taking place when I found out my husband was involved," said Stephanie Royal.
Royal was shot twice in the back. He was one of the 32 people who were injured while 12 soldiers and one civilian were killed.
"Things like this always cause mental issues and psychological issues that aren't always seen as well as the physical wounds," she said.
So now this family is on their own mission to help the soldiers and their families who continue to suffer by creating a foundation called 32 Still Standing.
More than 50 Marines take oath during NFL game
Camp Lejeune Marines take oath of enlistment during Panthers NFL game
Posted: Thursday, November 3, 2011 12:00 am
Sgt. Bryan A. Peterson Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune
Sunday, during the Minnesota Vikings vs. Carolina Panthers NFL Military Appreciation Day game at the Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C., more than 50 service members swore to uphold and defend the constitution of the United States in front of more than 70,000 screaming fans.
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Posted: Thursday, November 3, 2011 12:00 am
Sgt. Bryan A. Peterson Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune
Photo by Sgt. Bryan A. PetersonBefore the National Football League season began, Minnesota Vikings running back and the NFL’s current rushing leader, Adrian Peterson, re-signed with the Vikings for seven years – a contract worth more than $100 million.
Panther's game
Five Marines from Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, along with more than 50 service members across North Carolina, South Carolina and a group of soldiers in Afghanistan broadcast live through a satellite feed, reenlist at the Minnesota Vikings vs. Carolina Panthers National Football League Military Appreciation Day game at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C., Sunday.
Sunday, during the Minnesota Vikings vs. Carolina Panthers NFL Military Appreciation Day game at the Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C., more than 50 service members swore to uphold and defend the constitution of the United States in front of more than 70,000 screaming fans.
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Through Military Charity, Francona’s Family Still Tied To The Sox
Through Military Charity, Francona’s Family Still Tied To The Sox
BY DELORES HANDY
Nov 3, 2011, 7:36 AM
BOSTON — While the Red Sox baseball era may be over for former manager Terry Francona, there is a cause tied to the team that’s still very close to his family.
Jacque Francona, ‘Tito’s’ wife, remains involved with Home Base, a Red Sox Foundation program that helps military families and their loved ones serving overseas.
This fall, Jacque has had a lot more than baseball on her mind.
“I am here as a mother of a son that is in active duty serving as a Marine, and also a mother-in-law of a Marine who is also deployed to Afghanistan,” she said.
Jacque’s only son, Nick, returned just last week from a seven-month stint in Afghanistan, where he commanded a sniper platoon.
Francona’s son-in-law, Michael Rice — who is with a Marine unit dismantling bombs — won’t be returning to the U.S. until early next year.
“I, like all the other parents out there who’ve had someone serve in harm’s way, have experienced a range of emotions,” she said.
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BY DELORES HANDY
Nov 3, 2011, 7:36 AM
BOSTON — While the Red Sox baseball era may be over for former manager Terry Francona, there is a cause tied to the team that’s still very close to his family.
Jacque Francona, ‘Tito’s’ wife, remains involved with Home Base, a Red Sox Foundation program that helps military families and their loved ones serving overseas.
This fall, Jacque has had a lot more than baseball on her mind.
“I am here as a mother of a son that is in active duty serving as a Marine, and also a mother-in-law of a Marine who is also deployed to Afghanistan,” she said.
Jacque’s only son, Nick, returned just last week from a seven-month stint in Afghanistan, where he commanded a sniper platoon.
Francona’s son-in-law, Michael Rice — who is with a Marine unit dismantling bombs — won’t be returning to the U.S. until early next year.
“I, like all the other parents out there who’ve had someone serve in harm’s way, have experienced a range of emotions,” she said.
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Navy vet, now homeless and suffering from PTSD, part of Occupy
Reporters have been very lazy on the Occupy reporting. Most have taken the easy way out instead of talking to the people trying to change things. They come from all walks of life but as most reports are tied to the Iraq veteran Scott Olsen, there are many, many more suffering when they come home after all their service to this nation.
Politicians make the rules and fund the programs but it is the men and women risking their lives paying the price. It is the men and women dedicating their lives to making a difference for others paying the price for what they do. The truth is the values of the elected have been corrupted and people no longer matter unless they are wealthy. If we can't take care of our veterans, what chance does anyone else have?
Politicians make the rules and fund the programs but it is the men and women risking their lives paying the price. It is the men and women dedicating their lives to making a difference for others paying the price for what they do. The truth is the values of the elected have been corrupted and people no longer matter unless they are wealthy. If we can't take care of our veterans, what chance does anyone else have?
Occupy Asheville expresses solidarity with Oakland march
By Bill Rhodes on 11/02/2011
About 100 Occupy Asheville marchers — along with a number of visitors from the San Francisco/Oakland area — marched from the local group's former Lexington Avenue campsite, up the hill to College Street and then to the U.S. Federal Building. Along the way, the marchers were met by several police officers, who directed them to get and stay on the sidewalk. The marchers ignored them.
The group continued to the Federal Building, trailed by a dozen police vehicles, sirens running. Other officers blocked off traffic on side streets. At the Federal Building, the march reversed course and headed for Vance Memorial.
Once there, the marchers chanted a variety of slogans and held signs up for all to see. After it appeared they were not leaving the monument property, the APD left the scene.
The protesters went through a series of speakers, each using the "crowd mic" technique: The crowd repeats what the speaker said so all can hear. There was a Navy vet, now homeless and suffering from PTSD. A woman from San Francisco said she had lost all at the hands of the government, and her sister was being held in some kind of lock-down at her Army base so she would not go AWOL. An older man related how he was from the "Viet Nam generation" and felt this movement was more profound and needed.
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The War at Home: PTSD affects families, too
There should be absolutely no more excuses for any family suffering because of PTSD. There were plenty of them to go around up until Vietnam Veterans came home and said "enough" secrecy. All generations of veterans came home with the same enemy imbedded within them for the rest of their lives. Some had terrible memories waking up once in a while but for others, it was as if they were under constant attack. Vietnam veterans pushed for research and treatment. Wives like me had nothing to learn from because our own parents wouldn't talk about it.
As a "military brat" myself, my Dad only mentioned "shell shock" once. That was right after he met my husband when we were dating. I knew my Dad was different but everyone in the family passed off what was going on as part of alcoholism. No one talked about Korea.
Vietnam veterans wives managed to somehow obtain PhD level education in order to save our husbands' lives and keep our families together. Raising our kids as normal as possible and trying to find some kind of peaceful coexistence were the battles we had to fight because "he" fought in combat.
We've been married 27 years but friends of ours are heading toward 40 years even with combat PTSD trying to take over. It isn't impossible but it is hard and a daily struggle.
We learned by our mistakes and all these years of trying to find what works but the "new" wives/husbands don't want to hear it. They don't want to know what to expect when "Johnny comes back home" changed by where he has been.
When PTSD is mild, it is the best time to reach out to them and get them into some kind of therapy. It stops getting worse the moment they talk about it. The families can either help with that or we can make it worse because of unreasonable and uninformed expectations. We can wait for them to just get over it the way they did before or we can learn to understand what we are seeing in them. Knowing what the changes mean and what they are trying to express with the way they react can save them. Ignorance will kill off any chance of having a marriage last and contributes to the rise in suicides.
When they come home with PTSD, their battle isn't over and our's, well that has just begun.
As a "military brat" myself, my Dad only mentioned "shell shock" once. That was right after he met my husband when we were dating. I knew my Dad was different but everyone in the family passed off what was going on as part of alcoholism. No one talked about Korea.
Vietnam veterans wives managed to somehow obtain PhD level education in order to save our husbands' lives and keep our families together. Raising our kids as normal as possible and trying to find some kind of peaceful coexistence were the battles we had to fight because "he" fought in combat.
We've been married 27 years but friends of ours are heading toward 40 years even with combat PTSD trying to take over. It isn't impossible but it is hard and a daily struggle.
We learned by our mistakes and all these years of trying to find what works but the "new" wives/husbands don't want to hear it. They don't want to know what to expect when "Johnny comes back home" changed by where he has been.
When PTSD is mild, it is the best time to reach out to them and get them into some kind of therapy. It stops getting worse the moment they talk about it. The families can either help with that or we can make it worse because of unreasonable and uninformed expectations. We can wait for them to just get over it the way they did before or we can learn to understand what we are seeing in them. Knowing what the changes mean and what they are trying to express with the way they react can save them. Ignorance will kill off any chance of having a marriage last and contributes to the rise in suicides.
When they come home with PTSD, their battle isn't over and our's, well that has just begun.
The War at Home: PTSD affects families, too
What to do if you suspect a family member has PTSD
Updated: Wednesday, 02 Nov 2011, 4:21 PM CDT
Published : Wednesday, 02 Nov 2011, 4:21 PM CDT
WALA Staff Report
When someone has PTSD, it can change family life. The person with PTSD may act differently and get angry easily. He or she may not want to do things you used to enjoy together.
You may feel scared and frustrated about the changes you see in your loved one. You also may feel angry about what's happening to your family, or wonder if things will ever go back to the way they were. These feelings and worries are common in people who have a family member with PTSD.
It is important to learn about PTSD so you can understand why it happened, how it is treated, and what you can do to help. But you also need to take care of yourself. Changes in family life are stressful, and taking care of yourself will make it easier to cope.
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Missing Marine's mother pleads for help
UPDATE
Missing Marine found alive
Updated: Sunday, 06 Nov 2011, 12:32 AM EDT
Published : Saturday, 05 Nov 2011, 6:08 PM EDT
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTHI) - A Marine who had been missing for more than a week has been found alive.
Eric Kirby, 20, disappeared from Camp Lejeune in North Carolina on October 26.
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Missing Marine found alive
Updated: Sunday, 06 Nov 2011, 12:32 AM EDT
Published : Saturday, 05 Nov 2011, 6:08 PM EDT
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTHI) - A Marine who had been missing for more than a week has been found alive.
Eric Kirby, 20, disappeared from Camp Lejeune in North Carolina on October 26.
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Missing Marine's mother pleads for help
Updated: Wednesday, 02 Nov 2011, 11:28 PM EDT
Published : Wednesday, 02 Nov 2011, 11:28 PM EDT
By: Daniel Miller
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - A Hoosier marine is missing, and now his mother is pleading for the public’s help to find him.
20-year-old Eric Kirby's mother, Nora Willman, said she last spoke with her son Oct. 25 on facebook. That’s the last day he was seen, on the grounds of North Carolina's Camp Lejeune.
Willman said it's unlike her son – a 2010 graduate of Ben Davis High School - to disappear without telling anyone where he's going. So now, from hundreds of miles away, she is desperately trying to solve the mystery.
"He has a 3-year-old daughter. and there was no sign that he could be thinking about doing something like running off, " she said.
Their last conversation online centered around his 3-year-old daughter, she said.
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Family, Friends Remember Two Oklahoma Soldiers Killed In Afghanistan
Family, Friends Remember Two Oklahoma Soldiers Killed In Afghanistan
NewsOn6.com
TULSA, OKLAHOMA -- The Department of Defense has confirmed that two more Oklahoma soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan.
One soldier is identified as Specialist Chris Gailey, 26, from Ochelata, the other as Private First Class Sarina Butcher, 19, of Checotah. They were assigned to the 700th Brigade Support Battalion, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team based in Tulsa.
They died November 1, 2011, when their vehicle was hit by an IED in the Paktia province.
The Guard says the improvised explosive device detonated near their military vehicle while their unit was on a resupply mission.
Two soldiers were also wounded during the incident but are expected to recover from their injuries.
"The Oklahoma National Guard family is deeply saddened by the loss of these two outstanding Citizen-Soldiers," said Major General Myles L. Deering, the adjutant general for Oklahoma.
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TULSA, OKLAHOMA -- The Department of Defense has confirmed that two more Oklahoma soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan.
One soldier is identified as Specialist Chris Gailey, 26, from Ochelata, the other as Private First Class Sarina Butcher, 19, of Checotah. They were assigned to the 700th Brigade Support Battalion, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team based in Tulsa.
They died November 1, 2011, when their vehicle was hit by an IED in the Paktia province.
The Guard says the improvised explosive device detonated near their military vehicle while their unit was on a resupply mission.
Two soldiers were also wounded during the incident but are expected to recover from their injuries.
"The Oklahoma National Guard family is deeply saddened by the loss of these two outstanding Citizen-Soldiers," said Major General Myles L. Deering, the adjutant general for Oklahoma.
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Alaska soldier caught before causing damage, army says
Alaska soldier caught before causing damage, army says
By Yereth Rosen
ANCHORAGE, Alaska | Wed Nov 2, 2011 5:45pm EDT
(Reuters) - A U.S. soldier at an Alaska military base arrested on suspicion of espionage was caught before he could spread information that would damage national interests, an Army spokesman said on Wednesday.
Specialist William Colton Millay, a 22-year-old military policeman from Owensboro, Kentucky, was being watched closely prior to his arrest last Friday, Army spokesman Lt. Col. Bill Coppernoll said.
"Any information that might have been transferred was stopped," thanks to coordination between Army and civilian law enforcement agencies, Coppernoll said. "Millay was being observed well before any damage could have occurred."
Coppernoll did not say who Millay was suspected of spying for or what sensitive information he may have had access to, but said the arrest was unrelated to the WikiLeaks case, in which Army Private Bradley Manning is charged with downloading classified information and passing some of it to WikiLeaks.
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By Yereth Rosen
ANCHORAGE, Alaska | Wed Nov 2, 2011 5:45pm EDT
(Reuters) - A U.S. soldier at an Alaska military base arrested on suspicion of espionage was caught before he could spread information that would damage national interests, an Army spokesman said on Wednesday.
Specialist William Colton Millay, a 22-year-old military policeman from Owensboro, Kentucky, was being watched closely prior to his arrest last Friday, Army spokesman Lt. Col. Bill Coppernoll said.
"Any information that might have been transferred was stopped," thanks to coordination between Army and civilian law enforcement agencies, Coppernoll said. "Millay was being observed well before any damage could have occurred."
Coppernoll did not say who Millay was suspected of spying for or what sensitive information he may have had access to, but said the arrest was unrelated to the WikiLeaks case, in which Army Private Bradley Manning is charged with downloading classified information and passing some of it to WikiLeaks.
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Family of fallen soldier not informed of fundraiser
Family of fallen soldier not informed of fundraiser
Updated: Wednesday, 02 Nov 2011, 3:53 PM EDT
Published : Wednesday, 02 Nov 2011, 3:45 PM EDT
MONTICELLO, Ind. (WLFI) - A company, claiming a portion of their proceeds will be donated to a fallen soldier, hadn’t informed the family about what they were going to do.
The Treasure Hunter's Roadshow came into Monticello earlier this week.
The group, based out of Springfield, buys gold and collectables, and then sells those items for a profit.
While in Monticello, the group was advertising that a portion of the profit they make will be donated to the family of Staff Sergeant Kenneth McAninch.
Just a year ago, Staff Sergeant Kenneth McAninch was laid to rest in Logansport, after being killed in action in Afghanistan.
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Updated: Wednesday, 02 Nov 2011, 3:53 PM EDT
Published : Wednesday, 02 Nov 2011, 3:45 PM EDT
MONTICELLO, Ind. (WLFI) - A company, claiming a portion of their proceeds will be donated to a fallen soldier, hadn’t informed the family about what they were going to do.
The Treasure Hunter's Roadshow came into Monticello earlier this week.
The group, based out of Springfield, buys gold and collectables, and then sells those items for a profit.
While in Monticello, the group was advertising that a portion of the profit they make will be donated to the family of Staff Sergeant Kenneth McAninch.
Just a year ago, Staff Sergeant Kenneth McAninch was laid to rest in Logansport, after being killed in action in Afghanistan.
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