Walking Point out of PTSD darkness

We keep losing too many veterans after combat. They risk their lives for the sake of others. They lose their lives because they forget why they did what they had to do. They torture themselves because they do not understand the pain they feel so deeply is because they cared. Even with all the horrific events during combat, that depth of love survived strong enough that they still grieve.

Veterans all over the country from all generations want to do one more thing. One more thing for the sake of others. They want to heal so they can help other veterans heal too.

Walking Point out of PTSD darkness

Since 1982 Point Man International Ministries has been helping combat veterans and families struggling with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder with spiritual healing. Making peace after war should never be about forgetting but always about healing.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

PRLog (Press Release) - Feb. 24, 2014

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Before Twitter, Facebook, online support groups and long before the Internet reached around the world, veterans were coming together in small groups around the country.

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder was not the subject of news reports but what was happening to combat veterans became the top of the fold articles in every state.

Today there are Veterans Courts but back when Vietnam veterans came home there were only arrests.

Police officers felt helpless when they had to arrest veterans clearly in need of help instead of punishment. One officer in Washington decided to do something about veterans like him.

Seattle Police Officer and Vietnam Veteran Bill Landreth noticed he was arresting the same people each night and discovered most of them were Vietnam veterans, just like him. Bill started to meet with them in coffee shops in 1984 for fellowship and prayer. Much like a unit bonds together, they helped each other heal.

Today Point Man International Ministries is run by veterans from all conflicts, nationalities and backgrounds. Healing combat PTSD and helping veterans find peace after war has been in the news lately, it has been the goal of Point Man for 30 years free of charge. Outposts are led by veterans.

Homefronts have been helping families by offering understanding, support and the knowledge they need to help their veterans live a better quality of life. Marriage is hard enough as it is but when the veteran (male or female) is struggling after war, it can become too much on their own. Point Man Homefronts are led by family members.

Florida is in need of leaders willing to run small groups. We need people willing to learn as much as they are willing to listen. People of compassion and patience fully appreciating the value of changing lives one person at a time.

If you live in Florida contact me by email woundedtimes@aol.com


If you live outside of Florida visit Point Man and go to the Outpost tab for your state.

Marine Sgt. Lance Davison OEF-OIF Veteran PTSD Fallen Warrior

TO VETERANS WITH COMBAT PTSD

If you think your life no longer matters, watch this video. If you think no one cares, watch this video. If you think there is nothing you can do anymore to contribute to society, watch this video. Look at all the people showing up for Lance Davison. Most of them probably didn't know him personally.

All they had to know was that he risked his life for others and paid the price. The battle he fought publicly was fought in Afghanistan and Iraq along side of his "brothers" but the battle he fought personally was fought alone.

The final battle after war does not have to be lost. Learn what it is, seek help, heal so you can fight to save the lives of others. Your job isn't done. Your "brothers" are still counting on you!

Your family is too but they may not understand what you are going through or how to help you. Talk to them. Tell them what you need and how they can support you. Don't push them away. Isn't it time families stopped filling graves after war because of it?

Flagstaff Veteran Becomes a Fallen Warrior
NAZToday
Published on Feb 24, 2014

February 24, 2014 - NAZ Today reporter Kimberly Craft discusses the battle veterans face after they return home. Service men and women returning home from combat too often face a world of isolation and difficulty managing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. One Flagstaff veteran's world came apart with a disastrous ending due to PTSD. Hundreds of people came out on Saturday to lay Marine Sgt. Lance Davison to rest.

Davison received full military honors in a ceremony that included traditions from his Navajo past. The 34-year-old served in Afghanistan and Iraq and his experiences there led to a losing battle with PTSD and brain injuries sustained in combat.

Davison took his own life after fighting PTSD for more than a decade.

Davison's father, John Davison, hopes that this tragedy will not be seen as negative but as a message of hope and the need to address the severity of PTSD.

Twenty-two veterans commit suicide each year in the United States. Arizona Representative Ann Kirkpatrick comments on a recent visit to servicemen and women in Afghanistan and how she looked for answers to what could be done to help the transition from combat to home.

Members of congress forgot Veterans already paid the bill!

This is about treating all veterans and families the same, not just covering certain families of certain generations and certain wars! As for paying for it, some members of Congress must have forgotten that it was already paid for by the veterans when risked their lives!

Massive veterans bill heading toward Senate vote
USA TODAY
MILITARY INTELLIGENCE
Gregg Zoroya
February 24, 2014

What has been characterized as the most sweeping veterans legislation in decades could reach the Senate floor for a vote as early as Tuesday.

The legislation authored by Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Vermont independent who chairs the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, contains 143 provisions and would cost more than $30 billion.

With a long title — the Comprehensive Veterans Health and Benefits and Military Retirement Pay Restoration Act of 2014 — the bill, among other things, includes: restoring cost-of-living increases for military retiree pensions; expanding Department of Veterans Affairs health care, allowing the VA to acquire 27 new medical facilities and paying for reproductive services for 2,300 troops wounded in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

It would expand compensation for family caregivers of disabled veterans — something now provided for veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan — to families of veterans of all wars.

Nearly all veteran organizations support the bill.
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Two Tour Iraq Veteran Murdered While Celebrating Birthday

Rodney Jermaine Nesbitt was shot and killed while out celebrating his 29th birthday
The Greenville News
Anna Lee
February 24, 2014

GREENVILLE, S.C. — A U.S. Army veteran who survived a tour of duty in Iraq was killed early Saturday morning in South Carolina while out celebrating his 29th birthday, his father said.

Rodney Jermaine Nesbitt and another person were found shot inside of a Chevrolet Tahoe in Greenville, S.C., early Saturday morning. They were shot after authorities received reports of an altercation at a business in the area.

"He had a big heart," said Kenneth Fields, Nesbitt's father. "Everyone that you talked to always said how nice he was."

Nesbitt was shot in the head and died at the scene, said Greenville County (S.C.) Coroner Parks Evans. The other person was wounded, but authorities have not released much information about that person.

The shooting is being investigated as a homicide.
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Ret. Lt. General Boykin says Jesus will come back with AR-15

If he really thinks the Son of God would need a weapon, it shows how little Boykin knows about how much power He has. Plus considering Jesus didn't wipe out the Romans when He had the chance, not likely Boykin has any inside information on anything.

Former general: Forget the sword; Jesus will return with an AR-15
Stars and Stripes
By Patrick Dickson
Published: February 21, 2014

WASHINGTON — A former Army general believes that when Jesus returns, he’s gonna be packin’ heat.

Retired Lt. Gen. William “Jerry” Boykin, now the Family Research Council’s executive vice president, says the Son of God will be armed with an AR-15 assault rifle when he returns, in a speech at the Pro-Family Legislators Conference in Dallas.

“[Jesus is] coming back as a warrior, carrying a sword,” Boykin said. “And I believe now, I’ve checked this out — I believe that sword he’ll be carryin’ when he comes back is an AR-15.”

Many in the audience laughed and some applauded, according to audio of the speech released Tuesday.

“Now I want you to think about this: Where did the 2nd Amendment come from? Where did the 2nd Amendment come from? I ask my students this; I ask men’s groups. I ask, ‘Where did the 21nd Amendment come from?’”

Boykin, in a somewhat comic voice, replied: “ ‘From the Founding Fathers! It’s in the Constitution!’

“Well, yeah, I know that. But where did the whole concept come from? It came from Jesus.”
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Keep in mind this is coming from someone who used to be in charge. Enough said.