Brooklyn firefighters support paramedic's effort to record PTSD single
Nova News
Carole Morris-Underhill
Published on November 30, 2014
BROOKLYN – The words to Kevin Davison's latest song have been striking a chord with firefighters, paramedics, police officers and other frontline folks since the Kentville singer published the song via social media Nov. 19.
When Davison rolled into Brooklyn Saturday night to perform When Those Sirens Are Gone, a song about post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), dry eyes were few and far between.
With thousands of video views to date, and positive comments coming in from across North America, Davison is eager to get the song professionally recorded and playing on the airwaves by early 2015. He launched a Kickstarter campaign in order to raise enough funds.
He's now even closer to his goal. Brooklyn firefighters have donated money to the cause.
“Post traumatic stress has touched everybody in the fire service,” said Brooklyn Fire Chief Andy McDade following their annual banquet.
The firefighters presented Davison with a cheque for $1,000 to help him get the single recorded and mass produced. McDade noted the funding was not from the grant money the municipality provides them, nor was it from the community at large.
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Kevin Davison-PTSD-When Those Sirens Are Gone
Nov 19, 2014
A song I wrote along with Doug Folkins honouring all First Responders and the painful reality of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
"We ain't super heroes. We're ordinary men."
Sunday, November 30, 2014
Troublesome grey area in service dog law
Misuse, misunderstanding create troublesome grey area in service dog law
Bangor Daily News
By Abigail Curtis, BDN Staff
Posted Nov. 30, 2014
Ashley L. Conti | BDN
Judi Bayly tells her service dog, Kira, a 7-year-old Irish setter, to look at her during lunch at the Olive Garden in Bangor on Tuesday. "The dog gives you the independence to go and do," Bayly said. "Kira's ready to go whenever I am. She's there. She watches over me."
BELFAST, Maine — Judi Bayly’s service dog, Kira, goes everywhere her owner goes. She has to — the calm Irish setter is crucial to the well-being and freedom of Bayly, who has multiple sclerosis and diabetes.
Kira has been on Caribbean cruises, shopping trips to Wal-Mart, to lunches out at restaurants, to appointments at medical offices and many other places. She is trained to pay attention to small signs that indicate Bayly’s blood sugar levels are going out of control, and also to nudge open doors and help her owner navigate tricky, small spaces, including public restrooms.
“Without having Kira to get around, I don’t,” said Bayly, who is living in Hampden right now. “I would just have to stay home.”
That’s why Bayly, 62, gets her hackles up when she hears of people abusing the Americans with Disabilities Act, the law that allows trained service dogs to accompany disabled people in all areas where members of the public can go.
“To be in a store or a business where somebody brings a pet dog that has not been trained for public access, it causes a disruption for the working dog,” she said. “I have literally had a dog jump out of a shopping cart, run five aisles over and bite my dog. My dog got bitten by a fake service dog.”
Bayly and other disability rights advocates would like more people to better understand the law, which makes it a federal crime to both use a fake service animal and to discriminate against a disabled person who is using a real one. More information would help smooth relationships between disabled people and business owners, according to Kathy Hecht of Searsport, a University of Maine at Machias instructor who teaches service dog training and uses a service dog herself.
“As somebody using a service dog, you do have rights protected under the law, but you also have huge responsibilities,” Hecht said. “A lot of people say, ‘I have a disability, and therefore, you have to put up with my dog. But nobody has to put up with a dog that is causing problems.”
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Bangor Daily News
By Abigail Curtis, BDN Staff
Posted Nov. 30, 2014
BELFAST, Maine — Judi Bayly’s service dog, Kira, goes everywhere her owner goes. She has to — the calm Irish setter is crucial to the well-being and freedom of Bayly, who has multiple sclerosis and diabetes.
Kira has been on Caribbean cruises, shopping trips to Wal-Mart, to lunches out at restaurants, to appointments at medical offices and many other places. She is trained to pay attention to small signs that indicate Bayly’s blood sugar levels are going out of control, and also to nudge open doors and help her owner navigate tricky, small spaces, including public restrooms.
“Without having Kira to get around, I don’t,” said Bayly, who is living in Hampden right now. “I would just have to stay home.”
That’s why Bayly, 62, gets her hackles up when she hears of people abusing the Americans with Disabilities Act, the law that allows trained service dogs to accompany disabled people in all areas where members of the public can go.
“To be in a store or a business where somebody brings a pet dog that has not been trained for public access, it causes a disruption for the working dog,” she said. “I have literally had a dog jump out of a shopping cart, run five aisles over and bite my dog. My dog got bitten by a fake service dog.”
Bayly and other disability rights advocates would like more people to better understand the law, which makes it a federal crime to both use a fake service animal and to discriminate against a disabled person who is using a real one. More information would help smooth relationships between disabled people and business owners, according to Kathy Hecht of Searsport, a University of Maine at Machias instructor who teaches service dog training and uses a service dog herself.
“As somebody using a service dog, you do have rights protected under the law, but you also have huge responsibilities,” Hecht said. “A lot of people say, ‘I have a disability, and therefore, you have to put up with my dog. But nobody has to put up with a dog that is causing problems.”
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Picture of Obama and Hagel Says It All
Some pictures are worth a thousand words. Here's one of them.
For Obama and the Pentagon, an uneasy relationship
You don't have be inside their heads to hear what they are thinking. Hagel, the Vietnam Veteran Secretary of Defense saying good-bye as President Obama shows he wants to move him along faster. Good luck to the next Secretary,,,,,you're going to need it!
For Obama and the Pentagon, an uneasy relationship
President Barack Obama reaches out to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, following an announcement of Hagel's resignation at the White House on Nov. 24, 2014. The friction between the president and the Pentagon has been particularly pronounced during his six years in office, and seems to be affecting his ability to find a replacement for Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel. SUSAN WALSH/AP
You don't have be inside their heads to hear what they are thinking. Hagel, the Vietnam Veteran Secretary of Defense saying good-bye as President Obama shows he wants to move him along faster. Good luck to the next Secretary,,,,,you're going to need it!
'Nam vets rally Army of volunteers to help disabled comrade
'Nam vets rally to help disabled comrade
WCF Courier
By Pat Kinney
November 28, 2014
WATERLOO
Walter Sanders went into the Navy in 1968 expecting he wouldn't be sent to Vietnam. He was sent there anyway.
Now the veteran and his wife of 43 years, Karen, are encountering new battles they didn't bargain for: Walter's disability and other health issues make simply getting in and out of the shower a challenge.
Sanders is getting help from two fellow Vietnam veterans in a project supported by Wells Fargo Bank.
Building contractor Rick Reuter and Larry Walters of the Cedar Falls Veterans of Foreign Wars, Wells Fargo and an army of contractors and volunteers are expanding the bathroom in the Sanders home in the City View neighborhood on Waterloo's east side to accommodate his disabilities.
It's part of an ongoing Wells Fargo program to help veterans and includes a $10,000 grant.
"You don't know what a blessing this is. It's a blessing. I appreciate all of you. Thank you, thank you, thank you!" said Walter Sanders, who along with Karen could hardly contain their relief.
"God works through people," he said.
Sanders was a Navy storekeeper in Vietnam at Camp Tien Sha near Da Nang. Part of his duties, for which he volunteered, involved moving supplies to frontline troops near Vietnam's demilitarized zone during his tour of duty in 1968. He was exposed to the toxic defoliant Agent Orange.
Over the past 10 years he has suffered prostate cancer, a stroke, diabetes and multiple brain tumors. He is now considered cancer free but is still being seen at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Iowa City. He has mobility and balance issues and uses a cane and a wheelchair. He requires substantial care from Karen.
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WCF Courier
By Pat Kinney
November 28, 2014
WATERLOO
Walter Sanders went into the Navy in 1968 expecting he wouldn't be sent to Vietnam. He was sent there anyway.
Now the veteran and his wife of 43 years, Karen, are encountering new battles they didn't bargain for: Walter's disability and other health issues make simply getting in and out of the shower a challenge.
Sanders is getting help from two fellow Vietnam veterans in a project supported by Wells Fargo Bank.
Building contractor Rick Reuter and Larry Walters of the Cedar Falls Veterans of Foreign Wars, Wells Fargo and an army of contractors and volunteers are expanding the bathroom in the Sanders home in the City View neighborhood on Waterloo's east side to accommodate his disabilities.
It's part of an ongoing Wells Fargo program to help veterans and includes a $10,000 grant.
"You don't know what a blessing this is. It's a blessing. I appreciate all of you. Thank you, thank you, thank you!" said Walter Sanders, who along with Karen could hardly contain their relief.
"God works through people," he said.
Sanders was a Navy storekeeper in Vietnam at Camp Tien Sha near Da Nang. Part of his duties, for which he volunteered, involved moving supplies to frontline troops near Vietnam's demilitarized zone during his tour of duty in 1968. He was exposed to the toxic defoliant Agent Orange.
Over the past 10 years he has suffered prostate cancer, a stroke, diabetes and multiple brain tumors. He is now considered cancer free but is still being seen at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Iowa City. He has mobility and balance issues and uses a cane and a wheelchair. He requires substantial care from Karen.
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Mighty Moms of Wounded at Walter Reed
The Mighty Moms of Walter Reed: Caring for children wounded in war
FOX News
By Jennifer Griffin, Justin Fishel
Published November 29, 2014
As Americans give thanks, there is one group of women they especially need to remember over the holidays: the Mighty Moms of Walter Reed. They pick up the pieces when their children return from war.
The stories of ten mothers and their children are featured in a new book, Unbreakable Bonds, The Mighty Moms and Wounded Warriors of Walter Reed.
Some of these mothers have spent up to four years living with their child at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland while they recover from multiple amputations and traumatic brain injuries.
The stories they tell of the challenges they face as caregivers to our nation's wounded warriors are searing, inspiring and uplifting. Fox News interviewed half a dozen of these mothers to learn what they’ve been through and the "band of mothers" that they have formed as a result.
Stacy Fidler's son Mark stepped on a mine while wearing a belt of grenades in Afghanistan. He and his mom have been at Walter Reed since October 2011.
Fidler said she finds support in the group of mothers. “We share the good things and the bad things,” she said. “We clap when they take their first steps and get sad when they get sent back to the ICU.”
Fidler, like many of the mothers, spends almost all her time at the hospital caring for her son.
“Eventually you just end up living in a hospital room. It's your home. You end up moving in, sleeping there, eating there, everything with your kid.”
One theme common among the Mighty Moms is that almost all of them had to leave their jobs and dedicate themselves to caretaking full time.
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FOX News
By Jennifer Griffin, Justin Fishel
Published November 29, 2014
“Even under normal circumstances, moms take care of their young like fierce lionesses. But, when those children are catastrophically injured during war, there is no stopping their roaring maternal instincts.”
As Americans give thanks, there is one group of women they especially need to remember over the holidays: the Mighty Moms of Walter Reed. They pick up the pieces when their children return from war.
The stories of ten mothers and their children are featured in a new book, Unbreakable Bonds, The Mighty Moms and Wounded Warriors of Walter Reed.
Some of these mothers have spent up to four years living with their child at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland while they recover from multiple amputations and traumatic brain injuries.
The stories they tell of the challenges they face as caregivers to our nation's wounded warriors are searing, inspiring and uplifting. Fox News interviewed half a dozen of these mothers to learn what they’ve been through and the "band of mothers" that they have formed as a result.
Stacy Fidler's son Mark stepped on a mine while wearing a belt of grenades in Afghanistan. He and his mom have been at Walter Reed since October 2011.
Fidler said she finds support in the group of mothers. “We share the good things and the bad things,” she said. “We clap when they take their first steps and get sad when they get sent back to the ICU.”
Fidler, like many of the mothers, spends almost all her time at the hospital caring for her son.
“Eventually you just end up living in a hospital room. It's your home. You end up moving in, sleeping there, eating there, everything with your kid.”
One theme common among the Mighty Moms is that almost all of them had to leave their jobs and dedicate themselves to caretaking full time.
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Donald "Donnie" Wendt First Responder's Life Remembered
Wounded Times
Kathie Costos
November 30, 2014
Donald Wendt was a firefigher in Bradenton Florida. Yesterday his life was memorialized by an overflow of family, friends and firefighters.
This was the headline of his life coming to an end
Officer fatally shoots firefighter brandishing guns
It is how most people will remember when they hear his name.
But as with everything else, there was so much more to the story that was not reflected in the headline.
Don's life meant so much more to those who knew him. I listened to family members and another firefighter along with a Chaplain talk about the man behind the headline.
They said he was always there when they needed him. He always wanted people to be happy and did whatever he could to make them laugh. He was also there to listen. The problem was he didn't want to talk much about himself. They saw him troubled but as he would start to open up, he would soon change the subject.
Don was rare. He risked his life as a firefighter as well as a soldier because that was what he was put on this earth do to. Yet it was that very quality within him that caused the pain and made him feel as if he didn't want to burden anyone with his own troubles.
There were signs but no one knew what those signs meant. While PTSD has made national news long enough for people to know the term, few know what it means.
Bradenton city councilman Gene Gallo summed it up in the interview with the Herald Tribune.
It is different because you know the person far beyond what the headline says about them.
Family members are devastated and so are firefighters. We can only imagine what the SWAT Team is going through. When I got the news from his Mom Mary in an email, my heart grieved. I knew Mary from Facebook but we hadn't met until yesterday. I only knew about Don through what she was willing to share, or should I say, what she was able to share.
It is hard to grasp the complexity of symptoms to distinguish the difference between what life does and what PTSD does. We may interact with someone wondering when they turned into a jerk because we don't know how to wonder what happened to them that turned them into one.
With PTSD, if they don't tell you they are in turmoil, there is no way for you to know why they act the way they do.
When they don't have the professional help they need, they usually find they have no outlet to open up, so they shut down. These folks are not like the rest of us. They are the people who get things done, show up ready to sacrifice their lives if need be and they are actually first responders in every part of their lives.
When you read about them, remember Don's story and then know we have to try harder to help them understand that asking for help is the right thing to do so they can stay here and help more of us afterwards.
The military makes it harder for them to seek help especially when a General came out and said,
And then went on to say it had to do with not having a supportive family. I saw his supportive family yesterday and they included about 100 firefighters. I heard how much intestinal fortitude he had and he showed it in Bradenton as well as Iraq.
It is not the fault of the family, or his firefighter family or those who served with him unable to attend the memorial because of weather. It is the fault of military leaders not understanding those who serve under their command.
Kathie Costos
November 30, 2014
Donald Wendt was a firefigher in Bradenton Florida. Yesterday his life was memorialized by an overflow of family, friends and firefighters.
Bradenton Herald Obituary
Donald "Donnie" Wendt
Has left this world to move on to a better world. He is survived by his father, Robert Wendt and his wife, Carol; mother, Mary Maloney and her husband, Dennis; daughter, Ashley Wendt Steele, her husband, Robbie, their daughter, Abbie and baby Steele tbd; sisters, Deborah Wendt, Carolyn Sherry and her husband, Ken. A; nephew, Eric Wendt and his wife, Allison. His second family, the Bradenton Fire Department and a multitude of friends. He will be remembered for his sense of humor, his passion for his job, his example to others, his love for his daughter, his bravery, his willingness to risk his life for others and his loyalty to others. He was a wonderful son, father, brother, "Happy" and friend. This world will never be the same but Heaven has gained a Valiant Angel. We love him. A Celebration of his Life will be 2:00PM, Saturday, November 29, 2014 at Brown and Sons Funeral Homes and Crematory 43rd Street Chapel, 604 43rd Street West, Bradenton, FL 34209. Memorial donations to Paws for Vets.
This was the headline of his life coming to an end
Officer fatally shoots firefighter brandishing guns
It is how most people will remember when they hear his name.
MANATEE COUNTY - A Bradenton firefighter who had been honored for his service in Operation Iraqi Freedom was shot and killed by a city police officer Sunday night after the firefighter reportedly approached officers brandishing two handguns.
At 9:30 p.m. Sunday, neighbors called police to report that Donald Wendt, 50, was outside his home in the 3300 block of Oxford Drive waving a weapon and threatening to kill himself and his sister.
A SWAT team and hostage negotiators were summoned. Wendt was inside when police arrived, so officers set up a perimeter and evacuated people from nearby homes.
Team members were trying to contact Wendt by phone when he re-emerged from the home and pointed a gun at police.
Bradenton Police SWAT Officer Jason Nuttall — a 15-year veteran — fired one shot at Wendt, a firefighter/engineer for the Bradenton Fire Department. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating the shooting.
Bradenton Police Chief Michael Radzilowski said Wendt served two tours of military duty in Operation Iraqi Freedom and may have been suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
“It's a terribly tragic situation,” Radzilowski said. “Police officers are upset, firefighters are upset. It's just something you never want to see happen.”
But as with everything else, there was so much more to the story that was not reflected in the headline.
Wendt joined the Bradenton Fire Department in December 2003 after volunteering with Cedar Hammock-Southern Manatee while working at Ten-8 Fire Equipment.
A year later, he spent 13 months in Iraq with the United States Army Reserve. Wendt received a Bronze Star Medal for his efforts.
On May 13, 2005, as a recovery section sergeant with HHC Platoon, 1st Battalion, 103rd Armor and Task Force Liberty, Wendt “went to the aid of a fellow soldier who was injured and trapped under a burning vehicle during a Vehicle Born Improvised Explosives Device attack,” according to the U.S. War Office. He used tow chains to move the burning vehicle away from the injured soldier.
Don's life meant so much more to those who knew him. I listened to family members and another firefighter along with a Chaplain talk about the man behind the headline.
They said he was always there when they needed him. He always wanted people to be happy and did whatever he could to make them laugh. He was also there to listen. The problem was he didn't want to talk much about himself. They saw him troubled but as he would start to open up, he would soon change the subject.
Don was rare. He risked his life as a firefighter as well as a soldier because that was what he was put on this earth do to. Yet it was that very quality within him that caused the pain and made him feel as if he didn't want to burden anyone with his own troubles.
Bradenton resident Jeremy Hillengas, who said he's known Wendt for about eight years, reconnected with him Sunday at a local bar, and last saw him around 7 p.m.
“He didn't talk crazy or seem to have any issues,” Hillengas said. “It was a total shock. I was with him literally hours before it happened, and I've been thinking 'Did I miss something,' but there were no signs.”
There were signs but no one knew what those signs meant. While PTSD has made national news long enough for people to know the term, few know what it means.
Wendt joined the Bradenton Fire Department in December 2003 after volunteering with Cedar Hammock-Southern Manatee while working at Ten-8 Fire Equipment.
A year later, he spent 13 months in Iraq with the United States Army Reserve. Wendt received a Bronze Star Medal for his efforts.
On May 13, 2005, as a recovery section sergeant with HHC Platoon, 1st Battalion, 103rd Armor and Task Force Liberty, Wendt “went to the aid of a fellow soldier who was injured and trapped under a burning vehicle during a Vehicle Born Improvised Explosives Device attack,” according to the U.S. War Office. He used tow chains to move the burning vehicle away from the injured soldier.
Wendt volunteers with the Bradenton Fire Fighters Association at the annual Community Haven holiday event, received the BFFA Above and Beyond Award in 2005 and was awarded the BFD Distinguished Service Medal in 2008.
Bradenton city councilman Gene Gallo summed it up in the interview with the Herald Tribune.
Gallo said he knew Wendt, who volunteered for a second tour overseas. Gallo has not had a chance to talk to Wendt's family or his fellow firefighters.
“It seems like every day you read about this, but when it hits home, it's different,” Gallo said.
It is different because you know the person far beyond what the headline says about them.
Family members are devastated and so are firefighters. We can only imagine what the SWAT Team is going through. When I got the news from his Mom Mary in an email, my heart grieved. I knew Mary from Facebook but we hadn't met until yesterday. I only knew about Don through what she was willing to share, or should I say, what she was able to share.
It is hard to grasp the complexity of symptoms to distinguish the difference between what life does and what PTSD does. We may interact with someone wondering when they turned into a jerk because we don't know how to wonder what happened to them that turned them into one.
With PTSD, if they don't tell you they are in turmoil, there is no way for you to know why they act the way they do.
When they don't have the professional help they need, they usually find they have no outlet to open up, so they shut down. These folks are not like the rest of us. They are the people who get things done, show up ready to sacrifice their lives if need be and they are actually first responders in every part of their lives.
When you read about them, remember Don's story and then know we have to try harder to help them understand that asking for help is the right thing to do so they can stay here and help more of us afterwards.
The military makes it harder for them to seek help especially when a General came out and said,
Some of it is just personal make-up. Intestinal fortitude. Mental toughness that ensures that people are able to deal with stressful situations.
And then went on to say it had to do with not having a supportive family. I saw his supportive family yesterday and they included about 100 firefighters. I heard how much intestinal fortitude he had and he showed it in Bradenton as well as Iraq.
It is not the fault of the family, or his firefighter family or those who served with him unable to attend the memorial because of weather. It is the fault of military leaders not understanding those who serve under their command.
Iraq Veteran Honored by the Friars Foundation
Iraq War veteran honored for bridging civil-military divide
Sentinel Tribune
By DAVID DUPONT, Sentinel News Editor
November 29, 2014
Kayla Williams brought the war home with her.
The 1997 Bowling Green State University graduate served as a translator during the Iraq War. That's where she met her husband Brian McGough, a fellow soldier.
That's where McGough suffered a traumatic head injury in 2003.
Earlier this year, Williams brought the fallout of war home to readers in her second memoir "Plenty of Time When We Get Home: Love and Recovery in the Aftermath of War." Williams will receive one of the inaugural Lincoln Awards, bestowed by the Friars Foundation, for her writing.
Her first book, "I Love My Rifle More Than You," was about her tour in Iraq and being a military woman.
Williams will receive the Friars' Artistic Award at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6. The foundation's citation states: "Through her writing, Williams raises public awareness for the betterment of her fellow veterans and civilians alike, as she works to bridge the civil-military divide."
"It's a tremendous honor," Williams said in a recent telephone interview. "I hope it draws increased attention to the messages I'm trying to get out there both in the military and the civilian world."
Though they met in Iraq, a story chronicled in the opening chapter of her new book, Williams' and McGough's courtship didn't begin until after they were back in the United States, and Brian was starting his recovery.
The book covers the "very, very difficult years of recovery," Williams said.
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Sentinel Tribune
By DAVID DUPONT, Sentinel News Editor
November 29, 2014
The 1997 Bowling Green State University graduate served as a translator during the Iraq War. That's where she met her husband Brian McGough, a fellow soldier.
That's where McGough suffered a traumatic head injury in 2003.
Earlier this year, Williams brought the fallout of war home to readers in her second memoir "Plenty of Time When We Get Home: Love and Recovery in the Aftermath of War." Williams will receive one of the inaugural Lincoln Awards, bestowed by the Friars Foundation, for her writing.
Her first book, "I Love My Rifle More Than You," was about her tour in Iraq and being a military woman.
Williams will receive the Friars' Artistic Award at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6. The foundation's citation states: "Through her writing, Williams raises public awareness for the betterment of her fellow veterans and civilians alike, as she works to bridge the civil-military divide."
"It's a tremendous honor," Williams said in a recent telephone interview. "I hope it draws increased attention to the messages I'm trying to get out there both in the military and the civilian world."
Though they met in Iraq, a story chronicled in the opening chapter of her new book, Williams' and McGough's courtship didn't begin until after they were back in the United States, and Brian was starting his recovery.
The book covers the "very, very difficult years of recovery," Williams said.
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Veteran Confronts Fake Army Ranger Trying to Get Discounts
UPDATE and Yahoo!
'Fake' Army Ranger in Viral Video May Face Charges
Veteran Of 2/506th Calls Out Fake Ranger At Oxford Valley Mall
Nov 28, 2014
A former Infantryman from Easy Co 2/506 101st sent us this video of him calling out a fake Ranger at a local mall. This guy couldn't answer basic questions that he should've known, he was wearing a CIB with three stars and tried to say he got them all for Iraq and Afghanistan, not possible as you can only get one for both campaigns. I'm guessing he was trying his hand at some discounts. Visit us on Facebook at /Stolenvalor and on the web at guardianofvalor.com (linkded from Digg)
'Fake' Army Ranger in Viral Video May Face Charges
Veteran Of 2/506th Calls Out Fake Ranger At Oxford Valley Mall
Nov 28, 2014
A former Infantryman from Easy Co 2/506 101st sent us this video of him calling out a fake Ranger at a local mall. This guy couldn't answer basic questions that he should've known, he was wearing a CIB with three stars and tried to say he got them all for Iraq and Afghanistan, not possible as you can only get one for both campaigns. I'm guessing he was trying his hand at some discounts. Visit us on Facebook at /Stolenvalor and on the web at guardianofvalor.com (linkded from Digg)
Saturday, November 29, 2014
Fort Eustis Soldier Surrenders After Standoff
Soldier surrenders after barricading self at base house in Va.
The Associated Press
Published: November 28, 2014
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A soldier who had barricaded himself in a home at the Fort Eustis military base has reportedly surrendered overnight to authorities.
According to the Newport News base's Facebook page, the soldier was then brought to a medical facility for a health evaluation.
During the barricade situation Thursday night, the Department of Defense told WAVY.com there was no active shooter. Base spokesman Capt. Kevin Whitlatch said no evacuations were ordered and that the man is an active duty soldier.
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The Associated Press
Published: November 28, 2014
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A soldier who had barricaded himself in a home at the Fort Eustis military base has reportedly surrendered overnight to authorities.
According to the Newport News base's Facebook page, the soldier was then brought to a medical facility for a health evaluation.
During the barricade situation Thursday night, the Department of Defense told WAVY.com there was no active shooter. Base spokesman Capt. Kevin Whitlatch said no evacuations were ordered and that the man is an active duty soldier.
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U.S. Marines 4 Tour Iraq Veteran Heading to Congress
U.S. Rep.-elect Moulton's sights set on Armed Services panel
Lowell Sun
By Chelsea Feinstein
UPDATED: 11/28/2014
Congressman-elect Seth Moulton said that he's working to earn a spot on the House Armed Services Committee.
"I think we need the perspective of combat veterans on that committee, and we have a bigger defense industry in the 6th (District) than any other district in the state, so it's important for the district," Moulton, a U.S. Marines veteran who served four tours in the Iraq War, told The Sun Tuesday.
Fresh off his weeklong orientation for freshmen congressmen in Washington, D.C., Moulton said Armed Services is his top choice for a committee assignment. While in Washington last week, he wrote a letter explaining what he could offer to the committee and met with people already on the committee.
Those activities came as part of the traditional rite of passage for freshman congressmen, where Moulton and his colleagues networked, attended seminars on ethics and the legislative process, chose offices and began the process of hiring a staff.
"I want to hit the ground running and start serving the people of the 6th District," Moulton said. "Orientation is important for getting me and my team up to speed."
Despite not hearing anything as of Tuesday night from his predecessor, Rep. John Tierney, who had been elected to nine terms before losing to Moulton in the Democratic primary in September, Moulton said the transition process is otherwise on track.
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Lowell Sun
By Chelsea Feinstein
UPDATED: 11/28/2014
Congressman-elect Seth Moulton said that he's working to earn a spot on the House Armed Services Committee.
"I think we need the perspective of combat veterans on that committee, and we have a bigger defense industry in the 6th (District) than any other district in the state, so it's important for the district," Moulton, a U.S. Marines veteran who served four tours in the Iraq War, told The Sun Tuesday.
Fresh off his weeklong orientation for freshmen congressmen in Washington, D.C., Moulton said Armed Services is his top choice for a committee assignment. While in Washington last week, he wrote a letter explaining what he could offer to the committee and met with people already on the committee.
Those activities came as part of the traditional rite of passage for freshman congressmen, where Moulton and his colleagues networked, attended seminars on ethics and the legislative process, chose offices and began the process of hiring a staff.
"I want to hit the ground running and start serving the people of the 6th District," Moulton said. "Orientation is important for getting me and my team up to speed."
Despite not hearing anything as of Tuesday night from his predecessor, Rep. John Tierney, who had been elected to nine terms before losing to Moulton in the Democratic primary in September, Moulton said the transition process is otherwise on track.
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