This Is Us

This Is Us

I recently read a New York Times article about an episode of the hit TV show, “This Is Us” and the Vietnam war story line; co-written by Tim O’Brien, author of “Things They Carried”. Not that the article is so eye opening, but the...
Military Sexual Trauma…A Senator Speaks Out

Military Sexual Trauma…A Senator Speaks Out

This month Senator Martha McSally took a leap of courage and faith, addressing the nation about her own personal military sexual trauma (MST). A decorated combat veteran, Ms. McSally explained her reasons for not coming forward sooner and the rape culture that...
Are People Ready to Listen?

Are People Ready to Listen?

In his story covered in the New York Times in January, 2019, former US Marine and Iraq war veteran Russell Worth Parker shares his difficulties in “translating” his personal experiences in war to those at home. Embedded in the article Parker writes, “So I...