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PTSD: Adrenaline - the Cause

There are many ways PTSD is created, but solutions are few.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - Everybody knows that psychological stress of various kinds causes PTSD but the pathophysiologic mechanism seems to be elusive.

Marine Reports on Life in the Afghanistan Sandbox

"All I can say is it’s over 110".

(SOMERDALE, N.J.) - I’ve known this Marine since he was in grade school.

He’s married now, father of a young boy, deployed with the Marines in Afghanistan, his unit or the place of deployment in-country are not disclosed for obvious reasons.

Researching the Effectivity of Emotional Freedom Technique On Combat Post Traumatic Stress Disorder/Trauma

One realistic approach for those who suffer from PTSD.

(ROCHESTER, N.Y.) - For the last 3 years, I have been involved in some of the most important research to date on reducing the effects Combat Trauma/PTSD with Emotional Freedom Technique, or EFT.

Up until the inception of EMDR and then EFT, trauma treatment of any type was at best futile.

Getting accountability is the first step to resolve the Agent Orange issue

The Agent Orange Equity Bill of 2009 was never enacted, as politicians stonewalled the issue. Let us fight for and pray HR 812, The Agent Orange Act of 2011, makes it through this time.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - The letters keep coming and I am just one small platform taking on the issue of Agent Orange. I would hate to even venture a guess as to how many people have been affected world-wide with the AO problem.

My last article covered how toxins in general disrupt the immune system allowing cancers and other diseases to proliferate. Let’s go a bit further…

Agent Orange is NOT the Cause of Veterans Health Problems

It’s time for the government to prove to all those afflicted that Agent Orange IS NOT the cause of veterans health problems.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - In my last article I used a quote which was so similar to many of those who have shared their stories with me…

“I have carried no hatred, bitterness or negative energy into this battle. I do not believe it would have changed the outcome. It would only have changed the outcome of ‘me’.”

You Can Hear the Drums and Feel the Heat as Agent Orange Rises to the Surface

These are honorable men who gave to their country. They are NOT asking for more than their country promised them. Isn’t it time we fulfilled our promises?

(LOS ANGELES) - Agent Orange is current again. It is relevant again. It is becoming a talking point among many. It is highly emotional, a hot button tender spot, among all who discuss it.

For those who fought, those who didn’t, those in favor and those against the war, it still remains this country’s most hated armed conflict — brutal and bloody.

Vietnam Ain`t Over

No Matter How Hard We Try To Forget

(CINCINNATI ) - Forty-two years ago I was in South Vietnam, serving as a Marine infantryman. What does this mean?

To me, I am still the same. I am just as stupid, certainly, and am willing to delude myself into believing I could do now, what I could do then.

Getting back to the problem of Agent Orange and other toxins

Where are all these supposedly great American servants who “promised us the moon” when we enlisted, and are now finding every way in the book to back away from those promises?

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Let us get back to the Agent Orange problem and the plight of many veterans.

Since my first article on Agent Orange appeared in Veterans Today, and other Internet news sites, I have been receiving direct correspondence from those who have had to deal with getting the VA to recognize their plight.

Military Suicides and Condolence Letters- What Gives?

The Army drives us crazy, then wonders what happened.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - The New York Times printed an article on July 7 2011 entitled "US to Send Condolences after Suicides in WarZones".

For the first time ever, a US President will extend condolences after an active-duty suicide.

Jobless Combat Veterans: Another Horrible Betrayal

There are very few military skills which are transferable to civilian life.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - An Associated Press article in The Oregonian June 30, 2011 prompts this article.

Several newspapers have published that homeless veterans in the U.S. number about 300,000.