October 2012 archive

Whats happening for Veterans in the US

Please Check out Operation Transition 6 city tour to support our Troops with interviews, resumes, dress for success and more. Please cut and paste info to post on your pages, Vet pages. Operation Transition is a month long event, with a one-day, on-location military presentation in 6 cities (please find attached fliers). During this month, veterans who …

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Christchurch quake impact yet to hit

Christchurch quake impact yet to hit by GEORGINA STYLIANOU   Not picking up prescriptions, binge drinking and delaying medical checkups are signals ”the full impact of the earthquakes” is still to come, Canterbury’s health officials say. Canterbury District Health Board chief executive David Meates today gave a presentation to the board about the medium-term impact of …

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Defence boss writes to troops urging open attitude

Defence boss writes to troops urging open attitude, writes Danya Levy.  ——————– There are calls for more research and funding for post-traumatic stress disorder amid concerns the Christchurch earthquake and deployment of troops into combat zones could cause the number of sufferers to soar.  It comes as the Defence Force releases figures showing an explosion …

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Promise of ongoing help to comrades of the fallen

By Audrey Young Email Audrey 5:30 AM Thursday Oct 4, 2012 Minister of Defence makes a secret visit to Afghanistan with NZ’s military chief Defence Minister Jonathan Coleman. Photo / Steven McNicholl Defence Minister Jonathan Coleman says some comrades of the New Zealand troops killed in Afghanistan will need ongoing support when they get back …

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Listern to this very powerful and true song by Marine and Iraq veteran Stephen Cochran

Stephen cochran music video

Urge to seek help for war and quake stress

Eighty-seven troops have been released from the Defence Force on mental health grounds in the past five years and a further 67 needed help after assisting in the aftermath of the Christchurch earthquake, new figures show. Defence Force chief Lieutenant General Rhys Jones has written to soldiers urging them to seek help for mental illnesses …

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Macho-man approach ‘hinders’ bid to help

By DANYA LEVY Bill Blaikie: Fighting back. A TOP-RANKING former soldier suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder says New Zealand’s ‘‘macho man’’ attitude discourages people from seeking help. Lieutenant Colonel Bill Blaikie was the deputy director of intelligence for the combined forces in Afghanistan and was made a member of the Order of Merit in 2005. However, after …

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