News by Rev. Frederick Miller. Ph.D
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Ask Your Fellow Veteran: Traumatic Brain Injury In Veterans, Part 2
As stated in last week's article the use of explosive materials has increased in the wars since World War I.
Ask Your Fellow Veteran: Traumatic Brain Injury In Veterans, Part 1
Going back to World War I, many of our military in combat suffered what was called “Shell Shock.”
Civilian Vs. Military Life
Being patient with other people can be difficult. But sometimes we find it even more difficult to be patient with ourselves. We have high expectations and lofty goals. We want to accomplish things now, not later. And, of course, we want our lives to unfold according to our own timetables.
The Department of Veterans Affairs Needs Your Help
The Department of Veterans Affairs Needs Your Help
Veterans Need to Join Together, Part One
There are several reasons why veterans need to join together. Upon leaving the military veterans can lose the structure and support of the military. This structure and support had met their lower-level physiological and safety needs.
The Plague of Drugs Flowing Freely Across a Wide Open Border
Nationwide deaths including those of the military and veterans that are related to the black market Fentanyl is rising. Many victims got hooked on pain pills following medical procedures. Since 2000 more than a million people in the United States have died from drug overdoses, the majority of which were opioids. The crisis has also become a major U.S. foreign policy issue, with most supply coming from China and Mexico.
Ask Your Fellow Veteran: How a Dog Can Help You Live Longer
The Relationship between dogs and people is deep and old. Dogs and people began living together over 15,000 years ago. The connection was natural because both people and dogs are social beings, and both benefit mentally (and often physically) from strong social bonds.
VA Helping Senior Veterans
A report released by the U.S. Census Bureau on July 18, 2023 shows the Veteran population ages 65 or older numbered in excess of 18.1 million in 2021.
GI Bill 9/11—Using Your Education Benefit
One of the top benefits of serving in the military is the possibility of a free education. This is commonly referred to as the GI Bill, dating back to 1944 when it first became law, providing education benefits to service members returning from World War II. It was updated after 9/11 and today is known as the Post-9/11 GI Bill.
Taking Personal Action
Are you in the habit of doing what needs to be done when it needs to be done, or are you more likely to put off the harder tasks until some vaguely defined date in the future? If you've acquired the habit of doing your most important work first, congratulations.
Ask Your Fellow Veteran: Dealing With Anxiety and Fear
As veterans coming from military service you have faced anxiety and fear and with the help of your peers overcame them. Now as civilians you are facing a whole series of different anxieties and fears alone, but there is help out there.
Ask Your Fellow Veteran: Help for Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar Disorder is a serious mental illness and also known as Manic-Depressive Disorder. It causes unusual shifts in your mood, concentration, energy, and ability to do day-to-day functions.
Be Bold And Brave When Faced With Rejection
Be Bold And Brave When Faced With Rejection One of the biggest problems facing the military returning to civilian life is the fear of rejection. While in the military all their needs are covered, and they are taught to live in a brotherhood with each other. When they return to civilian life they give all that up and have to start completely over, no housing, job, food, or brotherhood. Many also come home with the stigma label of PTSD even though they do not have it.
Ask Your Fellow Veteran: Handle the Media with Care
Veterans, as you come home from the military or retire from a civilian employment you are more subject to depression. Once you allow yourself to fall into a negative state of life it can get harder to recover.
"One Nation, Under God"
"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
Why You Need Your Form DD214
The most common question that I receive from veterans and families of veterans is, "How can I get a copy of the DD214?"
Any Questions I Can Help Answer Helping Veterans
Any Questions I Can Help Answer Helping Veterans
Ask Your Fellow Veteran Fear of Change
Fear of change is a common phenomenon in humans. This is especially true with veterans coming home from the service. However, it was not a problem when they first entered the military service. Thus we need to look at both the entry and exit to understand the difference. When the recruit entered to service and basic training they were joined with twenty or more other recruits. They all went through about three months of basic training together, and when changes in life styles took place it happened to all. We were clothed, fed, housed and worked in a true peer to peer, buddy system and when transferred to other bases it did not change that life style.
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Investors Throw Millions at Suffolk
The sale of $350 million in Tax Anticipation Notes at 2.94% and $46.4 million in Refunding Serial Bonds at 2.66% was reported by Comptroller John Kennedy. He attributes the impressive number of bidders to the county’s improved credit ratings which resulted in healthy competition, and significant cost savings for the residents of Suffolk County.
History Comes Alive at Military Museum
The museum is the dream of the nearby Rocky Point VFW Post 6249 membership, whose stories are befitting of the many heroes depicted in the gallery’s hallowed halls. There’s museum advisor Joe Cognitore, the post’s commander, whose Army service in Vietnam earned him a Bronze Star with a “V” for Valor.
Fort Sumter Pilgrimage Explores Family’s Civil War Legacy
Following the War of 1812 with Britain, President Andrew Jackson realized the need to strengthen the new nation’s coastal defenses, especially to protect the Atlantic entrance to Charleston, the south’s busiest port. Millions of tons of Massachusetts granite created an island at the confluence of the Ashley and the Cooper rivers where none had been before