The Warrior Ride in Norfolk, VA. 30 of our Nation’s Heroes to take part in cycling event.
Wounded Warriors will begin a 3 day 55 mile bike ride that will begin on Naval Station Norfolk . This is not your typical bike ride; it is an adaptive cycling event. Several of the participants will have specially designed bicycles and three wheel recumbent bikes.
There will be a Community ride in Chesapeake on 29April2011.There is a $ 25.00 registration fee and all of the money will help pay for future Warrior Rides. (There is no cost to the Wounded Warriors participating in the 3 day event). The Warrior Ride is a non-profit organization that conducts adaptive cycling events for wounded service members. For more information on The Warrior Ride please visit www.thewarriorride.com or call Team Racine 910.278.4612
Service Members
Closing overseas bases and redploying the service members back to the US continent would result in the begining of world wide conflicts. Politicians do not hesitate to try and sound competent and knowledgeable on any and all subjects, don’t be fooled.
We at Operation Homefront have first hand knowledge of the sacrifices that service members families, especially the spouses, moms & girlfriends sacrifice. They sacrifice not having their loved one with them & worry about having their loved in harms way for a year and in some cases longer than that for more than 1 deployment. We are hosting this event to recognize the wives, mothers & girlfriends of our Ohio service members and let them know we appreciate their sacrifice!
Rebecca L. Drobnick
President Operation Homefront of Ohio
Army Mom – HOOAH!!
My opinion is that without the draft, and WITH 'don't ask don't tell' and the expulsion of so many gays, there are fewer candidates for enlistment in the military service. Therefore, more and more people are not going to be veterans of war or peace-time military service.
Are there more options for employment now? No. So why aren't more men and women joining the military. Maybe it's the lack of respect that service members get from the average civilian. Maybe a leftover from the Vietnam war when so many opposed it and vilivied the service members who fought in that war. The percieved heroes are the ones who went to Canada to avoid the draft and got away with it. What's the solution? I wish I had a good one, but the only thing that comes to mind is more publicity for all the various services and the benefits to be had from enlisting.
Thank you.
Having worked as a civilian mental health care worker on a military base there are many issues that need to be addressed.
· Often it is the superior officer that makes it difficult, in one manner or another, for the service member to obtain the assistance he/she seeks.
· Multiple tours have a major impact on mental health.
· Inadequate numbers of mental health staff members
· Service members being sent back into combat when mental health professionals advise against it.
· Federal government should stop using contractors and create civil service slots for mental health care workers that are not in the military. This action would bring more stability to clinics and departments that provide care.
Injured service members expressing an overwhelming desire to return to combat is often a hallmark of PTSD.
I am most impressed by dedication that service members have for each other, particularly in high stress conditions.