Don Tate - The War Within
Jul 6th 2008adminGeneral & PTSD
Here’s a promo for a new book about a Vietnam Veteran. Great viewing
PTSD Army failed troubled digger: partner
Nick McKenzie
March 10, 2008
THE girlfriend of an Australian army signaller who killed himself after enduring a fierce firefight in Afghanistan has called for an overhaul of the support system for mentally ill veterans.
Soldier Geff Gregg suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and was medically discharged in May 2004. In 2002, while on secondment with an SAS patrol, he was involved in an intense firefight that left 11 Afghan villagers dead.
Mr Gregg killed himself shortly after receiving a letter warning his pension would be cut because he had missed a medical appointment. Continue Reading »
Henry V and Old Soldiers
You know the type; been there, done that, and very glad to tell you about it. Especially about what they did in the war.
I’ve always found that more unsolicited talk equals less real action because those who have really done it don’t like to brag. They have no need to.
I’m attempting to read the complete works of Shakespeare in lieu of walking the Kokoda Trail, and I came across this passage in Henry V, that describes perfectly the above:
Gower:
Why, ’tis a gull, a fool, a rogue, that now and then goes to the wars, to grace himself at his return into London under the form of a soldier.
And such fellows are perfect in the great commanders’ names: and they will learn you by rote where services were done; at such and such a sconce, at such a breach, at such a convoy;
who came off bravely, who was shot, who disgraced, what terms the enemy stood on;
and this they con perfectly in the phrase of war, which they trick up with new-tuned oaths:
and what a beard of the general’s cut and a horrid suit of the camp will do among foaming bottles and ale-washed wits, is wonderful to be thought on.
But you must learn to know such slanders of the age, or else you may be marvellously mistook.
Children of Vietnam Veterans Health Study (COVVHS)
Today I received this email that deserves the widest distribution
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Hello all,
The Minister for Veterans Affairs, Mr Bruce Billson announced recently that; “The Howard Government will undertake world-first research into the impact of war service on the health and welfare of the children of Vietnam veterans”.
Announcing a $13.5 million research program, Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, Bruce Billson, said the “Vietnam Veteran Family Study provides an innovative, integrated and holistic approach to the health of veterans’ families”. Continue Reading »
