IAVA

Clay Hunt Act–A Good Start

Thanks in no small part to the lobbying efforts of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act is heading to the President's desk.  This bill is designed to, among other things, increase accessibility of mental health treatment for veterans.  This bill only passed because the pressure applied by various veterans groups kept it on politicians' "to do" lists.  That's no small feat when you remember they also had to squeeze in another vote to repeal ObamaCare (56th and counting). But they did vote on it, and pass it, and now the Clay [...]

American Sniper?

Prepping for a mission with MCSOCOM Det One, Baghdad 2004. I bumped into a friend while dropping my daughter off this morning and she asked me what I thought of the Clint Eastwood movie, American Sniper.  I answered that I hadn't seen it so I didn't really have an opinion.  It was only later that I realized I was wrong.  I may not have watched the movie but I certainly have an opinion. I haven't gone to see it yet because the movie wasn't made for me.  Nor are just about any of the war movies set in [...]

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