Weekly Review for Veterans and Oral History for Monday, May 11, 2015

weekly review for U.S. Veterans Monday, May 11, 2015Here are some recent articles of interest that I found this week for U.S. Veterans. Enjoy!

Veterans Support: VA to study benefits of service dogs, emotional support dogs for Veterans
Joel Nicholson started his military career with the U.S. Marine Corps in 1993. He later joined the National Guard in 2006 and was activated in 2008 with the 56th Stryker Brigade to deploy to Iraq. He spent much of his deployment patrolling route Michigan in between Fallujah and Baghdad.
After leaving the service in 2009, Joel noticed he was depressed, had severe memory loss and was relying too much on alcohol to self-medicate. That’s when he checked in to a PTSD Residential Rehabilitation Program in West Virginia where a VA doctor recommended he get a service dog.

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Florida Legal News: Florida Veteran Invokes Stand Your Ground Law in Killing of Neighbors
William Woodward says he and his family thought their lives were threatened by their nasty neighbors.
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Thank you for reading (and sharing). Stay tuned for next week’s weekly review for U.S. Veterans.

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