http://bamboochest.corkgraham.com Helping Veterans Confront the Effects of Combat Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:58:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's a good feeling when you know you're backing the good guys during a time of great duress...that's why I was so pleased to get this headsup from our friends at OP Ward 57! In SGT Hillyer's own words: Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Deborah,  It's been a long time since I wrote to you as an Army ... http://bamboochest.corkgraham.com/nothing-better-than-having-an-effect-good-effectat-opward57/ I can hear the machines going round and round again in Washington. The President and Congress will look into it…Their Generals and Admirals will repeat the promises of doing something about it…and I can’t help but be reminded that in my lifetime I’ve heard this so many times from the ... http://bamboochest.corkgraham.com/five-killed-at-camp-liberty-iraq-soldier-dealing-with-pts-pres-obama-was-surprised/ What is it about puppies? Children go crazy for them. Women melt. Men nod approvingly. They make the old feel young again. And wounded warriors regain a new spark for life. Was it any wonder that Navy SEAL and lone survivor of an ambush in Afghanistan, Marcus Latrell got a ... http://bamboochest.corkgraham.com/puppy-love/ http://bamboochest.corkgraham.com/operation-ward-57-donation-campaign-begins/ Kept on seeing this list of books collected by Lily G. Casura on my memoir's page at Amazon. They're pretty good and I've read most of them. You might enjoy reading them, too. I compressed the Amazon URL for you here: Amazon PTSR Listmania http://bamboochest.corkgraham.com/great-collection-of-books-on-ptsr-at-amazoncom/ And it rises up even further... Great intro for our donation campaign we'll be conducting with and for Operation Ward 57 this week. Until the page is up  by this Friday, please visit them now: http://www.operationward57.org/about.aspx http://bamboochest.corkgraham.com/book-donation-campaign-for-operation-ward-57-coming-this-week/ For the first time since it was at #2 for three weeks on Amazon.com in 2004, The Bamboo Chest has risen to above 100K in ranking! http://bamboochest.corkgraham.com/amazoncom-bamboo-chest-rises-to-98k/ In beginning the new launch of the site dedicated to helping those confronting post-traumatic stress, started with the book that went to #2 for three weeks on Amazon.com's Topseller list in 2004, I'm going to look directly at the wording used to describe what I prefer to call Post-Traumatic Stress ... http://bamboochest.corkgraham.com/ptsd-versus-ptsr/