by Wayne Finegar | Nov 16, 2023 | GI Rights Hotline, Holding the Line, Military, Moral Injury, News, News from the HomeFront, PTSD
At the end of October, the Department of Defense issued its Annual Report on Suicide in the Military for the 2022 calendar year. Since 2011 there has been a continued increase in the number of active duty deaths with the vast majority of those deaths (93.1%) seen...
by Joanna Nunez | May 9, 2023 | Counseling Program at Quaker House, Domestic Violence, Moral Injury, News from the HomeFront, PTSD
I originally was planning to write an article about the fact that more military participants are joining later in life, and that is an important topic given to what we see as stressors and therapy needs. Then a relative sent me this article about a shooting spree...
by Wayne Finegar | May 9, 2023 | and the Environment, Military, News from the HomeFront, Uncategorized
“Yes to the Troops, No to the Wars.” Quaker House puts that into action everyday. Joanna talks in her article about the continuing challenges of domestic violence. And Steve reports that the GI Rights Network is seeing increased pressure to raise retention numbers...
by Wayne Finegar | Nov 9, 2022 | News, News from the HomeFront, Peace
A highlight of my first months at Quaker House has been visiting communities in Florida, South Carolina, Vermont, New York, Virginia, and across North Carolina. Two topics came up with every visit: reactions to the conflict in Ukraine and how can we be effective...
by Wayne Finegar | Oct 25, 2021 | Conscientious Objection, GI Rights Hotline, Peace
Conscientious Objectors Tell Their Stories This is an extended version of the article by Lenore Yarger, Quaker House counselor to the GI Rights Hotline, printed in our Fall 2021 newsletter, HomeFront. Kristofer Miller was a sergeant in Special Forces training at Ft....