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Extremism in the Ranks

by Wayne Finegar | Nov 29, 2023 | Conflation with Patriotism, Holding the Line, Military, News, News from the HomeFront

While many of us were still digesting our Thanksgiving meals, the Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota was being criticized for telling airmen not to attend the political rally of an extremist group called Turning Point Action. While it isn’t clear how official the...

Suicides Among Military Participants (Past and Present) Continued to Rise in 2022

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...

Military Branches Report Big Recruiting Shortfalls

by Wayne Finegar | Nov 1, 2023 | Holding the Line, Military, News, News from the HomeFront

The US military ended Fiscal Year 2023 on September 30 with nearly every branch reporting large lapses in their recruiting efforts. Missing Soldiers and Sailors Navy: 7,450 missing enlisted sailors Army: 11,000 missing enlisted soldiers Air Force: 2,777 missing...

GI Rights Boot Camp

by Steve Woolford | Oct 25, 2023 | GI Rights Hotline, News, News from the HomeFront

Lenore Yarger, GI Rights Counselor In the fall of 2000, Steve and I offered to volunteer with Quaker House as counselors on the GI Rights Hotline. We traveled to Fayetteville for a half-day “counselor boot camp” led by Alex Doty of CCCO. He gave us a brief overview of...

Can You Find a Way to Extend Quaker House to Your Community?

by Wayne Finegar | Oct 25, 2023 | News, News from the HomeFront, Our History and Work

Every time I talk about the work and mission of Quaker House, I focus on the meaning of “say yes to the troops, no to the war” in 2023. It means we have a responsibility to every person suffering because of our nation’s military-industrial complex. It means providing...

An Age-Old Problem with a Digital Accomplice

by Joanna Nunez | Oct 25, 2023 | Counseling Program at Quaker House, Domestic Violence, Moral Injury, News, News from the HomeFront

Sexual assault in the military is a deeply troubling issue that has garnered lots of attention over the past 15 years or so, with a focus on prevention. Specific programs like SHARP (Sexual Harassment/ Assault Response and Prevention) were developed to address rising...
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