Tag: peer support
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The Warfighters Mission: Veteran-run organization builds momentum helping service members
After being medically retired in 2013 due to injuries suffered in Afghanistan, Army veteran Brandon Cabalar struggled to redefine his purpose. “I just kind of lost my place in the world,” said Cabalar, who was deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan for combat operations. “I felt like I was just letting my family down. I was…
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After terrorist attack, daughter’s death, suicide attempts, Colorado veteran pledges to help others
When terrorists blew up Marine Corps barracks in Beirut and killed 241 troops, Keith Hairston was among the sailors who volunteered to help recover bodies. The damage was severe following the Hezbollah truck bombings in the Marine Battalion Landing Team headquarters during 1983, he recalled. “I’m talking about body bagging arms, body bagging legs, heads,” Hairston…