Veterans are leading the charge this May, during Mental Health Awareness Month, for a solution that could save lives — starting with their own. America’s veterans have sacrificed for our nation in service few have known, yet many now face visible and invisible wounds. They seek to thrive in civilian life and continue serving Americans,… Read more »
Micaela Rollo Kirwan grew up as a military kid; now she’s raising one. Kirwan is also a community engagement director with Concerned Veterans for America in the Pensacola, Florida, area, and likes to joke that she was issued to her parents by the Navy. She remembers well the missed birthdays and other childhood… Read more »
When we think about military service, our minds naturally go to soldiers at attention in uniform, far away bases in deserts or jungles, or old veterans swapping war stories. But service to our country affects more than the women and men who put on the uniform. The families, specifically the spouses, bear a unique burden… Read more »