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Taken from Help Active Duty GIs with Medical and Mental Health by Stanley Campbell:

I invite you to look at the Civilian Medical Resources Network as a possible program that we can support. The CMRN provides medical and mental health information to active duty military personnel through the GI Rights Hotline (877-447-4487) combining the legal support network of volunteers that the GI Rights Network get via second opinion of civilian doctors and counselors who understand medical and mental health needs, especially for PTSD survivors. Most clients who use Network services manifest psychological rather than physical disorders. Qualitative themes in professional-client encounters have focused on ethical conflicts, the impact of violence without meaning (especially violence against civilians), and perceived problems in military health and mental health policies. Unmet needs of active duty military personnel deserve more concerted attention from medical professionals and policy makers. Here are two examples of clients served.... Read More

Also In This Issue:

  1. The River Keeps Flowing by VVAW
  2. My 1968: Vietnam, RFK, the "Police Riot," and Nixon's Election by Joe Miller
  3. Fraggin' by Bill Shunas
  4. Notes From the Boonies by Paul Wisovaty
  5. Should Burns/Novick's "The Vietnam War" Have Won An Emmy? by Joe Miller
  6. Last Visit To Boonton High School by Ken Dalton
  7. Help Active Duty GIs with Medical and Mental Health by Stanley Campbell
  8. America's Modern Military: Who Serves and Who Doesn't by W. D. Ehrhart
  9. 1968 (poem) by Larry Kerschner
  10. Defense and the National Debt by John Ketwig
  11. Better Policy Starts with the Veteran's Voice by Brett W. Copeland
  12. Philly Area Combat Vets Have Lost a Great Ally and Mentor by Bill Perry
  13. Answering a Question (poem) by Larry Kerschner
  14. Photos from the Archives, Part 1 (photos) by VVAW
  15. How King's Words "Lived" In Chicago, 1968 by Dave Dellinger
  16. VVAW in Chicago, 1968 by Andrew Hunt
  17. Oleo Strut by Paul Donahue
  18. Each and Every Day, A Soldier's Lament (poem) by David Sandgrund
  19. Back in the Day by Dennis Randall
  20. 1968 Tet Offensive by Steven Curtis
  21. My Memories of Tet by Michael Peterson
  22. In the Chaos of Tet by Harry Wagner
  23. Moral Injury 24 X 7 (poem) by Mike Hastie
  24. ...Like a Tennis Match by John DeRose
  25. 5 Dead in Ol' Maryland (poem) by Dennis Serdel
  26. A World Leader's Demise (poem) by Gregory Ross
  27. Reconciliation by Martin Treat
  28. To My Great Uncle George (poem) by Paul Cameron
  29. Westchester County LST 1167: November 1, 1968 by Jim Wohlegemuth
  30. Easy Month by Marc Levy
  31. A Fulcrum Moment by Gregory Ross
  32. An Unforgettable Encounter in the Central Highlands: A USO Girl Remembers by Suzanne Cogan
  33. Been There Done That (poem) by Peter Mahoney
  34. We Did What We Could (poem) by rg cantalupo
  35. Wounds of War by John Ketwig (reviewer)
  36. A Shadow On Our Hearts by Daniel C. Lavery (reviewer)
  37. Scofflaw by John Ketwig (reviewer)
  38. Dead Letter File by Art Dorland (reviewer)
  39. Cat Hunter by Al Wellman
  40. Kuam Yin Weeps (poem) by David Sandgrund
  41. The Muscle Car Wars by John Ketwig (reviewer)
  42. The Train by Brian Prahl
  43. Peace Warriors by Joe Petzel
  44. Monday, 0300, Da Nang, Republic South Vietnam by Alan Goodin
  45. I Knew Him Once (poem) by David Sandgrund
  46. The Medevac (poem) by rg cantalupo
  47. Dreaming and Waking In A Yokohama Hospital, 1969 by rg cantalupo
  48. red, white and blue (poem) by Larry Kerschner
  49. Oxy, The Wise Bomb (cartoon) by Billy X. Curmano
  50. Photos from the Archives, Part 2 (photos) by VVAW
  51. Maggot Days: Thank You For Your Service. . . by Gerald R. Gioglio
  52. Don't Privatize the VA by Frank Toner
  53. Obedient Forgiveness (poem) by Mike Hastie
  54. Forever War by Allen Meece
  55. One Vet's View by Pat Finnegan
  56. Dodging the Bullets by Leon Wengrzyn
  57. It Is Time for The Government and Military to Be Held Accountable by Harry Wagner
  58. A Pencil Point by Gregory Ross
  59. 2PKEIKU: Disparate Thoughts on a War by John Crandell
  60. Nicaragua in Crisis by Louis De Benedette
  61. RECOLLECTIONS: i have arrived - i am home by Michael Orange
  62. Overheard in Afghanistan (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger