Wounded Warriors
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As our military loved ones are serving our country, we should each make sure that we have a current passport and that we keep it in a place where we can locate it quickly if needed. Though the military can help us with travel should the need arise, it is always less stressful, quicker, and easier to have things ready and prepared for use in the event we should need to reach our loved one's bedside outside of the United States in a hurry. With your passport, keep handy the following information: name and branch of service, rank, Social Security number, and military unit of your service member. Place this information in a notebook that does not contain pages that can be removed or ripped out. If need be, only notebooks without removable pages (such as a composition book) can be used for legal purposes. Keep all information in relation to your service member's injury in this one notebook. Place the notebook inside of a zipped holder so that the notebook and the paperwork that is handed to you can be kept together securely. The notebook and it's zipped holder will also be necessary in relation to our injured service members who are within the United States. And remember, whether home or abroad, 'keep it simple'. Flat easy to wear shoes, slacks and tops, a sweater for warmth. All things should be easy to 'layer' in case of temperature change. Remember to place all items that are valuable and can not be lost inside of a fanny pack to be kept close at all times. Things may happen fast and you may not always be able to drag a larger 'bag' with you at all times. For the larger 'bag' itself, use a backpack, it will keep your hands free and allow you more ease while traveling to or with your service member. Keep your backpack packed and kept aside (for us mamas -- that would be the same as when you were waiting for that ride to the hospital when your child was to be born). Keep it ready with the simple clothing you will need, personal necessities, and your medications (or a list of them to refer to if you need to grab them quickly). For personal necessities, remember that for carry on items, air lines limit to 3 oz. items such as hand lotion, mouth wash, shampoo..... place each of these inside of a plastic zip sandwich bag. Be 'ready to go' without having the extra stress of 'getting ready'. Be sure to have in place a 'care list'. Do you have children, elderly parents, or pets that will need care if you are away for a period of time? Have a team in place that will be able to step in quickly to care for them. Have a list of phone, email, or other types of contact information written in your notebook that you will need to reach these people quickly and easily. Also keep a list handy for the person that will be caring for your home or personal business. Have the list ready, you don't need to be trying to think of things and write them down while getting ready to go or while you are away. List phone numbers, instructions, and other information they may need. And, speaking of phone numbers, if you will be away from your home (perhaps on vacation or staying with a relative?) -- make sure your loved one's military unit knows how to reach you where you will be.
Military One Source http://www.militaryonesource.com/MOS/FindInformation/Category.aspx?CategoryID=142 Army Wounded Warrior Project http://www.aw2.army.mil/index.html
http://www.marines.mil/units/hqmc/mnra/wwr/Pages/Home.aspx Wounded Warrior - Navy http://www.navy.mil/navydata/woundedwarrior.html Air Force Wounded Warrior Wounded Warrior Pay and Entitlements Handbook http://www.woundedwarrior.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-090910-029.pdf Diability Benefits For Wounded Warriors http://www.ssa.gov/woundedwarriors/ Social Security Expediting Disability Applications For Wounded Warriors http://www.woundedwarrior.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-081215-025.pdf
Friends Who Have Organizations That Serve The Wounded
RESTORING HONOR Founder - Marshall Tall Eagle
A NOTE FROM MARSHALL: Dear Relatives and Friends, Conducting a Talking Circle with combat wounded Marines is very humbling. I listen as I hear about the demons of war that has come back with these brave young fighting men and women. Their hearts and souls hurting with a deep undiscripable lasting pain, and durgs do not help erase those demons. To listen and watch their faces as they relate the horrors of combat, losing friends, right before their eyes, while taking fire from the enemy and being wounded themselves. Yet they talk about going back to that place that took their spirits away from them. It is our Native way to bestow honor upon all warriors, yet I felt not qualified. As a warrior of the Vietnam war I thought I was really to be with these heroes of freedom. I was wrong, for this is their day, their time, their war, their pain. By the last day I realize that all they wanted was someone to listen, someone to care, someone to hug and for them to hear the words, "hey man it's going to get better, just take life a minute at a time, smile and be proud. Then honor them as we Native American Indians know how. We placed the "Warriors Medal of Valor" around the neck, shook hands, saluted and gave them words of encouragement, yes the tears were apparent as was the heart felt truth of the Brotherhood and Sisterhood of warriors old and new standing together for the Great Cause of Freedom. What a sight to see these young fighting men and women dancing in the grand entry of our pow wow with their drums in hand, keeping in time with our pow wow drums, it was an awesome time. I was in total honor like never before in my life all 72 years of life. Please take time out of your life and pay tribute and honor to our young fighting men and women returning home from combat tours of duty. It is our mission to honor as many of our combat wounded military people and we sure could use your help. But it takes funds to get the job done, to my knowledge we are the only organization in the US that conducts workshops, talking circles, the making of hand drums and holding a "Welcome Home" ceremony, pow wow and honoring ceremony all in a 4 day period of time. We have been invite back. Please view our web site at: God Bless All our Troops May Creator Bless You Marshall "Tall Eagle" 2440 Meadow Lane Woodburn, OR. 97071 503-982-2505 Office 503-989-0645 cell Please view our web sites at:
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Wounded Warrior Links Disabled American Veterans (DAV) www.dav.org Military Order of the Purple Heart www.purpleheart.org National Military Family Association www.nmfa.org Wounded Warrior Project www.woundedwarriorproject.org Wounded Warrior Disabled Sports Project http://www.dsusa.org/PROGRAMS-WWDSP-ABOUT.HTML Amputee Coalition of America www.amputee-coalition.org Well Spouse Association http://www.wellspouse.org/
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