I'm a former deputy sheriff. I know how it is with veterans and PTSD, especially a few of my family/friends serving our great country. This system really helps our veterans and no matter how long they've served or where they've served, all of our veterans need to be taken care of just for their time and service sacrificing for our freedom. When PTSD kicks in, we tend to do something stupid, and that's why this type of system is great for our vets. God bless our troops and our vets!
The VA PTSD program helped me. It took three years before I began to acknowledge and and started applying myself to recovery. I didn’t drink or took drugs. Physically I was clean, but mentally I was a reck...a total reck. Thank Cleveland VA and Staff. SGT. EDWIN ACEVEDO COMBAT MEDIC 11th ADA-2/43rd Patriot.
I got out in 91. Now watching our country fall apart. Wonder why I even invest. Those years. Missing that time watching my kids grow. And my reserve time. Summer camps. And one week end a month. The local cheife of police was breaking down my wife's resolve. Just never ends. Just to help my country. Now I am watching my country fall apart before my eyes. I'm glad I live in a camp with dirt roads, and out houses. Beeing busy, And single helps.
These courts are a remarkable investment to ex-soldiers nobody understands PTSD unless you have been that soldier, I am an ex UK veteran and you cannot deny our soldiers the backup they desperately need, well done the USA for the courts that are now being built.
I'm at that point now with Federal court, no addiction no help. Dr. has done all her job will let her. Have already tried once. Sleep paralysis, my DR. diagnosed it as seizures.
I had the option for VA court when going through a felony cannabis possession charge. Only problem is that they treat you like an addict instead of acknowledging cannabis as a medicine and the relief you get from it. All this regardless of a medical prescription for cannabis. They say the federal laws are the reasoning.
Im a vet of the U.S. Army, served 4 years. Im 42 years old and never committed a criminal act in my life until now. I was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia from holding a marijuana pipe. I was denied veterans court because, and I quote, " my charge wasn't serious enough". I was prop 200 eligible and received my sentence. How is it that others that commit more violent and serious crimes get the opportunity to have their slates wiped clean, yet because my charge wasn't as serious I was denied the chance to have the same opportunity to participate in this program that is designed to give veterans a second chance!?! I feel like I was discriminated against and this pick and choose system iis broken. Thank you for honoring my service with nothing. I wasn't even offered a deference. This program is broken iif all vets that make poor decisions dont get equal opportunity for this program. I will be writing a letter to my congressman. Thank you Mohave County Courts for nothing.
God Bless You and thank you for your service, Ascension5dEarth!! I know your comment is 4 years old but, how are you now (11Feb22) ?? I hate that you went through this situation!! Were you able to at least get the charge expunged?? I too am an Army (U.S) vet, so I TOTALLY understand!! I was able to get some charges expunged, at least.....
Vietnam: American veterans killed by suicide Returning to the United States, abandoned to their fate, 150,000 soldiers committed suicide. How do you bring about a return to "normal" life when you yourself have embodied death? How do you fit into a society that continued to operate without you while you were involved in the worst theaters of war on the planet? For the past 40 years, the United States has failed to solve the equation: It is now established that the number of Vietnam War veterans who have died from suicide is greater than the number of soldiers who have died on the ground (58,220). In Nam Vet: Peace With Our Past, former paratrooper Chuck Dean says 150,000 Vietnam veterans killed themselves after their return. Humiliated, unemployed, mentally ill Among these soldiers, 50% also have mental disorders, according to an American study of 2005. The 300,000 Vietnam veterans still suffering from the symptom of post-traumatic stress now outnumber the cohort of disabled people. In the same way that the American people and their leaders were quick to put an end to a war of humiliation, the return of the soldiers was negligently prepared. Lack of housing, unemployment ... ailments to which must be added the addiction to hard drugs, which often started in Vietnam. Another ailment: type 2 diabetes, which the National Academy of Sciences in Washington establishes clear links with the spill of 80 million liters of agent orange, the toxic defoliant, dumped on the Vietnamese jungle
the courts ran by the mafia un harris county texas. went through their program they treated me like a criminal instead of a veteran. they're not all that cracked up to be the lawyer in the program never returned my phone calls at all his name was Adam Brown. I graduated and moved on but these people are not as helpful as they're making it to seem I promise you that
Typical dumbing down of the story. "Disrespecting" the innovator/upstart and "back patting" a reluctant responsible/V.A.party, while showing they care about the troops. "Mighty white of them" if you ask me! Why was I 45 years old before I learned about Nikola Tesla? The inventor of alternating current and remote control. The troops deserve more. The whole nation does! Like a basic science class or welding with jet-fuel and office furniture 101. The furniture is the flux I think? Semper-Fi
Graduated this program in 2012. Very hard program, as long as you take ownership of your situation. Judge Carter and the team. Thank You.
Well done
That's wonderful, Mr. Aguilar. Congratulations!
I'm a US Army Vet. I'm glad we have a program for my fellow veterans.
I'm a former deputy sheriff. I know how it is with veterans and PTSD, especially a few of my family/friends serving our great country. This system really helps our veterans and no matter how long they've served or where they've served, all of our veterans need to be taken care of just for their time and service sacrificing for our freedom. When PTSD kicks in, we tend to do something stupid, and that's why this type of system is great for our vets. God bless our troops and our vets!
The VA PTSD program helped me. It took three years before I began to acknowledge and and started applying myself to recovery.
I didn’t drink or took drugs. Physically I was clean, but mentally I was a reck...a total reck. Thank Cleveland VA and Staff.
SGT. EDWIN ACEVEDO
COMBAT MEDIC
11th ADA-2/43rd Patriot.
Good for you, SGT. Glad it works.
You helped others. So glad people have helped you.
Excellent report! Thank you for the story! --Bonnie Robinson
I got out in 91. Now watching our country fall apart. Wonder why I even invest. Those years. Missing that time watching my kids grow. And my reserve time. Summer camps. And one week end a month. The local cheife of police was breaking down my wife's resolve. Just never ends. Just to help my country. Now I am watching my country fall apart before my eyes. I'm glad I live in a camp with dirt roads, and out houses. Beeing busy, And single helps.
I live with this every day with my son.
Met the judge personally a few years ago while studying political science at UHD Dr. Mena Thakur brought him in. What an inspiration!
Great program thank you judge
What a very nice & wise judge.
These courts are a remarkable investment to ex-soldiers nobody understands PTSD unless you have been that soldier, I am an ex UK veteran and you cannot deny our soldiers the backup they desperately need, well done the USA for the courts that are now being built.
God Bless this Judge
God???? an invisible WHITE person in a cloud...how stupid can one be... THINK....
Semper Fi to my Marine brothers and sisters.
Outstanding! Semper-Fi my brothers.
I completed in 2018 ptsd program there was only about thirty brothers and sisters in the program.
These group programs were really good. I had to go to them after my DUI.
Cudos to the judge and to these brave soldiers
Very powerful
I almost joined the marines June 2000 right after college. Glad I walked out on signing day.
I'm at that point now with Federal court, no addiction no help. Dr. has done all her job will let her. Have already tried once. Sleep paralysis, my DR. diagnosed it as seizures.
I had the option for VA court when going through a felony cannabis possession charge. Only problem is that they treat you like an addict instead of acknowledging cannabis as a medicine and the relief you get from it. All this regardless of a medical prescription for cannabis. They say the federal laws are the reasoning.
Im a vet of the U.S. Army, served 4 years. Im 42 years old and never committed a criminal act in my life until now. I was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia from holding a marijuana pipe. I was denied veterans court because, and I quote, " my charge wasn't serious enough". I was prop 200 eligible and received my sentence. How is it that others that commit more violent and serious crimes get the opportunity to have their slates wiped clean, yet because my charge wasn't as serious I was denied the chance to have the same opportunity to participate in this program that is designed to give veterans a second chance!?! I feel like I was discriminated against and this pick and choose system iis broken. Thank you for honoring my service with nothing. I wasn't even offered a deference. This program is broken iif all vets that make poor decisions dont get equal opportunity for this program. I will be writing a letter to my congressman. Thank you Mohave County Courts for nothing.
God Bless You and thank you for your service, Ascension5dEarth!!
I know your comment is 4 years old but, how are you now (11Feb22) ?? I hate that you went through this situation!!
Were you able to at least get the charge expunged?? I too am an Army (U.S) vet, so I TOTALLY understand!!
I was able to get some charges expunged, at least.....
@@Tiffany_3x my wife keeps urging me to try and get it expunged but I have procrastinated. Glad you were able to get your stuff dropped.
@@Tiffany_3x thank you for your service as well.
I Believe This Was A Video Clip Of CBS News' 60 Minutes' Report On Coming Home: Justice For Our Veterans On Sunday Evening, October 14, 2012.
Vietnam: American veterans killed by suicide
Returning to the United States, abandoned to their fate, 150,000 soldiers committed suicide.
How do you bring about a return to "normal" life when you yourself have embodied death? How do you fit into a society that continued to operate without you while you were involved in the worst theaters of war on the planet? For the past 40 years, the United States has failed to solve the equation: It is now established that the number of Vietnam War veterans who have died from suicide is greater than the number of soldiers who have died on the ground (58,220). In Nam Vet: Peace With Our Past, former paratrooper Chuck Dean says 150,000 Vietnam veterans killed themselves after their return.
Humiliated, unemployed, mentally ill
Among these soldiers, 50% also have mental disorders, according to an American study of 2005. The 300,000 Vietnam veterans still suffering from the symptom of post-traumatic stress now outnumber the cohort of disabled people. In the same way that the American people and their leaders were quick to put an end to a war of humiliation, the return of the soldiers was negligently prepared. Lack of housing, unemployment ... ailments to which must be added the addiction to hard drugs, which often started in Vietnam. Another ailment: type 2 diabetes, which the National Academy of Sciences in Washington establishes clear links with the spill of 80 million liters of agent orange, the toxic defoliant, dumped on the Vietnamese jungle
the courts ran by the mafia un harris county texas. went through their program they treated me like a criminal instead of a veteran. they're not all that cracked up to be the lawyer in the program never returned my phone calls at all his name was Adam Brown. I graduated and moved on but these people are not as helpful as they're making it to seem I promise you that
Typical dumbing down of the story. "Disrespecting" the innovator/upstart and "back patting" a reluctant responsible/V.A.party, while showing they care about the troops. "Mighty white of them" if you ask me!
Why was I 45 years old before I learned about Nikola Tesla? The inventor of alternating current and remote control.
The troops deserve more. The whole nation does! Like a basic science class or welding with jet-fuel and office furniture 101. The furniture is the flux I think?
Semper-Fi
TOM what about the guys lost after returning now a criminal who never got help
Amen
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