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Blog entries are submitted by people like you, concerned with the healthy return from wartime service by members of America's military. Submissions can be reactions to articles in the news, personal stories, general thoughts, or other topical information. To submit a blog entry, please contact us.

While our hope is to find the best bloggers writing about the homecoming issues most important to you, blog entries do not necessarily reflect the views of the Campaign for Healthy Homecoming.

The Best Medicine: Someone That’s Been There

from Scott Quilty | 2 comments

The best medicine didn’t come through an IV. He walked into my hospital room with a hitch in his step. He had been there too. More >

THE ROAD TO RECOVERY: WHEN DOES IT STOP?

from Michael A. Schlitz | 0 comments

In February 2007 my life changed forever when my vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Iraq. I was thrown from my vehicle but not before catching on fire. The men in my unit reacted quickly to save my life and called in the helicopter to get me. I remember flying to be evacuated out to the nearest medical facility thinking I’m safe now. What I didn’t think about was the road to recovery. More >

A Different Kind of School

from Kevin Blanchard | 0 comments

After spending time in the Marines, one tour in Iraq and 13 months in the hospital from an injury I sustained due to an IED, my college experience has been unique to say the least. More >

Bombs to Books!

from Elizabeth O'Herrin | 1 comments

I deployed for Operation Iraqi Freedom the first time in 2004, leaving behind my family, friends, and missing a semester of college to go lug bombs around a flight line for the Air National Guard. I was twenty years old and had never even seen a live bomb before. More >

Thanksgiving Day message from Secretary Shinseki

from | 0 comments

Saw this through our friends at SVA, a Thanksgiving Day message from Secretary Shinseki. Have a safe holiday everyone!

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A Surge of Troops in Afghanistan Requires a Surge of Support at Home

from Scott Quilty | 0 comments

It is clear that the decision to commit 30,000 additional US Forces to the war in Afghanistan came after months of careful deliberation. That same level of deliberation is now needed to ensure every one of those 30,000 troops and their families make a healthy homecoming. More >