Veterans Village, Guerneville Calif.

Well now we can view a little of the grounds, and a brand new four story building, donated by an anonymous WWII Veteran. In this report New Veterans Program Helps Heal War Wounds from abc7news.com - San Francisco,CA..

Video below and can also be viewed at station site of report.

Before the deployment to Iraq: Patrick McCaffrey with wife and daughter

A few snippits from the abc7news report:

One In Seven Veterans Seeks Treatment

But a group of parents and veterans supporters say they can no longer wait for the government to provide the help the soldiers need.

And wait no longer is an understatement! Understanding and treating the mental effects of War, not only on the militaries who wage them, but also on the civilian populations they are waged upon, is not just decades in the waiting but centuries. Because these trauma's have always been brought about by man's brutal actions to his fellow man, women and especially the children! They not only bring about the life changing nightmares an individual will now live through but are also the seeds planted in many of those individuals for a life of their own destructive behavior and for some who join those nightmares and lash out at others, causing extreme destructive behavior and further Wars!

The long term goal is to raise $120 million dollars to build a national Veterans Village center 1,000 acres outside of Charlotte, North Carolina; A true welcome zone.

You can visit my previous recent post about The Veterans Village above or better yet visit the site, where you'll find this:

Veterans are the light at the tip of the candle, illuminating the way for the whole nation. If veterans can achieve awareness, transformation, understanding, and peace, they can share with the rest of society the realities of war. And they can teach us how to make peace with ourselves and each other, so we never have to use violence to resolve conflicts again".
Thich Nhat Hanh

And much more about Nadia's tireless efforts and her Dream of helping returning Veterans of, once again, a Major Debacle of Invasion and Occupation created by the few with the Support of Many. That have now, once again, created the hatreds and the seeds of further destructive behavior of Criminal Terror and Wars of the near, and far, future!

You can also help Nadia obtain her goals, if you have a few duckets to spare by giving a donation at the site, or finding other means to bring about Real 'Support of our Troops', and not only, once again, the military personal creating and being sent into these senseless War Theaters, but a better understanding so help can be given to the Civilian Populations.

Societies need to come to the realities of Combat Trauma because of the nature and 24/7 reality of existing in those extremely stressful environments. Trauma, that trigger mental change, do not only occur in War Theaters, they can and do happen to individuals Daily, around this planet, in their once semi peaceful lives. And do change the lives of those that live through their trauma.

We can become what we like to think of ourselves as, a Peaceful Nation and a Real World Leader, by making War Obsolete, and helping others obtain that goal. Which would eleminate an overwelming amount of the results of, Mentally and Physically, man's destructive behavior on others.

Do I think we can obtain that, Nope, but leading a whole nation in that direction will Really bring others to follow the same pattern. What has happened now, in our recent past to today, will not bring about the Freedom for others, it has caused a bleak and dangerous future for many that will be extremely hard to bring about a corrective direction that will save lives, Mentally and Physically!

Also on the care of Veterans, on the mental trauma and PTSD as well as the Physical damage done, there was a followup report on the NPR Diane Rehm show last week, that if you didn't catch you might want to:

Medical Care for Soldiers and Veterans

An update on the ongoing care and benefit challenges faced by wounded soldiers,veterans, and their families.

Guests

*Anne Hull, reporter, "The Washington Post"

*Dana Priest, intelligence correspondent for "The Washington Post" and author of "The Mission: Waging War and Keeping Peace with America's Military"

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