New Analysis: May 22, 2009

We have to do more for our troops suffering from post-combat trauma. We owe them nothing less than to give our all to them as they did for us. The military has begun repeating the mantra that “Real Warriors” get the mental health care they need — to reduce the stigma associated with seeking treatment to heal an injury. May is Mental Health Awareness Month. And still our veterans fight their invisible traumas. 

The burials begin for last week’s shooting victims at a US base in Iraq.

For our female soldiers, the last battle is within. For our military families, they see war and deployments firsthand too. 

Deployments continue virtually every day, including for our National Guard who are constantly deploying.

VA Secretary Shinseki announces $215 million in projects to help rural veterans to improve access to and quality of medical care. More help could be coming, thanks to Sen. Jon Tester, a Montana Democrat.

President Obama will tell the graduating class at the US Naval Academy that he will invest not just in weapons but in the people who keep our country safe, too. 

Memorial Day moment of silence…Remembering lost heroes, online.

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