Shad says it hits some people a year, a year and a half, later. You realize that you are acting on emotional triggers rather than considering the consequences first. more

As flags waved and war fever raged, those were different times. I felt like a man screaming in the darkness of an empty room. Now the tsunami wave has arrived with troops coming home from war, some of them from their fourth or fifth combat tours. more

As the need for reasoned Veteran justice continues to grow, with more and more men and women returning from war, I have seen a need to develop another, updated legal resource for attorneys and others working on Veteran trials. It is a book we hope that prosecutors and judges, as well as defense attorneys can use in dealing with these special cases. more

When I arrived in Vietnam in 1967, I was attached to a psych unit named by a couple of Latin scholars Pax Mentis: Peace of Mind. I’ve kept that as my sign-off, motto and mission all these years. Recently I’ve been thinking about the vets that manage to achieve this, and wondering just what allows that to happen. more

Last week, I gave a keynote address at a veteran career fair here in Los Angeles. The goal of the event, hosted by the Farmer-Veteran Coalition, was to bring together Veterans looking for work with businesses and schools involved in bringing food from farm and field to table. more