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At the Gates of Fort Hood: Operation Recovery tells Gen. Campbell to put soldier care first.

published by Aaron Hughes on 05/25/12 11:45am
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Operation Recovery

At the gates and in the news:

  • FOX 44
  • KUT Austin
  • KWTV
  • Killeen Daily Harled

This Memorial Day weekend marks one year since our Operation Recovery Campaign has started organizing at Fort Hood. In that time, we've talked with hundreds of soldiers there about their problems accessing mental health care. We've learned that there are a number of factors that inhibit care, and we are focusing on two big issues that are common concerns among Fort Hood soldiers:

1) Commanders routinely override or ignore the medical treatment plans (also known as medical "profiles") that soldiers get from their doctors.

2) Commanders regularly stigmatize soldiers who seek care through public humiliation or creating an environment of intimidation that discourages soldiers from speaking up for their own well being.

Email Fort Hood Commander General Campbell TODAY, and tell him to put soldiers' health and safety first.

VETERANS AND GIS ORGANIZING AT FORT HOOD

This article is about the current organizing effort by IVAW Members and Under the Hood Members at Ft. Hood, Texas was written by Siri Margerin, a CivSol member from San Francisco As the buses roll by, a small...
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In Defense of Spc. Jeff Hanks

IVAW and the Civilian-Soldier Alliance deliver Article 138 to Jeff Hanks' command at 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division headquarters. Captain Jason Ambrosino, C 1-32 CAV commander is threatening to deploy Jeff on Jan. 9...

AWOL soldier ordered to finish tour in Afghanistan

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Kentucky soldier who went AWOL after he said the military wasn't treating his mental health issues has been ordered to deploy to finish his tour in Afghanistan. Spc. Jeff Hanks, who turned...
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Operation Exposure: War is Trauma

A collaboration between the Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative and IVAW focuses on bringing the message of Operation Recovery to the streets in order to get the public talking about GI resistance, GI rights, and ending the...
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AWOL Soldier fighting for his Right to Heal returns on Veteran Day

Spc. Jeff Hanks has turned himself in after refusing to return to Afghanistan when the Army denied him medical care. Jeff has served in Iraq and Afghanistan with the 101st Airborne Division and was due to receive medical...
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Chantelle Bateman talks with CNN

The Issue Thousands of troops are being sent to war despite suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), and Military Sexual Trauma (MST).  Many of us within IVAW have faced or...

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