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Right to Heal Tour: Atlanta

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The goal of this tour is to raise awareness about Operation Recovery and service members fight for the right to heal from trauma.

Large portions of our military members and veterans are suffering from Military Sexual Trauma (MST), Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and/or Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) yet their right to heal is violated on a mass scale.

While traumatized service members have been forced to deploy against the best interest of their health and well being throughout the Global War on Terror. Now with the return of troops from Iraq the military is trying to skirt it’s responsibilities to care for service members. Military leaders and service providers are giving inadequate care, pushing improper diagnoses,  and forcing thousands of service members to leave the military with no care or benefits by pursuing punitive discharges for troops who really need medical and mental health care.

Fort Hood. Texas, the Army’s largest base has been hit especially hard with trauma. Regular and repeated deployments over the past 10 years have left soldiers there particularly vulnerable to traumatic injuries leading Fort Hood to have the highest suicide rate (22) by far over any other military instillation.

Veteran Organizers who have worked with active duty troops at Fort Hood as well as former Fort Hood soldiers will embark on the Right to Heal Tour, sharing the stories of the work happening at Fort Hood and our upcoming Summer Outreach Drive. Operation Recovery organizers will be out at Fort Hood all summer long meeting active duty troops, collecting testimonies, and building power to take on Fort Hood’s General Campbell and stop the violation of service members right to heal.

Public support is essential; through supporters bombarding General Campbell with thousands of emails and post cards we were able to win a “virtual town hall meeting” in January. Now we need to take this further to insure General Campbell not only hears what his soldiers need but also does something about it. Stand with us for soldiers’ right to heal.

Friday, April 20, 2012 - 1:29pm

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Right to Heal Tour: Chicago

Cable channel CANTV covered the full Righ to Heal Tour stop in Chicago. 

IVAW and NNU Unite for Veterans Right to Heal

IVAW Chicago has teamed up with National Nurses United through the Move the Money coalition to fight for veterans right to heal. Read about the collaberation in this Common Dreams article by Terry Davis. Iraq Veterans...

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

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...

Right to Heal Tour 2012 - Fighting for service members and veterans right to heal.

The Right to Heal Tour has already jumped of to a great start in Bellingham, WA, Portland, OR, and Atlanta, GA. Please come out to partisipate in our tour as we pass through your area. You can follow the tour at www....
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Violating Service Members’ Human Rights: Damage That Spreads

Over ten years in to the Global War on Terror US troops have both suffered and committed countless human rights violations. The recent murder of 17 Afghan civilians (mostly women and children), allegedly committed by a...

Fort Hood Town hall - A step in the right direction

On Thursday at Under the Hood Outreach Ceneter and Cafe Geoff West, a reported from the Temple Daily Telegraph, watched the the Fort Hood Facebook town hall with service members and community members. It was clear to those...

Fort Hood Holds Town Hall in Response to Operation Recovery Demand

After two months of pressure from the Operation Recovery campaign, Fort Hood Commander announces he will hold a town hall. Help keep the pressure on by posting a message on Fort Hood's Facebook wall before tonight's virtual...

Operation Recovery in the Killeen Daily Herald

This article was published yesterday by the Killeen Daily Herald. The article has since been taken down. Lori, the Under the Hood Manager, is reaching out to the writer and editor to find out more about why the article was...

Stand with Fort Hood soldiers this Veterans Day

Today IVAW's Fort Hood chapter is bringing the message of the Operation Recovery Campaign to its local Veterans Day march in Killeen, Texas. They are highlighting the struggle of soldiers' and veterans' ability to get access...

Veterans Day: Recognizing the sacrifices of women service members and veterans

On Veterans Day take a stand with the Operation Recovery Campaign as chapters across the country host events recognizing the sacrifices of women service members and veterans. Women service members are...

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