With Veteran’s Day just passing, instead of posting on your Instagram story how much you respect our troops, let’s begin acting rather than staying complacent.
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Many veterans suffering from post traumatic stress disorder, known as PTSD, aren’t receiving the treatment they need, said panelists yesterday at the Mental Health Symposium downtown.
Upset and dismayed. Though not the emotions one usually feels when leaving Chapel, they describe what I felt after hearing guest speaker Jeremy Courtney on Feb. 17.
Multiple generations of veterans joined with Baylor students and the Waco community at 5 p.m Monday in the SUB Bowl to share stories and reflect on the service and sacrifice of those who served in the military.
The Veterans Day ceremony included speeches from veterans and President Ken Starr, a performance by singer Holly Tucker, a Lorena junior, the playing of the military trumpet piece “Taps” and a flag-folding ceremony, as well as the recognition of service of the five branches of the U.S. military.
Baylor campus is to house its first congressional hearing to explore the various economic opportunities available to veterans in Texas.
U.S. Rep. Bill Flores, chairman of the House of Veterans’ Affairs subcommittee on economic opportunity, is holding the hearing.
The hearing is titled “Texas’ Innovative Approaches to Jobs and Employment for Veterans.”
David Kaye is the associate director of athletic communications at Baylor and is also a 2008 alumnus. Kaye began his studies at Baylor in fall 2002 and joined the Army Reserve the summer of 2003, serving as a specialist. He was called to active duty in May 2005 with only two days notice, Kaye said.
“I had two weeks left in my junior year, and they called me on a Friday and said, ‘You’re flying up here on Sunday,’” Kaye said. “So I had to withdraw. Baylor was willing to let me take the finals early, but two days wasn’t enough time. So I just had to wash away that whole semester.”
Palestine, Texas, sophomore John Hazel is serving in Afghanistan as a specialist for the National Guard. He has been stationed there for three months; his total deployment is scheduled to last 12 months.
Hazel enlisted Jan. 5, 2011, as a senior in high school. During his freshman year at Baylor, he joined the ROTC, just to see if it was something he liked, Hazel said.
Many Baylor students have served overseas with the United States military and have brought their experiences back to Waco with them.
Seattle, Wash., junior Bryan Solis first came to Baylor in the spring of 2013, after serving six years overseas with the Marine Corps.
One year before enrolling at Baylor for the 2010 fall semester, hospital corpsman Rachael “Doc” Harrelson was rendering aid to fellow shipmates in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Now Harrelson is more concerned about financial aid than rendering aid.