I want to share an email from a person and fellow blogger who supports the 173rd Airborne. She offers some great information that maybe helpful to any one of us that has a soldier "Down Range" and are redeploying back to Italy. Please bookmark the website so that you have a reference should you need it. Here is the email sent to me.
'The Soldiers Project is a private, non-profit, independent group of volunteer licensed mental health professionals including psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and marriage and family therapists. We provide free counseling and support to military service members who have served or who expect to serve in the Iraq and/or Afghanistan conflicts and to veterans of those conflicts. We see active duty as well as members of activated Reserve or Guard units. In addition, our services are available to the families and other loved ones of service members. We provide help to service members and families struggling with issues related to the overwhelming trauma of war including the cycle from pre-deployment to deployment to homecoming and re-entry to civilian life. Our services are entirely free of charge. We do not report to any government agency.'
They are based in LA, but are in other areas too. Thought you might want to pass it on to any of the other family members that you are in contact with.
Check out the website, it is filled with great info. i heard about it on the anysoldier forum.
I also posted on my blog http://longislandgirl.vox.com/
All my best,
Joanne
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