Elliot Ackerman served five tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan as a Marine, and he joins us to discuss why, he says, we’re writing blank checks for protracted conflicts with an all-volunteer military.
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Why Female Vets Have It Harder
Director of Women’s Health Sciences Division National Center for PTSD and director of WoVen (the Women’s Veterans Network), Tara Galovski joins us to talk about the research paving the way for healthy re-entry for female veterans.
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A Marine Revisits The Battlefield
Veteran and writer Elliot Ackerman joins us to talk about the people he met upon returning to the Middle East after previous military tours.
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Paying For PTSD
This hour, we’ll talk about a treatment some experts have expressed skepticism about – one that Texas taxpayers have funded to the tune of $2.2 million.
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Caring For Our Vets
This hour, from NPR headquarters in Washington, we’ll talk about keeping our veterans healthy and helping them to return to civilian life with Dr. Harold Kudler, chief consultant for Mental Health Services; and Michael Fisher, program analyst for the VA’s Readjustment Counseling Service.
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Rehabilitation Through Competition
The annual National Veterans Wheelchair Games give veterans with injuries the chance to rehabilitate through friendly competition. This hour, we’ll talk about the games with a panel of participants.
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Writing About War
This hour, we’ll talk with author Elliot Ackerman about how his five tours of duty in the Middle East influenced his debut novel, “Green on Blue,” which is set in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan.
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