Chaplains corner.The summer months are truly a great time of the year. Family "stuff" is the best. Reunions and picnics offer fun events and a chance to get in touch and to get closer to family and friends. This is especially true with our DAV See WebDAV. family when we gather in Chicago in August. Here we will meet with friends that make up our DAV family. We will catch up on news. We will brag about how well our Chapters are doing and complain about those people who make our lives, too interesting. Conventions are fun and are an important part of our DAV mission. For those of you who are chaplains or who are concerned about returning vets from Afghanistan and Iraq, I would ask you to consider attending the Chaplains Seminar this year. It will be on Monday, August 14 at 8:00 a.m. I have asked the Director of Chaplain Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Affairs is a term of the business that deals with the relation between a government and its veteran communities, usually administered by the designated government agency. , Chaplain Hugh Maddry to put together a team to discuss the health issues of our returning vets. We classify the issues as polytrauma events. The VA has established five polytrauma centers across the country that are funded and set up to handle our brother and sister vets who have been injured while in service. They include traumatic brain injury Traumatic brain injury (TBI), traumatic injuries to the brain, also called intracranial injury, or simply head injury, occurs when a sudden trauma causes brain damage. TBI can result from a closed head injury or a penetrating head injury and is one of two subsets of acquired brain , spinal cord injury Spinal Cord Injury Definition Spinal cord injury is damage to the spinal cord that causes loss of sensation and motor control. Description Approximately 10,000 new spinal cord injuries (SCIs) occur each year in the United States. , blind rehabilitation and post traumatic stress disorder Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) A disorder that occurs among survivors of severe environmental stress such as a tornado, an airplane crash, or military combat. Symptoms include anxiety, insomnia, flashbacks, and nightmares. . The team will describe what the VA is doing to treat our new DAV members and give us the chance to ask how we as the Disabled American Veterans The Disabled American Veterans, or DAV, is an organization for disabled veterans that helps them and their families through various means. It currently has over 1.2 million members. The DAV was controversial during the 2006 election cycle. can help our fellow vets become whole and at one with life again. Someone asked me several years ago, "Am I my brother's keeper? Am I responsible for everything that happens to my neighbors?" I answered, "Yes!" not legally, but morally and spiritually, "Yes!" I believe that we are responsible to make our little corner of God's kingdom as good as it can be. If one of my neighbors is hurting then my responsibility is to do all that I can to help them heal and make them whole. If each of us were to give just a little of our time, treasure, and talent, what a difference it would make and what a great gift it would be to those who are in pain. If you agree with me, join us at the convention in Chicago and attend the Chaplains Seminar and all the other great events that are planned. We will fellowship and have fun and will also learn and be inspired. Come and help us in the DAV make a difference and make our corner of God's kingdom the better for it. Reverend Edward Bastille Bastille (băstēl`) [O.Fr.,=fortress], fortress and state prison in Paris, located, until its demolition (started in 1789), near the site of the present Place de la Bastille. It was begun c. , National Chaplain |
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