Warrior - AMVETS Department of Maine

National Commander’s Project:
2014 National Commander
Larry Via
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Transition
Workshops
I believe it is our mission
to assist our returning
veterans without applying
the burden of the stigma
that often comes with
seeking mental health.
Our soldiers are experiencing a very natural
outcome of their service in protecting our
freedoms and it is our duty to provide the
leadership and appropriate tools to transition
home. I am counting on you to help! In a recent
twelve month period our Posts and Departments
donated over $965,000 for various community
programs, and in excess of $365,000 was
for non-veteran causes. Our veterans should
come first!
Participant Comments:
Help our Nation’s War Fighters come “all
the way home,” by learning how to deal with
the silent injury of the War on Terror: Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
“Reach out to all veterans and active duty;
they will gain hope, peace, inspiration and
get closure on civilian and combat related
situations.”
(Marine)
“Very effective, thought provoking process of
health and empowerment.”
(Navy)
“All the exercises were well planned and made
such a great impact.”
(Air Force)
AMVETS Warrior Transition Workshop
4647 Forbes Boulevard
Lanham, MD 20706
(301) 683-4005
Attn: Mike Fisher
MFisher@amvets.org
Mission: To assist in the successful healthy
reintegration of Veterans
Goal: Through expert evaluation, AMVETS
is committed to demonstrating that this model
of the Freedom and Honor warrior transition
trainings is an effective and efficient reintegration
model. And should be integrated into the DOD
and VA post deployment programs to expand
existing services and provide alternative routes
for Veterans, Active Duty, Guard and Reserve
to address Post Traumatic Stress (PTS) and
reintegration challenges. A pre­lim­i­nary sci­
en­tific eval­u­a­tion con­ducted by Free­dom and
Honor under the direc­
tion of the Amer­
ic­an
Insti­tutes for Research® (AIR) show sta­tis­ti­
cally sig­nif­i­cant results of AMVETS War­rior
Tran­si­tion Work­shops (WTW) in address­ing
Post Trau­matic Stress (PTS) and reintegrationrelated challenges. The positive results of this
evaluation speak to the need for a larger study.
Full report may be viewed at: www.amvets.org/
pdfs/programs/WTW-Evaluation.pdf
AMVETS Warrior Transition Workshops
are post-deployment training programs for
personnel of the U.S. military (veterans, active
duty, Reserve and Guard), with a focus on
those struggling with combat stress (PTS) and
readjustment issues resulting from one or more
deployments to serve in Operation Iraqi Freedom
(OIF), Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF),
Operation New Dawn (OND) and other foreign
military operations. The flagship program is a
3-day hands-on reintegration training program.
The program uses paradigm shift methodologies,
bioenergetics along with a well-crafted blend
of history, legend, ritual and archetype proven
effective in dealing with transition and the
emotional and physical impacts of trauma.
Programs are provided at no cost to the Veteran.
Overall Issues the Trainings Are Designed to
Address:
1. Combat Stress (Post Traumatic Stress) is a
natural outcome of having served in combat.
2. Veterans do not want to be “labeled” as
mentally unwell and do not readily seek mental
health support; it negatively impacts their life
and career.
3. Readjustment concerns and combat stress,
when left unattended, often leads to permanent
issues and long-term costs to society. Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
4. The current system operated by the DOD and
VA is overburdened.
AMVETS Warrior Transition Workshops integrate
a peer-to-peer approach to help the veteran learn
how to re-establish connections with their friends,
families, occupations, and society as well as to
reduce the impact of combat trauma. The Freedom
and Honor programs were designed by training
experts, combat veterans and mental health
professionals. For more information go to www.
AMVETS.org and click on programs.
Gift Levels
o Division Commander ($35,000.00)
Sponsor a whole Warrior Transition Workshop
o Regimental Commander ($10,000.00)
Sponsor 10 veterans for an entire Workshop
o Battalion Commander ($5,000.00)
Sponsor 5 veterans for an entire Workshop
o Company Commander ($3,000.00)
Sponsor 2 veterans for an entire Workshop
o Platoon Leader ($500.00)
Sponsor a veteran for one day
o Battle Buddy ($1 - 499.99)
Help fund a workshop
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Donate Today:
1. Visit www.amvets.org
2. Click the yellow “Donate Now” button
3. Select “Warrior Transition Workshop”
Or mail your donation to:
AMVETS Warrior Transition Workshop
Attn: Mike Fisher
4647 Forbes Blvd.
Lanham, MD 20706
Please make checks payable to “AMVETS”