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My Message to Fellow Vets with PTSD

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Recently, in Canada, there’s been a rash of suicides by veterans of Bosnia and Afghanistan. It is likely the tip of the iceberg and a problem not limited to Canada. Huffington Post contributor Jeff Rose-Martland gave me an opportunity to tell my story and offer my advice to any veteran considering suicide.

The article can be found here.

I don’t usually ask for shares, but if you are military or think someone in the military might read this, please consider a share. If it can help one person reconsider suicide or help anyone seek help for their PTSD symptoms, it would be worth it.

Things do get better.

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Travel Shorts: Copenhagen

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In 2010, I started a tour of Scandinavia in Copenhagen. I wasn’t sure what to expect but I found Copenhagen to be a very safe, OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAvery clean city that takes our responsibility to the environment seriously.

However, for most, myself included, when you think of Copenhagen, you think of one thing.

The Little Mermaid.

We met up with our tour guide in the morning and the first thing I wanted to know was if we were going to see the iconic statue that morning. Continue reading “Travel Shorts: Copenhagen” →

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Travel Shorts – The Greek Islands

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In 2009, I took a cruise of the Greek Islands in the Aegean Sea after completing a week long tour of Greece.

The Cristal
The Cristal

When I arrived on the ship, I had a couple hours free and decided it was time to do a week’s worth of laundry. I hauled everything out of my luggage and set to work washing it all in the sink. When I was done, the room was full of shorts, jeans, t-shirts and underwear hanging from every possible spot.

Then I went to dinner. Continue reading “Travel Shorts – The Greek Islands” →

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…the more they stay the same.

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My grandfather and I are the only veterans in our immediate family. He was #38 of the First Five Hundred who joined the Newfoundland Regiment in 1914. In 1918, he published his diary in a local magazine.  Continue reading “…the more they stay the same.” →

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Back to Bosnia: Maybe Airlines

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Twenty years ago today I landed in Bosnia to start a peacekeeping tour in a place where there was no peace to keep. I arrived in Zagreb, Croatia in the early hours of 27 October 1993 and waited seven hours for my ride into Sarajevo on Maybe Airlines, the flight service conducted by the Norwegians using military aircraft from Canada, Britain, Russia, Germany and other nations.  Continue reading “Back to Bosnia: Maybe Airlines” →