Healing the Hidden Wounds of War
Posted by Tim Jackson on July 14, 2010
On Saturday, July 10, 2010, President Obama announced in his weekly radio address that the VA is implementing a streamlined process for helping veterans get the much needed help for what has been identified as “the signature injuries of today’s wars”–PTSD and traumatic brain... Read More
When Warriors Weep
Posted by Tim Jackson on June 8, 2010
Strength doesn’t mean you don’t hurt. Training doesn’t mean that you won’t weep. Even for a Navy SEAL.
When I think of the toughest of the toughest, I think of a Navy SEAL. Only the strongest men survive the grueling training that hones them into the best the... Read More
Memorial Day: A Call to Remember
Posted by Tim Jackson on May 28, 2010
In Flanders Fields the poppies blowBetween the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were... Read More
PTSD . . . the war within
Posted by Tim Jackson on May 24, 2010
In 1967-68, Phil Downer was a 19-year-old Marine lugging a M-60 machine gun through the jungles and rice patties of South Vietnam with the Second Battalion, Fifth Marines. Phil’s outfit saw some of the heaviest fighting in the Fall of 67 in Operations Swift and Essex. In one of these battles,... Read More
When war comes home
Posted by Tim Jackson on May 4, 2010
I’ve just spent the last several days with the HelpForMyLife editing team working through the videos we shot two weeks ago dealing with the issue of PTSD, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Wow! Talk about an intense topic.
This production has been especially tough, and yet so good.... Read More








