By Donna Hoffmeyer (updated for CHW, original post on Medium, Taking Off The Armor) They say you know when it is time to leave the military, and it is a […]
Tag Archives: #veterans
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By Donna Hoffmeyer (original post on Medium) Our dog, Amelia, died a few years back. She was 16 years old, deaf, had cancer, survived a surgery they didn’t think she’d […]
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By Donna Hoffmeyer (original post on Medium, Taking Off The Armor) A few years back I was taking care of a service member with significant PTSD from an ambush in […]
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By Donna Hoffmeyer (original post on Medium) How time flies! I wrote this article in 2021 and there was a little hope the suicide rate among Veterans was dropping. However, […]
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By Donna Hoffmeyer(original post on Medium) For the military, transition is very definitive. We go from a very specific culture and subcultures to the civilian population and it can be […]
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By Donna Hoffmeyer (original post on Medium) “Your program is nothing more than military welfare.” Those were the words a Reserve Colonel spat at me in a teleconference about 6 […]
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By Donna Hoffmeyer As I started to write my blog, I was sitting, watching a movie with my family, and heard the statement, “Maybe she didn’t die for nothing.” (I’m […]
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By Donna Hoffmeyer (original post on Medium) In 2017, I co-authored a book on military transition…Warrior to Patriot Citizen. (Shameless plug…you can find it on Amazon.) When we were writing […]
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By Donna Hoffmeyer (original post on Medium) I wrote the original blog article almost 2 years ago. Since then, I’ve picked up a few more tips; and knowing how uncomfortable […]
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By Donna Hoffmeyer (original post on Medium) This is a question that has consciously plagued me for the last 5 years (and probably subconsciously for the better part of my […]