Stories by Us

It’s that terrible/joyful holiday period when we push aside our pains and disappointments to join with the joy of the season and imagine a coming year full of wonders and possibilities. Of those pains here in America, none is greater than that of the specter of suicide, especially those among ou...

“Navy veteran Tim Peña sat on the laminate wood flooring in his studio apartment for three days. There was no TV or radio, just his thoughts. He thought about how to clean up all the blood if he survived, or how his family would have to walk through it to collect his things if he succeeded. He th...

It can already be challenging enough to transition back to civilian life from active duty, but the prospect gets even more daunting for veterans moving abroad with family after retiring from service. If you’re a Veteran who lives overseas, you remain entitled to the benefits and services you ear...

Pictured: Col (ret) US Army Mikel Burroughs, Jerry Ashton, Navy vet along with his RIP Medical Debt co-founder Craig Antico — NYC Veterans Day Parade 2017 Most of us have seen the distressing headlines about our veterans: their rate of suicide, homelessness, drug abuse, incarceration rate, debt ...

This video describes the stigma felt by many military men and women when dealing with suicide ideation or attempting to seek help. We are asking the VA Hospital System to release its billions of dollars in unpaid veteran medical debt for full and total forgiveness. #EndVetMedDebt is a year-long...

As part of my participating in the filming of a documentary on vulnerable veterans with Let’s Rethink This founder Jerry Ashton and acclaimed documentarist and filmmaker Patrick de Warren I arrived in NYC in late July from Phoenix, AZ. For this documentary to work I actually participated in the ...

It’s that remarkable once-a-year day of hot dogs, flags waving, holiday sales, patriotic music, and parades galore. On this one specific day commemorating the lives and fortunes of military members lost over the last hundreds of years to wars and skirmishes, today’s veterans get a nod of apprec...

Elizabeth Bales (wife of Joseph Bales - Peace Time Air Force Veteran Hickam AFB - Operation HardTack, Bore Witness to 23 Atom Bomb Tests): We are very angry because he is not eligible for any veteran's benefits due to the fact that he was in the service during peace time. It doesn't make any di...

Mikel Burroughs of RIP Medical Debt and Jerry Ashton Founder You Can Do It. Let’s Talk! For years now I have personally attempted to catch your attention to this need, and for years now I have yet to be successful. That’s going to change. I am going to enlist help. Here’s why that help w...