By Andy Marso
KHI News Service
KANSAS CITY, KAN. — Four months ago, U.S. Army veteran Brandon Garrison played in an all-day softball tournament, a fundraiser for the Wounded Warrior Project.
“The tournament was on a Saturday,” Garrison said. “The next day I woke up and I couldn’t walk.”
Garrison, a 28-year-old from Leavenworth, experienced debilitating muscle pain for several days and was hospitalized at a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs facility. He left with a cane that he was still using last month.
After multiple wartime deployments to Afghanistan as an infantryman and a supply specialist, Garrison has health conditions that are explainable: traumatic brain injury from the concussive blasts of explosives and post-traumatic stress disorder from the strain of combat.
But he also has conditions that are harder to explain: nerve twitches, muscle weakness, fibromyalgia, chronic prostatitis, low testosterone.
Thursday, December 25, 2014
Wednesday, December 24, 2014
Peer support key to helping returning vets overcome mental health problems
By Andy Marso
KHI News Service
KANSAS CITY, KAN. — Sitting in a Junction City coffee shop with his laptop and a pile of textbooks splayed on a table, Will Stucker looks like any other college student, if a bit older than average.
But Stucker, 38, has taken a different path to college than most of his classmates at Emporia State University.
His path took him to South Korea and Kuwait, then to a tank rolling toward Baghdad, then to an armored Humvee on the streets of a small town in Iraq where insurgents repeatedly tried to kill him — and two of them almost succeeded. Then, finally, to a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Topeka, where counselors helped him work through the post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) he came home with.
KHI News Service
KANSAS CITY, KAN. — Sitting in a Junction City coffee shop with his laptop and a pile of textbooks splayed on a table, Will Stucker looks like any other college student, if a bit older than average.
But Stucker, 38, has taken a different path to college than most of his classmates at Emporia State University.
His path took him to South Korea and Kuwait, then to a tank rolling toward Baghdad, then to an armored Humvee on the streets of a small town in Iraq where insurgents repeatedly tried to kill him — and two of them almost succeeded. Then, finally, to a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Topeka, where counselors helped him work through the post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) he came home with.
Monday, December 22, 2014
Wounded veterans return to unprepared medical system
By Andy Marso
KHI News Service
TOPEKA — A sniper’s bullet tore through U.S. Army Sgt. Jamie Jarboe’s neck while he was on patrol during a tour of duty in Afghanistan in April 2011. The bullet shattered three vertebrae, severed Jarboe’s spinal cord and caused severe bleeding. It was the kind of wound that almost certainly would have been fatal in previous conflicts.
But an Army medic was at Jarboe’s side almost immediately to keep him from bleeding out, and within 17 minutes of the shooting a helicopter lifted Jarboe out of the danger zone. In less than an hour, he arrived at a state-of-the-art field hospital in Kandahar, where a medical team was waiting to stabilize him enough so that he could be evacuated from the country.
KHI News Service
TOPEKA — A sniper’s bullet tore through U.S. Army Sgt. Jamie Jarboe’s neck while he was on patrol during a tour of duty in Afghanistan in April 2011. The bullet shattered three vertebrae, severed Jarboe’s spinal cord and caused severe bleeding. It was the kind of wound that almost certainly would have been fatal in previous conflicts.
But an Army medic was at Jarboe’s side almost immediately to keep him from bleeding out, and within 17 minutes of the shooting a helicopter lifted Jarboe out of the danger zone. In less than an hour, he arrived at a state-of-the-art field hospital in Kandahar, where a medical team was waiting to stabilize him enough so that he could be evacuated from the country.
Monday, March 24, 2014
Former Bonner Springs student graduates from basic military training
KANSAS CITY, KAN. ---- Air Force Airman Josephine J. Freeby graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas.
The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.
Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.
Freeby is the daughter of Carmelita and William Freeby of Kansas City.
She is a 2011 graduate of Bonner Springs High School.
The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.
Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.
Freeby is the daughter of Carmelita and William Freeby of Kansas City.
She is a 2011 graduate of Bonner Springs High School.
Friday, February 7, 2014
Former Turner student graduates from basic military training
KANSAS CITY, KAN. ----- Air Force Airman Matthew D. Wise graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas.
The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.
Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.
Wise earned distinction as an honor graduate.
He is the son of Susan and Ronald Rise of Olathe, Kan.
The airman is a 2013 graduate of Turner High School, Kansas City.
The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.
Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.
Wise earned distinction as an honor graduate.
He is the son of Susan and Ronald Rise of Olathe, Kan.
The airman is a 2013 graduate of Turner High School, Kansas City.
Friday, August 30, 2013
Blackie Enloe, former Washington student, graduates from combat training
KANSAS CITY, KAN. --- Army National Guard Pfc. Blackie R. Enloe has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.
During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field tactics, military courtesy, military justice system, basic first aid, foot marches, and field training exercises.
Enloe is the grandson of Byron Enloe of 49th Street, Kansas City.
He is a 2011 graduate of Washington High School, Kansas City.
During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field tactics, military courtesy, military justice system, basic first aid, foot marches, and field training exercises.
Enloe is the grandson of Byron Enloe of 49th Street, Kansas City.
He is a 2011 graduate of Washington High School, Kansas City.
James Carter III, former Washington student, graduates from basic combat training
KANSAS CITY, KAN. --- Army National Guard Pfc. James W. Carter III has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.
During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field tactics, military courtesy, military justice system, basic first aid, foot marches, and field training exercises.
Carter is a 2010 graduate of Washington High School, Kansas City.
During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field tactics, military courtesy, military justice system, basic first aid, foot marches, and field training exercises.
Carter is a 2010 graduate of Washington High School, Kansas City.
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Former Schlagle student graduates from basic combat training
Army Pvt. Charlyn D. Randle has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.
During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness.
Randle also received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field tactics, military courtesy, military justice system, basic first aid, foot marches, and field training exercises.
Randle is the daughter of Deidre Randle and stepdaughter of Michael McJunkins, both of Troup Avenue, Kansas City. She is the niece of Charita McKelvy, also of Kansas City.
She is a 2007 graduate of F.L. Schlagle High School, Kansas City.
During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness.
Randle also received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field tactics, military courtesy, military justice system, basic first aid, foot marches, and field training exercises.
Randle is the daughter of Deidre Randle and stepdaughter of Michael McJunkins, both of Troup Avenue, Kansas City. She is the niece of Charita McKelvy, also of Kansas City.
She is a 2007 graduate of F.L. Schlagle High School, Kansas City.
Monday, November 26, 2012
Medran graduates from basic military training
Air National Guard Airman Fabian C. Medrano graduated from basic
military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.
The airman completed an intensive, eight-week
program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air
Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and
skills.
He is a 2010 graduate of Bishop Ward High School, Kansas City, Kan.
Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an
associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the
Air Force.
Medrano is the grandson of Peggy Aguilar of South 19th
Street, Kansas City, Kan., and great-nephew of Patsy Morales of East
69th Street, Raytown, Mo.
He is a 2010 graduate of Bishop Ward High School, Kansas City, Kan.
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Wyandotte County War Memorials Tour tickets available
News Release
A bus tour of the Wyandotte County War Memorials will be held Friday, Nov. 9, from 8:15 a.m. - 12 p.m.
The tour will include stops at the World War II Bomber Builders, Rosedale Arch Monument, the Korean / Vietnam Veterans Memorial of Wyandotte County, the Rosedale Memorial Arch and The Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall.
There will be tour guides and special speaker providing the history and story of each memorial.
The bus will depart from and return to the Salvation Army Harbor Lights, 6723 State Avenue.
The bus tour is scheduled to coincide with the annual Veterans Day Commemoration, sponsored by the KCK Women's Chamber of Commerce, to be held on November 9, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Salvation Army Harbor Lights.
Bus tour participants will also be able to participate in the commemoration.
The bus tour is sponsored by the Kansas City Kansas Convention & Visitors Bureau, Wyandotte County Parks & Recreation and the Wyandotte County Historical Society & Museum.
Tickets are $10 in advance and may be purchased at the following locations:
- Kansas City Kansas Convention & Visitors Bureau, 901 N. 8th St. Suite 201 Kansas City, Kan.
- Wyandotte County Historical Society & Museum, 631 N. 126th St. Bonner Springs, Kan.
- Wyandotte County Parks & Recreation, 5033 State Ave. Kansas City, Kan.
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Flippin graduates from basic military training
Air Force Airman 1st Class Matthew R. Flippin graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.
The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.
Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.
Flippin is the son of Darrell Flippin of Cleveland Avenue, Kansas City.
He is a 2010 graduate of Piper High School, Kansas City.
The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.
Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.
Flippin is the son of Darrell Flippin of Cleveland Avenue, Kansas City.
He is a 2010 graduate of Piper High School, Kansas City.
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Former Piper student graduates from basic military training
Air National Guard Airman Tyler L. Blevins graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.
The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.
Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.
Blevins is the son of Lisa Blevins and grandson of Sharon Blevins, both of Sloan Avenue, Kansas City.
He is a 2010 graduate of Piper High School, Kansas City.
The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.
Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.
Blevins is the son of Lisa Blevins and grandson of Sharon Blevins, both of Sloan Avenue, Kansas City.
He is a 2010 graduate of Piper High School, Kansas City.
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Bishop Ward graduate completes basic military training
Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Amaury Marquez Vazquez graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.
The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.
Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.
Marquez Vazquez is the son of Juan Marquez Arroyo of Kansas City, Kan.
He is a 2010 graduate of Bishop Ward High School, Kansas City.
The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.
Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.
Marquez Vazquez is the son of Juan Marquez Arroyo of Kansas City, Kan.
He is a 2010 graduate of Bishop Ward High School, Kansas City.
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