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Military bonds draw veterans to mental health jobs

(8/14/2012)

Military bonds draw veterans to mental health jobs
By Maria LaMagna,
CNN
August 9, 2012

The stories she tells have dark beginnings and could have had, under different circumstances, dark endings -- as so many stories for those in the military do.

Schilling, now 31, served in the U.S. Navy from 1999 to 2003. She was never deployed but worked as an information systems technician at Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia.

Several of her colleagues were killed during the 2000 al Qaeda bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen, which left 17 dead and at least 37 injured. Some of the injured were transferred to her base in Norfolk.

View the full article here: http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/08/health/military-veterans-psychology/index.html

Keywords: military, bonds, veterans, mental health, jobs

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