Henderson Native Talks About Struggles With PTSD

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Henderson Native Talks About Struggles With PTSD

OCTOBER 20TH, 2017  BRITNEY TAYLOR HENDERSON, KENTUCKY

During his 20 years of military service he has been through quite a bit in his life, and now he’s sharing his stories with the Tri-state.

Kentucky-native Justin Jordan hosted a book signing at the Henderson County Public Library. Jordan’s book is called “And Then I Cried, Stories of a Mortuary NCO”. He’s from Henderson, but headed off to join the Air Force 20 years ago.

Jordan became a Non-Commissioned Officer and was put in charge of mortuary affairs, and he says that job changed his life.

Justin Jordan said, “Mortuary Officer for six years of my 20-year career. I came back and had some pretty severe PTSD and instead of letting in beat me. I decided to write a book and share my story and to this day I continuously get messages from brothers and sisters from around the country saying it helped them. So mission accomplished there, but we have a long way to go, losing 20 veterans a day with suicide and it’s got to stop.”

The book details just how tough it was to console grieving families, and his personal battle with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

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    • And here’s reality;

      “The list of senior terrorists killed during the Obama presidency is fairly extensive.
      There’s Osama bin Laden ,  of course, killed in May.
      Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) leader  Anwar al-Awlaki  as of today.
      Earlier this month in 2009 officials confirmed that al Qaeda’s chief of Pakistan operations, Abu Hafs al-Shahri , was killed in Waziristan, Pakistan.” n August, ‘Atiyah ‘Abd al-Rahman ,  the deputy leader of al Qaeda was killed.
      In June, one of the group’s most dangerous commanders, Ilyas Kashmiri,  was killed in Pakistan. In Yemen that same month, AQAP senior operatives Ammar al-Wa’ili, Abu Ali al-Harithi, and Ali Saleh Farhan were killed. In Somalia, Al-Qa’ida in East Africa (AQEA) senior leader Harun Fazul was killed.
      Administration officials also herald the recent U.S./Pakistani joint arrest of Younis al-Mauritani   in Quetta.
      Going back to August 2009, Tehrik e-Taliban Pakistan leader Baitullah Mahsud was killed in Pakistan.
      In September of that month, Jemayah Islamiya operational planner Noordin Muhammad Top was killed in Indonesia, and AQEA planner Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan was killed in Somalia.
      Then in December 2009 in Pakistan, al Qaeda operational commanders Saleh al-Somali and ‘Abdallah Sa’id were killed.
      In February 2010, in Pakistan,  Taliban deputy and military commander Abdul Ghani Beradar was captured; Haqqani network commander Muhammad Haqqani was killed; and Lashkar-e Jhangvi leader Qari Zafar was killed.
      In March 2010, al Qaeda operative Hussein al-Yemeni was killed in Pakistan, while senior Jemayah Islamiya operative Dulmatin  – accused of being the mastermind behind the 2002 Bali bombings – was killed during a raid in Indonesia.
      In April 2010, al Qaeda in Iraq leaders Abu Ayyub al-Masri and Abu Omar al-Baghdadi  were killed.
      In May, al Qaeda’s number three commander,  Sheik Saeed al-Masri  was killed.”

      Show me Mop Head’s list Mesker Joe Mesker. If there is one.

      But when it comes to cartoons, there will never be a more accurate, and funnier one than this;

      http://www.realclearpolitics.com/cartoons/images/2016/09/27/mike_luckovich_mike_luckovich_for_sep_27_2016_5_.jpg

      But the joke is actually on you bro.

      You’ll see….

  2. This suffering and death, in addition to the release of 5 high value terrorists from Gitmo, is the legacy of Obama’s complete mishandling of the Bergdahl desertion:
    …………………….

    “As the fate of Bowe Bergdahl rests in the hands of a judge this week, a military court is expected to hear dramatic testimony Monday from the soldiers and a Navy SEAL who were badly hurt in the search for the Army sergeant after he deserted his post.

    The judge, Army Col. Jeffery R. Nance, will hear at a sentencing hearing at Fort Bragg from one soldier involved in the search for Bergdahl who must now use a wheelchair, unable to speak because of a head wound. Another is still unable to use his right hand.

    A third searcher sustained a leg wound from enemy fire that ended his career as a Navy SEAL.

    Bergdahl, who was held for five years by Taliban allies, could face life in prison on charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy after he pleaded guilty to the charges last week.”
    ……………………
    http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/10/23/bergdahl-sentencing-will-feature-how-desperate-search-changed-3-lives-forever.html

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