This is especially true today, as they shoulder the burden of operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. When they return from their tours of duty, our soldiers need a family-friendly place to rest and recuperate and reintegrate back to civilian life.
We would like to give them Patriot Hills.
Patriot Hills of New York's site selection committee is researching all possibilities in New York state for our project. Patriot Hills will give our troops a haven to reconnect with family and enjoy a well-deserved respite from the stress of battle. It will also provide a spectrum of services—from massage to marriage enrichment, stress management to job placement—to smooth the difficult path of reintegration into civilian life.
Our troops deserve no less. We can give it to them…with your help.
Our Request for Change
Click here to download Resolution 09-21 - Issue Pertaining to: National Guard/Reserve Respite Center of Excellence.
Click here to download the Patriot Hills at Saranac Lake White Paper for June 2010.
Veterans can now locate their DD-214 on the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) website:
http://vetrecs.archives.gov/
The Committee of Patriot Hills of New York would like to thank our Executive Secretary, Ms. Paula Gabris for sending a very personal note to the First Lady of Our Nation on behalf of our project. Paula has been one of our most dynamic volunteers for our project over the past two years. Her enthusiasm for our project even captured the interests of First Lady Michelle Obama.
We are truly honored that our First Lady has responded to Paula. Please see her response.
We want thank BG Loree Sutton, Defense Center of Excellence, Post Traumatic
Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury and Mr. Garry Trudeau, American Cartoonist of Doonesbury and a extraordinary advocate of our military, and MG Robert J. Kasulske, Office of the Surgeon General, Deputy Surgeon General of Mobilization, Readiness & Reserve Affairs taking the time out of the their busy schedule to make a special visit to meet the Community leaders of Saranac Lake and the North Country and Project: Patriot Hills.