FOX DC came out to Ft Myer and did an excellent story about the Caisson Platoon Equine Assisted Program which has helped many of our troops with visible and non-visible injuries. They interviewed my girlfriend yesterday and this is the piece. ARLINGTON, Va. - When Lt. Col. Sam Nerove grabs the reigns to guide a 2000 pound horse, she is taking control of something else too. "I was in the deepest, darkest, hell hole," says Nerove. She was injured in the early 1990s in Dessert Storm. She returned to combat in Iraq in 2008. "Similar environment. More rockets, bombs, bullets, and bodies," says Nerove. Soon her post traumatic stress disorder was so bad she had to be Medevaced out. Wounded Warriors Heal with Help of Iconic Animals: MyFoxDC.com
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Oct 14 2011, 12:21 AM
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