THANK YOU FOR RAPING ME: Athena Ives, former Sgt USMC (Part 2)

by | Dec 12, 2018 | A4, Combat, Iraq, Mental Health, Post Traumatic Growth, Post Traumatic Stress, Post Traumatic Winning, Post-Combat Related Mental Health, Sexual Assault

Part 2 of a 2-part interview. Athena Ives left the Marine Corps as a decorated Sergeant in 2010.  She made her living as a Combat Engineer and deployed to the city of Fallujah, Iraq in 2008 where she volunteered to work in the Marine Corps “Lioness”...

THANK YOU FOR RAPING ME: Athena Ives, former Sgt USMC (Part 1)

by | Dec 12, 2018 | A4, Iraq, Mental Health, Post Traumatic Growth, Post Traumatic Stress, Post Traumatic Winning, Post-Combat Related Mental Health, Sexual Assault

Part 1 of a 2-part interview. Athena Ives left the Marine Corps as a decorated Sergeant in 2010.  She made her living as a Combat Engineer and deployed to the city of Fallujah, Iraq in 2008 where she volunteered to work in the Marine Corps “Lioness”...

LCPL LUKE: Fallujah, co-existing with PTSD, leaving alcohol alone and the fight to live a better life

by | Aug 15, 2018 | A4, Combat, Iraq, Post Traumatic Growth, Post Traumatic Stress, Post-Combat Related Mental Health, Substance Abuse

LCpl Luke emailed ALL MARINE RADIO six months ago.  From his initial email asking for advice about teaching his girlfriend how to shoot grew a friendship that recently led to the Gunner & Mac visiting he & his fiance in Huntsville, Alabama during ALL MARINE...