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88th RSC Joins in a Conversation about Community Support of veterans

88th Readiness Division

April 29, 2015 | 1:27

“The War Within: Can the Soldier Be at Peace?” That was the question posed at the 35th annual MAYDAY! Peace Conference at Gustavus Aldolphus College in St. Peter, Minn., April 29.
The 88th Regional Support Command Chaplain Col. Erik Feig and 88th RSC Behavioral Health Specialist Stacey Feig joined a panel of guest speakers, college officials, teachers, students and invited public at the college in an effort to address the tough emotional and spiritual issues Soldiers face.
Maj. Matthew Scherer, detachment commander at the Andrew Radar U.S. Army Health Clinic, presented the morning keynote address, "Identity, Loss, and Reintegration in the Decade of Heroes.” The afternoon session opened with a keynote presentation by photographer Devin Mitchell, creator of the Veteran Vision Project, an independent, privately funded and organized academic photo essay of American military service members personal stories.
Chaplain Feig and his wife Stacey answered questions from MAYDAY attendees such as how does the increasing diversity of the military impact the ways service members are cared for and what do civilian communities need to know about the spiritual and psychological war of serving in combat?
In closing, Stacey stated, “Soldiers can find peace, but they can’t do it alone.”