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Operation Stand Down Rhode Island reopened a historic Woonsocket property on Nov. 27 as a transitional home for homeless female veterans.The house was named in honor of the late Marine Cpl. Andrea ...
Come join us for a day of golfing to raise funds for Operation Stand Down RI, the Family Assistance Center and the Ocean State Warrant Officers Association. To register or for details visit ...
New program to help Rhode Island veterans and families with mental health and overall well-being. In 2020, 14 Rhode Island veterans died by suicide. New program wants to reduce that number
Operation Stand Down is a United States non-profit organization providing social services to United States Armed Forces veterans, helping them transition into civilian life. It has chapters across the United States, with one in Nashville, Tennessee , among the most prominent.
Under Rhode Island law, they are considered part of state's organized militia forces but are explicitly distinct from Rhode Island's National Guard, State Guard, and Naval Militia. [2] [3] Today, these organizations are largely ceremonial and educational in purpose but are sometime called up for active civil service in minor capacities. [4]
Some troops leave the battlefield injured. Others return from war with mental wounds. Yet many of the 2 million Iraq and Afghanistan veterans suffer from a condition the Defense Department refuses to acknowledge: Moral injury.
Joseph M. Polisena (born June 27, 1954) is an American politician from Rhode Island. He served in the Rhode Island Senate from 1993 to 1999 and again from 2001 to 2007. [1] He served as mayor of the Town of Johnston from 2007 until he was succeeded by his son, Joseph Polisena Jr., in 2023. [2] He is a Democrat.
If you have put yourselves in harm's way for our great country, thank you for your service.