Symposium Agenda
Guice: Mr. Koch, could you … tell people how the DES
[disability evaluation system] pilot is trying to solve some
of those problems? Kickoff Address
Adm. Michael G. Mullen, USN, chairman of the Joint
Koch: … We have right now what’s called a [DES] pilot. Chiefs of Staff
That began here in the national capital region with
three hospitals, and that subsequently expanded to 18 Managing the Battlefield and Beyond — A
more centers, so we’re in 21 hospitals, and … in the next Leadership View
month … there will be a decision to expand that to at Col. Roger Dimsdale, USA-Ret. (moderator), former
least six more and possibly seven more sites. chief of staff, DoD-VA Wounded, Ill, and Injured Senior
And so incrementally, we’ll grow this process until Oversight Committee Staff Office; Command Sgt.
we have everybody built into the new [DES], and Major James H. Franklin, USA, Army Air Operations
we’ll have one system across the board. And ... what Group, Fort McNair, Washington, D.C.; Brockton D.
this has forced us to do is to erase, to the extent that Hunter, veteran, attorney, and legislative chair for the
we can, the institutional barriers between DoD and Minnesota Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers;
the VA. Col. Andrew R. MacMannis, USMC, commander, Train-
ing Command; Col. Richard B. O’Connor, USA, logis-
Guice: Mr. Koch, could you outline some of the benefits tics division chief, Pakistan Afghanistan Coordination
and resources that have been added since the start of the Cell; and Col. Kathy Platoni, USAR, clinical psycholo-
conflicts to address some of the issues that both Shannon gist and Army Reserve psychology consultant to the
and Leslie have brought up today? chief, Medical Service Corps
Koch: Well, first of all, I think the biggest benefit has Implications of Unseen Injuries: How Do We
been the attitudinal changes that have taken place in Respond on the Homefront?
the way we approach the issue. … Gregg Zoroya, reporter, USA Today (moderator); Lt.
There is … in terms of just telling our people what Col. David Rabb, USAR, MA, LICSW, ACS W, direc-
resources are available to them, the National Resource tor of Psychological Health, 63rd Readiness Support
Directory (
www.nationalresourcedirectory.gov). Command, Moffett Field, Calif.; Lt. Col. Cynthia Ras-
[There’s also] the Transition Assistance Program. mussen, USAR, RN, MSN, CANP, psychological direc-
There are two areas that we’re focused on very heav- tor, 88th Regional Support Command, Fort Snelling,
ily, and one of these is education. There is today no Minn.; Dr. Barbara Van Dahlen, founder and president,
reason at all for any young person who wants to get an Give an Hour; and Capt. Catherine A. Wilson, USN-
education to be denied that education based on a lack Ret., NC, executive director, Virginia Wounded Warrior
of financial resources. In addition to the [Post-9/11] GI Program, Department of Veterans’ Services
Bill, there are all sorts of programs that are available
that will pay for virtually everything that that per- Luncheon Keynote
son could possibly want to do by way of acquiring an Lt. Gen. Jack C. Stultz, chief, U.S. Army Reserve, and
education. … [We also] have a number of initiatives to commanding general, U.S. Army Reserve Command
try to get people employed. … One was a joint public-
private initiative between DoD, the VA, and the Labor Caring for Families and Caregivers: Facing
Department, the Advisory Council on Veterans Em- the Truth
ployment and Training and Employee Outreach. Karen Guice, M.D., M.P.P. (moderator); Eric W.
So there is a lot of this going on, but the focus is on Christensen, Ph.D.; Leslie Kammerdiener; Noel Koch;
getting [these wounded servicemembers] educated. … and Shannon Maxwell
And … there’s got to be jobs available for them. …
Remarks by
Guice: … Leslie, could you tell us a little bit about how U.S. Naval Institute and MOAA
you find out about resources? …
Closing Keynote
Kammerdiener: The only way that I learn anything The Honorable L. Tammy Duckworth, assistant secre-
is through Mary, and typically, I have a blog, and I tary of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs for the VA
blog every night about what Kevin has done that day,
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