ben4vets

Vietnam veteran Richard Pimentel lost most of his hearing and speech in an explosion in Vietnam. Aside from hearing loss, like most Vietnam veterans, he suffers from PTSD. When he returned from Vietnam, he applied for a Veterans Administration rehabilitation program and was turned down. This was his first impetus to remake himself into a world-class speaker and disability rights advocate. On July 19th, Milt Wright, Richard's long-time friend and business partner, organized a celebration of...

My name is Ben Marich! I am a 100% disabled Marine Vietnam combat veteran. After years of struggling with PTSD and other disabilities, I received and was assisted in training a service dog,  later to become a therapy dog. We got Sljivo, my puppy, when she was six weeks old. Over the coming months, she became my service dog, comforting me during anxiety attacks and loud noise situations, and alerting me to situational awareness situations, such as people or crowds behind me. ​ We were later...

Veterans have made incredible sacrifices in service to their country, and it is crucial for us to support them in any way we can. One...