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                                                        October 2015 MSP Hosts Women's Recruiting Seminar The Michigan State Police (MSP) is hosting an informational recruiting seminar for women at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2015, at Kalamazoo Valley Community College located at 6767 W. O Ave., Kalamazoo, Mich. The free seminar will acquaint interested candidates with the career opportunities available with the MSP. Female troopers will provide insight on recruit training, the lifestyle of a trooper and opportunities for women in law enforcement. Information on the selection and hiring process will be offered, as well as one-on-one conversations with enlisted females.  Space is limited. To attend, email Sgt. Michele Sosi...

The Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs have identified the number one issue from the "Global War on Terror" is Post Traumatic Stress and Traumatic Brain Injury.  These invisible wounds have been around since the creation of war.  In World War I, it was called "shell shock", as time has passed and more wars have continued we now have clinical names for them or initials, PTS and TBI.  The signature wounds of our day. After Vietnam and even during the first half of the current wars the wounds were misdiagnosed and even ignored.  Between 2002 and 2005 thousands of soldiers were discharged from the Army with "personality disorders".  Some may have been, but we are learning many more were suffering from these treatable wounds PTS/TBI.  Many of us know what PTS is, but what about TBI or traumatic brain injury.  In it's simplest form it is a concussion, in most cases a severe concussion.  Unlike a Sunday football quarterback, when a...