AMVETS, the veterans’ service organization, has elected Jan Brown as its National Commander. Brown becomes the first female to head AMVETS. As commander, Brown will continue her work with Save a Warrior, a Newark, Ohio, based group that offers counseling for suicide prevention, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and mental-health wellness. Veterans, current service members, firefighters, police officers and other first-responders all benefit from Save a Warrior’s activities.
“There are parts of ourselves that the traditional medical model is not equipped to heal or nourish, adding to our suffering,” Beown said. “AMVETS works relentlessly to heal veterans, and I believe through this project, we will continue working to see that veterans are living well not just ‘un-sick,’ and we’ll begin to curb the national veteran suicide crisis.”
Brown was elected at the AMVETS annual convention in Louisville, Ky.