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#OperationSong – “I Served” by Zarita Croney
Written by Savannah Labbe | November 28, 2018 This #OperationSong spotlight is on “I Served” by Veteran Zarita Croney who served in the Army deploying to Afghanistan from 2010 to 2011. After the deployment,
VA Hosts Music Therapy Retreat in Nashville to Help Veterans Heal
Written by VA Media Relations | November 26, 2018 Aimed at helping former service members process some of their military experiences, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the nonprofit Operation Song launched the
Little Rock Retreat Helps Veterans Put Life’s Past Traumas in Words
Written by Rachel Herzog | August 5, 2018 Edwin Brown gets a hug from Estella Morris after she heard Brown’s song at Saturday’s Operation Song retreat. Edwin Brown arrived at the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas
2017
How These Veterans are Using Music to Win the Fight Against PTSD
Written by Jake Lowary | The Tennessean Deep in the rolling hills of Middle Tennessee, on land owned by two of country and gospel music’s most-acclaimed stars, is one of the most recent examples
MTSU, Pro-Songwriters Help Craft Operation Song’s Second “Veterans Day” For Local Service Members
Written By Gina Fann, MTSU News | November 10, 2017 They served. They survived. Some of them speak of it. Now more military veterans are singing about their experiences, with support from the
#Veteran of the Day: Scott Sullivan
VAntage Point | November 6, 2017 Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Scott Sullivan. Scott served from 1997 to 2006 as a physician assistant. Scott attended 2 ½ years of college before joining the
2016
WUTC 88.1: Operation Song Take the Stage, and Nightfall Becomes #NoogaStrong
Written by Michael Edward Miller | July 16, 2016 Music filled Miller Plaza yesterday evening. It was a special part of the nightfall concert series, an hour devoted to honoring veterans, active duty
Operation Song: Helping Veterans and Families Connected to the Attack on July 16th
Written by Josh Roe, News Channel 9 | May 18, 2016 http:// Tracy Smith's son Petty Officer Second Class Randall Smith was killed in the terrorist attack in Chattanooga on July 16. Tracy wears
Lorri Wyatt, Healing Through Music in Operation Song: Chattanooga
Written by David Carroll, WRCBtv | May 9, 2016 On July 16, 2015, the terrorist shooting attacks changed Chattanooga forever, shattering the lives of five families. They lost sons, husbands, dads and brothers. It hasn’t been easy for