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Presenting the winner from the Crazy Being Home Video Contest. Congratulations, Crystal Cagle! Thank you for sharing your family's story and your beautiful dance choreography, Crystal.


Join us in supporting service members with the "Crazy Being Home" Awareness Campaign

A young Army National Guard Captain from West Virginia survived three separate IED attacks in Iraq. He was awarded three Purple Hearts, a Bronze Star, and the Distinguished Service Award. He then returned home to face survival of another kind; dealing with the trauma of his service, navigating the red tape surrounding disability payments, supporting seven children with little income in a tough economy, and facing imminent foreclosure on his home….

Mark_Wills_Guitar.jpgHis story, and thousands of others, are the reason USA Cares has teamed with award-winning country music artist, Mark Wills, to officially launch the nationwide campaign “Crazy Being Home.” Read more here about Mark's performance of this single this summer at the Grand Ole Opry.

Share your stories and spread the word about this issue with as many people as you can to encourage those directly affected to contribute their stories and pictures. By sharing this campaign, you will be supporting our service men and women! These unifying stories offer hope to those affected by the issues that face our returning soldiers and their families.

The campaign’s goal is to raise awareness of the difficulties faced by soldiers with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). Wills - who has made more than seven trips to Iraq and Afghanistan - recorded “Crazy Being Home” as a tribute to those service members, and the many others aided by USA Cares Warrior Treatment Today program. Since 2009, USA Cares has provided over $8,000,000 in grants to veterans and their families as they go through the challenging struggle to return to a “new normal” after being diagnosed with PTSD or a TBI.