![]() You don't really feel like you belong anywhere at the time. "I just explained to him that when I came here, I felt like I didn't belong, and I believe that's the way he was feeling at the time. "I think when a group gets together like this, you can kind of tell by a person's demeanor and how they carry themselves what they've got going on, especially if they have some of the same experiences you have," Stiltner said. Even though Franklin didn't believe he was ready to confide in anyone at that point, Stiltner reached out to him, and they talked for about an hour in their first conversation. They felt they didn't really understand what was going on with me, and I wasn't communicating with them what was going on."īut a fellow Warrior Games athlete saw almost instantly what Franklin was experiencing when he arrived at the Air Force team's selection camp to try out for swimming and wheelchair basketball. "I tried to let my family be my best medicine, but I couldn't even be around them. That was definitely my worst time period. I didn't have any crazy outbursts, but once I would leave, I'd take it home, and it really started to wear me down. "But I'd go to high schools and just shut down. "The main concept of my job was to be a people person," he said. But soon the crowds of high school students that were an important part of his job left him depressed and exhausted. So he decided to move back to Kentucky for a recruiting job and be near his family. ![]() He suffered frequent dizziness, massive headaches and coordination problems. When Franklin returned to his duty station at Joint Base Elmendorf - Richardson, Alaska, he began to realize the symptoms were worse than he thought. "It turned out not to be a good idea in the long run, but I convinced the doctors I could return to duty, and I returned to Kandahar for the remainder of my deployment," Franklin said. He was shot in the back of his head while on his third tour supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom on a quick response force mission at Kandahar Province, Afghanistan on March 21, 2007.īecause of a recent divorce, Franklin chose to return to duty in Kandahar after he recovered physically from his injury at Landstuhl Regional Medical Hospital in Germany instead of going home. Now, he recognized a fellow former Airman struggling just as he was.įor more than three years, Franklin's struggles with post-traumatic stress disorder made coping with people, even family members, difficult. Stiltner had the same demeanor during his first year training for the Games. Larry Franklin's face at the Air Force team's selection camp at the U.S. (AFNS) - Second-year Warrior Games athlete George Stiltner recognized the look on retired Staff Sgt. Shelters, or view the closest shelters to Radcliff.COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. We did not find any shelters in Radcliff. See all Hardin County Kentucky Homeless Shelters. So, when we do locate these shelters, we list them on the website. We realize this is a valuable resource for the homeless and these lists of pet friendly shelters are hard to find. On, we list the full details of pet friendly shelters when we locate them. This is also one of the main reasons why homeless do not see out shelters for aid. It is still the case that most shelters do not accept pets. Today more and more shelters are providing areas at their shelters for pets. We currently have listed all of the shelters we could find in Radcliff. There are also thousands of local non-profit organizations that offer help. cities including Radcliff, Kentucky, offer some type of shelter for persons in need. We do not directly provide aid ourselves, but provide local resources for you to find. ![]() We provide a directory of shelters that provide assistance to the homeless. ![]()
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