Posted on Jan 2, 2024
A Johnson County nonprofit pairs horses with veterans trying to get back in the civilian saddle
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A Johnson County nonprofit pairs horses with veterans trying to get back in the civilian saddle
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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“There’s something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man.”
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MSG Stan Hutchison I Don't Do Horses! Against My "Religion" I've had a Few Bad Experiences Now My Middle Granddaughter it is Just Her Nature! Just Like Her Great Grandpa Dawes in the American Revolutionary War!
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel - Except for my time overseas, I have owned or rented horses since I was 7 years old.
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"Horses taught Patrick Benson to feel again after serving in the military, he shared. Now he extends that experience to his fellow combat veterans through a nonprofit based on a rural Johnson County farm.
“Working with challenging horses that are struggling with their purpose, too; to find direction; we needed the same thing,” Benson explained of the fit between horses and former service members.
In 2014 — with the help of Patricia and Andy Brown and their Stillwell, Kansas, farm, — Benson launched War Horses for Veterans, a nonprofit that helps veterans and active military personnel during their transition from combat to civilian life through immersive horse-related activities.
“You are able to push yourself out of your comfort zone, face those anxieties and those fears, and regain that sense of confidence in yourself,” Benson said. “It’s already there. It’s in there. We just bring it back up to the surface to work through some of the trauma and the struggles we have — especially things we faced (in the military) or even when we got out. We lose our tribe, our sense of purpose and direction.”
“Rebuilding some of those connections is a pretty magical thing.”
A person has to let go, he noted, when working with horses."...
"Horses taught Patrick Benson to feel again after serving in the military, he shared. Now he extends that experience to his fellow combat veterans through a nonprofit based on a rural Johnson County farm.
“Working with challenging horses that are struggling with their purpose, too; to find direction; we needed the same thing,” Benson explained of the fit between horses and former service members.
In 2014 — with the help of Patricia and Andy Brown and their Stillwell, Kansas, farm, — Benson launched War Horses for Veterans, a nonprofit that helps veterans and active military personnel during their transition from combat to civilian life through immersive horse-related activities.
“You are able to push yourself out of your comfort zone, face those anxieties and those fears, and regain that sense of confidence in yourself,” Benson said. “It’s already there. It’s in there. We just bring it back up to the surface to work through some of the trauma and the struggles we have — especially things we faced (in the military) or even when we got out. We lose our tribe, our sense of purpose and direction.”
“Rebuilding some of those connections is a pretty magical thing.”
A person has to let go, he noted, when working with horses."...
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