Episode 86: Jim Lorraine, President and CEO of America's Warrior Partnership

This week we welcome Jim Lorraine, President and CEO of America's Warrior Partnership.  Jim served in the U.S. Air Force as a Flight Nurse with nine combat deployments and retired as the Deputy Command Surgeon for the United States Special Operations Command after 22 years of service.  After serving as the founding director of the United States Special Operations Command Care Coalition and as a Special Assistant for Warrior and Family Support to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Jim has stepped up to lead America's Warrior Partnership.  AWP partners with communities to prevent veteran suicide.  Their programs accomplish this by starting at the community level and understanding the unique situations of veterans and their families.  They utilize an upstream approach to veteran empowerment by connecting, educating, advocating for, and collaborating with veterans, their families, caregivers, and the communities that support them.  AWP provides veteran-serving organizations with the tools to implement a customized program that is responsive to local veterans, families, and caregivers.  At the same time, they provide VSOs with a connection to national resources when a veteran’s request cannot be met locally.  This episode is all about fixing a national problem from the community level up, so sit back relax an enjoy this week's interview.

For more information about America's Warrior Partnership go to https://www.americaswarriorpartnership.org.

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