By Louise Knott
He did two tours in Iraq, but it wasn’t until he came home that Sen. David Knezek lost a buddy from his unit.
The man committed suicide. The transition home is too hard for some veterans, Knezek said, and we’re not doing enough to help.
As one of only two Iraq veterans in the Michigan legislature, Knezek hopes to change that by making it easier for veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder to get well-trained service dogs and all the protections that go along with them.
A first-term senator on the Veterans, Military and Homeland Security Committee, Knezek — a Democrat from Dearborn Heights wants to standardize the training and licensing for PTSD service dogs.
He also wants to change Michigan law to provide the same protections for veterans who use service dogs for PTSD and traumatic brain injury as any other person who uses a dog because of a physical disability.
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