{"id":482902,"date":"2019-03-01T14:11:58","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T21:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=802243"},"modified":"2019-03-01T14:11:58","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T21:11:58","slug":"john-mayer-launches-heart-and-armor-foundation-to-aid-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/john-mayer-launches-heart-and-armor-foundation-to-aid-veterans\/","title":{"rendered":"John Mayer Launches Heart and Armor Foundation to Aid Veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"
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John Mayer<\/a> officially launched a new organization, the Heart and Armor Foundation<\/a>, dedicated to tackling the various health issues that many combat veterans face.<\/p>\n

Though publicly announced for the first time Friday, the Heart and Armor Foundation was formed in 2012 and boasts a team of veterans, scientists and clinicians. It\u2019s particularly focused on post-traumatic stress disorder and issues that directly effect the growing number of women veterans, The Associated Press<\/em><\/a> reports.<\/p>\n

In an interview, Mayer spoke of the work the Heart and Armor Foundation has already done, saying, \u201cWe\u2019re going to the public with things like published research papers and having raised enough money to really build some pilot programs. We have some really great data and\u2026 we want it to be working first so that a lot of the questions were answered before we brought things to people by way of awareness.\u201d<\/p>\n

So far, the organization has developed an exercise routine to help with the effects of PTSD and made a screening tool for nutrition in women veterans. Along with its ongoing health and research efforts, the Heart and Armor Foundation will also conduct outreach efforts to unite military and veteran communities. Its first event, \u201cHow War Changes Women, How Women Change War,\u201d will take place tonight, March 1st, and can be streamed on Mayer\u2019s<\/a> and the foundation\u2019s<\/a> Facebook pages.<\/p>\n

The son of a World War II veteran, Mayer said he was inspired to start the Heart and Armor Foundation after visiting the Marine Corps Base Camp in North Carolina in 2008. \u201cIt was going to the wounded warrior barracks that I think changed me forever,\u201d Mayer said. \u201cIt immediately showed me that my notion of what I think [are] the wounds of war are completely wrong. The way in which I was proven wrong was so compelling and fascinating and nuanced.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mayer recently released a new song, \u201cGuess I Just Feel Like.\u201d<\/a> He\u2019s set to embark on a North American tour<\/a> July 19th in Albany, New York.<\/p>\n

via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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