Listen up folks, in collaboration with @556_productions , we have brought you our "Silent Wounds" shirt.
100% OF ALL PROCEEDS WILL GO TO THE Cpl. Chad Eric Oligschlaeger Foundation for P.T.S.D.
Cpl. Chad E. Oligschlaeger was a U.S. Marine Infantryman who served multiple combat tours in Iraq.Upon returning from the war, he began showing signs of ptsd. He began asking for help from the military, and treatment began with the characteristic denials and ridicules from his superiors coupled with the agonizingly slow process from the medical field.
After months of weekly counseling meetings and numerous prescriptions, it was determined that he would be better served at a private facility for PTSD. When an opening for that facility was not available, he was sent to a detox facility in California instead. While in counseling at the detox facility he was shut down several times when he began opening up about the fire fights and the friends he lost on his tour in Iraq. He was told, “You can only discuss Iraq on Wednesdays.”
He returned to base from the detox facility with an increase in nightmares, hallucinations and sleepless nights for which the base doctors prescribed more and more medications (at last count, over 12 separate medications for sleep and anxiety had been prescribed). While he was waiting for a bed to open up, he roamed the base, drugged up and unsupervised. Blackouts and short-term memory loss were frequent.
On May 17, 2008, Cpl. Oligschlaeger was found dead in his room. A week later, the PTSD clinic freed up a bed.
It has been classified as an accidental death due to multiple drug toxicity. In short, the combination of prescription medications had multiple interactions. The foundation was started by his family in order to pay for alternative solutions outside of the VA. We had consent from the family to launch this shirt. Pre order till Oct 24. Go to our site for more info. #truth #veterans #military #marines #usmc @blackguardcustomsllc @22toomany