Take a Listen Inside Creative Forces


By Josephine Reed & Victoria Hutter
several people including NEA Chair Jane Chu stand in a line holding handmade masks

(From left) At an October 2016 press event at the National Intrepid Center of Excellence at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center are: Colonel Michael S. Heimall, Director, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center; Mr. Rusty Noesner, Retired, US Navy SEAL; Jane Chu, Chairman, NEA; Captain Walt Greenhalgh, Director, National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE) and Commander Wendy Pettit, Chief of Clinical Operations, National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE) holding up masks made by service men and women in the Creative Forces program.

Today, we are announcing new investments in Creative Forces: NEA Military Healing Arts Network. Four clinical sites will join the seven current members, the community component is getting off the ground, and a tele-health program is coming on board as well.

As part of the announcement, we are sharing some thoughts of several people involved with Creative Forces and creative arts therapies in the military. Have a listen.