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Oct 19, 2019
4 min

PTSD, Hearing, and Gaming

PTSD, Hearing, and Gaming by: Ali PTSD is a common condition among veterans, with statistics showing that around 12 out of every 100 Gulf War Veterans, in particular, have PTSD during a given year. PTSD poses a big challenge for those battling it, with symptoms including intrusive thoughts, increased arousal, and sensory sensitivity. A 2019 study has found that this condition has a major effect on noise and light sensitivity in particular. The findings indicate the extent to

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Mar 20, 2019
4 min

PAX East 2019 – Air Assaults Stacking Up in Boston!

It is that time of year again! PAX East is just around the corner and we are getting ready to Stack Up in a big way through our Air Assault program, where we fly disabled and deserving veterans to awesome gamer and geek culture events, just like PAX East in Boston. This year’s trip is sponsored by an amazing streamer who raised well over the 10k mark in 2018. Thanks to Cahlaflour and her fantastic community we are sending three Veterans out to Boston to enjoy all the show has

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PAX East 2019 – Air Assaults Stacking Up in Boston!

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Oct 3, 2018
2 min

Supply Crate – Code Name: Strike Eagle

Today we’re checking in on a supply crate shipment sent all the way to Jordan for Air Force SSgt. Kevin. Having just started his deployment with an F-15 Maintenance unit, Kevin reached out to us for some gaming upgrades. Keep reading to read his request in his own words… Hello, My name is Kevin. I’m currently deployed in Jordan (undisclosed location for OPSEC). We just started our deployment and would love any support. We are an F-15 Maintenance unit of about 200 deployed her

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Apr 23, 2018
1 min

Air Assault – Post PAX East 2018!

Earlier this month we had the opportunity to take an amazing veteran to PAX East 2018 in Boston Massachusetts through our Air Assault program. Cody L. Bowman was the Veteran selected to join us for four fun days of gaming and more and you can read more about this awesome veteran from our pre-convention write-up located HERE. During the show, our Media Team had the chance to catch up with the Cody throughout the Convention weekend and record some of his exploits, which you can

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Apr 16, 2018
2 min

Air Assault – SQUAD Up in Vancouver for some Mo-Cap Fun!

Our Air Assault program ventured north of the 49th Parallel to see the developers of SQUAD in Vancouver Canada! We looked far and wide and identified two amazing Veterans who are also big-time SQUAD fans to visit the developers for a round of motion capture fun. The mission featured several firsts for our Air Assault program. Not only was this our first mission out of the US, it was also the first to feature an Allied Veteran, a member of the Australian Defense Force, to join

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Air Assault – SQUAD Up in Vancouver for some Mo-Cap Fun!

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Jan 31, 2018
1 min

PAX South 2018 – Air Assault Recap

This past PAX South 2018 was, as always, a fabulous extravaganza of video gaming fun! We here at Stack-Up had the great honor of spending it in the company of two remarkable individuals, Jake and Randy, our PAX South 2018 Air Assaults. We sat down to chat with these two about their experience in San Antonio at PAX South and now we would like to share that with you. Sit back and hit play as we experience the magic of PAX through the eyes of these two amazing veterans! We are t

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Jan 29, 2018
2 min

Supply Crate – Hundred Heroes 12

We are checking in with another of our Hundred Heroes Supply Crate recipients. Volunteers help to pack Supply Crates during Hundred Heroes Day. This one comes to us from Brant, who was in the Army. Brant’s request was simple enough, he mentioned how he used gaming to get “through the dark times” of his PTSD. This made him an easy selection for Hundred Heroes. However, Brant’s response is simply amazing. We wanted to take a moment to share it with all of you Thank You!!! To

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Jan 24, 2018
1 min

The Stacks – Queens Stacks Up with the American Legion

The Stacks – Stacking Up with Mission Continues and the American Legion by: Ethan Whinston For the second straight week, the Queens Chapter of The Stacks participated in a service event with The Mission Continues (TMC). You can click on the link to find out more about their work. This time they were at the American Legion Post in Weehawken, NJ, helping with restoration. In recent years, the post had fallen into disrepair. But its new leadership is trying to reestablish and re

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The Stacks – Queens Stacks Up with the American Legion

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Jan 17, 2018
1 min

The Stacks – Queens Stack Cleans Up the Park

The Stacks – Stacking Up with SCA and Mission Continues by: Ethan Whinston Take a moment as we check in with the latest action out of our Queens Chapter of The Stacks! On January 18, members of the Queens chapter of The Stacks participated in a Martin Luther King Day event run by the Student Conservation Association. The Queens Stack participated with a contingent from The Mission Continues. The event was a restoration of historic St. Nicholas Park in Harlem. The SCA has made

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The Stacks – Queens Stack Cleans Up the Park

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Jan 15, 2018
2 min

Supply Crate – Hundred Heroes Update #1

It is about time we started to check in with the recipients of our Hundred Heroes Supply Crates. This request came to us from Renee, who is the wife of retired Marine Joseph. Check out the full request below. I am writing for my husband who was active duty for just under 15yrs until a combat injury forced him to medically retire from the Marine Corps. He has had many surgeries and is getting ready to have 2 more back to back within the next few months and this would be awesom

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Jan 8, 2018
2 min

Supply Crate – Heroes Call 4

Welcome to 2018! Let’s check in with the first Supply Crate shipment of the year; this one is code named: HEROES CALL 4 and was sent out to Kevin who is an Army veteran. Take a moment and read the full request below. Hi Stack-Up, I feel like I may be a good candidate because I’m currently out of active duty army and just learning that I’ve been diagnosed with PTSD. I always felt that something was different and felt different, but never could’ve imagined it was this. The stig

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Jan 3, 2018
4 min

PAX South 2018 – Meet the Air Assaults

With PAX South 2018 rapidly approaching we wanted to take a moment to introduce you to the incredible Veterans who will be joining us on what will be the first of many Air Assault missions in 2018! Our Air Assault program is where we hand-pick deserving veterans and bring them, all expenses paid, to attend life-changing video game and geek culture events, whether it be a Comic-Con, an Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), a Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) or even a game developer studi

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Jan 2, 2018
2 min

Stack Up Announces the Stack Up Overwatch Program

Stack Up is pleased to announce the Stack Up Overwatch Program (STOP) An initiative to bring awareness to suicide prevention and promote positive mental health. In accordance with Stack Up’s mission of bringing comfort and friendship to veterans coping with PTSD or transitioning back into civilian life, the Stack Up Overwatch Program consists of veteran and civilian volunteers called the STOP Squad who will be available 24/7/365. They will provide members of the Stack Up comm

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Stack Up

Dec 19, 2017
2 min

Holiday Gifts for the Military Gamer

5 Unique Holiday Gift Ideas for a Military Veteran Gamer by Charlie Merritt Shopping for that special person in your life can be a daunting task. Especially, when that person happens to be a military veteran. So here at Stack Up, we have decided to give you a leg up with 5 Unique Gift Ideas for a Military Veteran Gamer. So, without further ado, and in no particular order, get your debit card ready. Nintendo NES Classic Addition Mini Console Nothing says gamer quite like the o

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Dec 7, 2017
3 min

Supply Crates – One Hundred Heroes Day

This past Saturday, December 2nd, volunteers from all over the Pittsburgh area descended upon our office in the city for Hundred Heroes Day! This was to be the culmination of our Hundred Heroes program in which we selected one hundred individuals and military units, both in the U.S. and their Allies, to receive a Supply Crate complete with a console of choice and all the gaming goodies along with it. Some of the requests we received were humbling, to say the least, and we wan

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Oct 25, 2017
1 min

The Stacks – Stacking Up for Fort Hamilton Comic Con

It may be the Queens chapter of The Stacks, but that doesn’t mean they can’t venture into other boroughs for events. On October 14 and 15, the Queens Stack attended the second annual Fort Hamilton Comic Con. The Stack had been at the first comic con last year as well. The convention featured a variety of presentations, including panel discussions about the business of film-making, a singing performance by Japanese sensation, TIA, and a debate over whether Star Trek or Star Wa

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The Stacks – Stacking Up for Fort Hamilton Comic Con

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Oct 12, 2017
1 min

Weekly Bored Room Meeting – 10/11/2017

The weekly Bored Room meeting for the week of October 11th, 2017! Stephen Call to Arms Veterans Appreciation Week at Twitch Long Beach Monday for Office Move Nightmare Actual Friday the 13th, please let us know if you can take part, would like to get the Redshirts together for a night of murdering each other Immortal Conquest Cuddles Call to Arms 30 days out (sign up link http://bit.ly/c2anov17 ) Shanghai Scouts Friday the 13th Skatch New Content Creators – Sign Up Steve Love

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Oct 2, 2017
1 min

The Red Shirt Report – Episode 6 9/27/2017

Check out episode six of the Stack-Up podcast the Red Shirt Report! Tune in each and every week on Twitch.TV/StackUpDotOrg for another great episode of the Red Shirt Report. We go live directly after the Bored Room meeting. Topics this week include: Ask a Vet Should a Civilian Salute? http://www.strawpoll.me/14026324/r Does Piracy equal lost sales? The rise of Retro gaming! Plus we recap the Bored Room meeting and have plenty of Stack-Up news! #stackup #podcast #gaming #chari

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The Red Shirt Report – Episode 6 9/27/2017

Stack Up

Sep 26, 2017
2 min

We Stack Up with Warfighter Engaged & Help a Marine Triple Amputee Game Again

We here at Stack Up are always looking for new ways to support our Troops with gaming. From our Air Assaults to Supply Crates, through our Red Shirt Raider Gaming Guild to Rigs4Vets, or The Stacks, we are always hard at work trying to find the next way we can help make an impact in some veterans life. Sometimes, however, things just line up in the right way and an opportunity presents itself. This is the case with Tyler, and our quest to help get him back to gaming. You may r

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Sep 23, 2017
1 min

The Red Shirt Report – Episode 5 9/20/2017

Check out episode five of the Stack-Up podcast the Red Shirt Report! Tune in each and every week on Twitch.TV/StackUpDotOrg for another great episode of the Red Shirt Report. We go live directly after the Bored Room meeting. Topics this week include: College scholarships for games? Fortnite in the news! Navy submarines using XBox 360 controllers! Plus we recap the Bored Room meeting and have plenty of Stack-Up news! #podcast #videogames #StackUpNews #GamingNews #military #gam

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The Red Shirt Report – Episode 5 9/20/2017

PTSD, Hearing, and Gaming

PAX East 2019 – Air Assaults Stacking Up in Boston!

Supply Crate – Code Name: Strike Eagle

Air Assault – Post PAX East 2018!

Air Assault – SQUAD Up in Vancouver for some Mo-Cap Fun!

PAX South 2018 – Air Assault Recap

Supply Crate – Hundred Heroes 12

The Stacks – Queens Stacks Up with the American Legion

The Stacks – Queens Stack Cleans Up the Park

Supply Crate – Hundred Heroes Update #1

Supply Crate – Heroes Call 4

PAX South 2018 – Meet the Air Assaults

Stack Up Announces the Stack Up Overwatch Program

Holiday Gifts for the Military Gamer

Supply Crates – One Hundred Heroes Day

The Stacks – Stacking Up for Fort Hamilton Comic Con

Weekly Bored Room Meeting – 10/11/2017

The Red Shirt Report – Episode 6 9/27/2017

We Stack Up with Warfighter Engaged & Help a Marine Triple Amputee Game Again

The Red Shirt Report – Episode 5 9/20/2017

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