Hello everyone,

I want to take this time to share my deepest and most sincere gratitude for who you are, the strength you embody, and the courageous actions you have taken to protect and improve the quality of life for yourselves and your families.

I am not sure if comments are enabled on this petition, but what I can ask is this: please help us spread the word. Share this petition—by text message, email, social media, postal mail, or any other way you can—and include your own thoughts and experiences. Let others know how the current laws, rules, and policies impact you, your family, and your future.

None of us asked for the experiences that ended our military service. The trauma, retaliation, ostracism, injustice, prosecution, pain, suffering, the tarnishing of careers, and the withdrawal from loved ones—these are wounds that last long after service. For MST survivors, every area of life has been touched, often in ways that remain unspoken.

Together, we can turn that pain into purpose. Please continue to stand with us, advocate with us, and remind the world that what we endured has gone unanswered for far too long.

With gratitude and solidarity,

Nicholas Smith