MU’s Center for the Humanities, The Kinder Institute on Organizational Democracy, and Peace Studies present “The Culture of the Army Wasn’t Ready: Mental Health and Organizational Change During the Iraq War,” a public lecture by Columbus State University Colonel Richard R. Hallock Distinguished University Chair in Military History David Kieran, a part of the Veterans Humanities Initiative.

The event will take place at 3:30pm on Friday, November 8^th at Jesse Hall 410.

This talk will shed light on the mental health crisis the United States Army confronted during the Iraq War, with particular emphasis on the challenges the Army faced, and the successes it had, as it wrestled with the complexities of implementing widespread change to entrenched organizational culture.