In addition to Tobey Maguire, another famous name in veteran- and PTSD-related news lately is seven-time Grammy Award-winning musician John Mayer.

Mayer’s fourth studio album, Battle Studies, is scheduled to hit shelves on November 17, 2009, and in addition to the same-day performance at Beacon Theatre (one that Fuse.tv will stream live) and the North American tour that kicks off in February to promote the album, Mayer will perform two shows with the John Mayer Trio in December – events meant to help raise money for two veteran-related organizations:

In place of Mayer’s annual Holiday Revue, these concert events will raise money for two veteran’s charities – Military Outreach Ministry Camp Pendleton (MOM) and NCIRE – the Veterans Health Research Institute. MOM is a nonprofit organization that supports young military families of all faiths and NCIRE is the largest non-profit research institute affiliated with the Department of Veterans Affairs. Among other investigations, NCIRE researches the causes and best treatment for post- traumatic stress disorder and other combat-related injuries. (www.jambase.com)

Whether or not you’re a fan (actually, sometimes it seems like Mayer is one of those people for whom there is no middle ground – you either love him or hate him), you have to admit raising money to help organizations that help our nation’s veterans is pretty damn cool of him.

Learn more about Military Outreach Ministry Camp Pendleton and NCIRE online, and don’t forget to check out additional PTSD resources as well as learn how you can email veterans, troops, and their families about them.

John Mayer heads up courtesy of Michele Rosenthal, mental health advocate, public speaker, blogger, writer, workshop/seminar leader and Licensed Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming, and founder of the PTSD advocacy organization Heal My PTSD, LLC. To learn more about Michelle’s work and Heal My PTSD, check her out on Twitter and Facebook.

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