Joaquin Juatai

Joaquin Juatai was an award winning Navy Journalist whose career included being selected as the Department of the Navy's Print Journalist of the Year in 2001. After an injury ended his military career, Juatai discovered that he was dealing not only with physical damage, but with Post Traumatic Stress as well. Juatai's journey of healing and recovery, accompanied by his PTSD Service Dog Skeeter, the Alaskan Malamute, has lead to the book, PTSDog: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and the Service...See more

Joaquin Juatai was an award winning Navy Journalist whose career included being selected as the Department of the Navy's Print Journalist of the Year in 2001. After an injury ended his military career, Juatai discovered that he was dealing not only with physical damage, but with Post Traumatic Stress as well. Juatai's journey of healing and recovery, accompanied by his PTSD Service Dog Skeeter, the Alaskan Malamute, has lead to the book, PTSDog: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and the Service Dog, and to his mission in life: to help address the shocking epidemic of Veteran suicides by educating, supporting and advocating for the use of PTSD Service Dogs as part of the Veteran's treatment for PTSD. See less