Ft. Bragg Stories Podcast

Lynn and Steve Newsom spent five years as co- directors of Fayetteville’s Quaker House. During their tenure, they advocated for better mental health care for incarcerated veterans, organizing a petition and vigil in A pril 2016 to draw attention to the plight of former Staff Sergeant Josh Eisenhauer . Eisenhauer was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder following two deployments to Afghanistan. When emergency responders came to a small fire at his Fayetteville apartment in 2012, Josh barricaded the door and shot at police and firefighters. He was shot multiple times. Waking in the hospital, Eisenhauer told his nurse he thought he was on a rooftop in Afghanistan. He was sentenced to serve up to 18 years in prison. Eisenhauer had a mental breakdown in prison. His supporters argued he was not receiving adequate treatment for his PTSD and lobbied successfully to transfer him to another facility. Lynn Newsom said the vigil was not only for Eisenhauer, but on behalf all incarcerated