{"id":25609,"date":"2026-02-20T10:25:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T15:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=25609"},"modified":"2026-02-20T10:25:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T15:25:21","slug":"how-one-veteran-found-his-purpose-through-cwt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=25609","title":{"rendered":"How one Veteran found his purpose through CWT \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After years in uniform, Charles Bazier found himself standing at a familiar point many Veterans know too well: the moment after service when the mission is over, but the next chapter is not yet clear. The transition into civilian life can feel like losing a rhythm, a team and a sense of direction all at once. But through the Compensated Work Therapy (CWT) program at the Thomas H. Corey VA Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Fla., Bazier discovered something that helped restore all three.  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/145148\/how-one-veteran-found-his-purpose-cwt\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/145148\/how-one-veteran-found-his-purpose-cwt\/\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"54\" class=\"wp-image-20064\" style=\"width: 225px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs.png 418w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs-300x72.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>\u00a0The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov) After years in uniform, Charles Bazier found himself standing at a familiar point many Veterans know too<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[2023,87,245],"class_list":["post-25609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-veterans-benefits","tag-cwt","tag-veterans","tag-veterans-health-care"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25609"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25610,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25609\/revisions\/25610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}