Welcome to “Song Song True - A Veteran’s View”. US Army Veteran, and singer/songwriter, Malachias Gaskin.
Malachias spent 28 months in Iraq with the Third Infantry Division, 15 months as a combat medic, and also deployed using his secondary MOS as an infantryman. After a total of 17 years, Gaskin was medically retired for PTSD, mTBI, arthritis, bursitis, tinnitus, and hearing loss. And after two years of dedicated therapy and taking all medications prescribed to him, he determined there had to be a better way. Tired of feeling drugged all the time, he and his wife took matters into their own hands and started an organic garden in their backyard which he went on to write about this in his 2016 book "A Warrior's Garden, A Therapeutic Guide to Living with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)."
Today, he helps others with healing and getting better based on the three pillars which have helped him: Music, Faith, and Gardening. Malachias is also a Guitars for Vets graduate with our Nashville Chapter where he received his Taylor Guitar in October 2023 at the 21 Guitar Salute ceremony.
Tom Lamog
Guitars for Vets Learning Center