PTSD: The Emotional War After The War
created: 2/24/2006 10:58:01 PM
updated: 2/24/2006 11:29:54 PM
When David Adams came back from Iraq, the war followed him home. Adams is from Joliet, Illinois. He was a specialist in the 101st Airborne from Ft. Campbell, Kentucky, destined to be in the military.
Click here to watch Mike Bush’s Cover Story.
As Devestating as coming home Maimed, Physically and or Mentally, U.S. Military Troops come home to a relatively safe society, after serving their numbered months tours. Multiple tours, adding months more, just adds more to the stress factors that bring about the Mental Disorders/Memories/Nightmares etc.. This Country has never Fully taken care of it’s Veterans, especially after WWII some of which were also lost to their Physical/Mental experiances as time went on. This Country ‘Better Be Prepared’ for those returning from these conflicts, Iraq/Afganistan, for the lenghts of tours, and the numbers of same, have increased, thus so will the Suffering!!
The citizens of the countries invaded don’t have that option, They Are Home! They cannot escape the devestation, death and destruction around them for it comes without warning at any time, any place, for how ever long the conflict lasts and long after! The majority go untreated for that they have experianced, if they survive, and in todays World may lash out with the Hatreds that have grown within them, or lead lives Haughted by their ever growing Nightmares leaving shells of what they might have been to their Societies!!
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A Must Read:
A Personal Essay: To A Soldier
I saw you in the airport, in desert pattern combat fatigues, a duffle bag over your shoulder. Briefly, I saw myself in 1968, in this same airport, my head nearly shaved, my uniform looking like a clown suit on my skinny frame, on my way to Viet Nam.
You were surrounded by people, either not noticing you, not wanting to disturb you, or, in this all too Washington, DC way, not wanting to appear uncool by speaking to a stranger. No one ever spoke to me, either. I have spoken to others of you, to tell you to take care of yourselves and each other over there, or, if your boots were dusty and you looked tired, a "Welcome Home".
Read The Rest HERE
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Saturday, 25 February 2006
Make Disruption Of Veteran’s Burials A Federal Crime
There is a lunatic band of so called “Christians” from Topeka Kansas traveling the country protesting veterans funerals.
I think they’re “led” by some chowder head named Fred Phelps of “godhatesfags.com” fame. Shouting slogans like “Thank God for IEDs” they apparently do everything they can to disrupt what most of us would recognize as a solemn rite commanding complete respect.
This group is to Christianity as al Quaeda is to Islam.
Read Rest HERE
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An Announcement:
Saturday, 25 February 2006
Guide for Returning Veterans
Hello all,
I'm writing because we've made a major change at VCS which we'd like you to help out with.
About a year ago we published the first version of our Guide for Returning Veterans of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom, in order to produce a comprehensive resource for vets who needed help with readjustment, financial issues or other areas.
We've recently converted the guide to a wiki. That means we're hoping to build it out as a much more comprehensive and collaborative resource, where you, our members and readers, can add and edit resources directly.
Read Rest HERE
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“Never again shall one generation of veterans abandon another.”
