You are right, it is sad. The U.S. should do more for our returning vets. But this is not a new problem. Returning warriors have allways had this problem. I know now that I suffered from P.T.S. when I came home from Nam. only people then just said I was crazy. At least now there is some help for our boys coming back and some (if not enough ) understanding of the real problem. I was lucky like most combat veterans I got through it. Hopefully more veterans will get the help they need. Many veteran orgs. are doing a lot to help. and they can use help from all of us.

 

Sad thing about this guy is he did get help. when it's a mental disorder like P.T.S.D. sometimes it's hard to treat because of it's affects on the mind. I think our country does a good job with our vets, far more than they did when I was in the service. But the left will always distort the facts to provide fuel for their agenda.I don't know if this article was written for this reason or not, but I've seen so much of that tactic that I get&nbsp\\;\\\\\\;mad as hell!
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VOTE MCCAIN 2008 The man with experience,not the man with no experience and a lesser voting record!Did I say Obama? LOL

 

Very sad. But, sometimes I think Vets do too good of a job hiding the internal wounds. My best friend was in Nam and&nbsp\\;I&nbsp\\;knew him for 12 years before he ever opened up to me about some of the things he had seen and done. Also sometimes I think it just never occurs to us that our friend or co-worker has been through hell &amp\\; back. At work there is a really sweet old man who never talks about "back in the day."&nbsp\\; I had lunch with him one day &amp\\; was stunned when he told me that he was a Pearl Harbor survivor!

 

It's just a lot easier to buy a sticker that says "Support Our Troops" than it is to actually do it.

 

As for the way the VA hospitals treat PTSD, I think its a joke.&nbsp\\; I've known men who came home from Nam and some from Iraq, and were treated by the VA for PTSD.&nbsp\\; And I know a woman who was diagnosed with it after she was almost raped.&nbsp\\; Guess who received better treatment?&nbsp\\; The woman because she did not have to&nbsp\\;cut thru&nbsp\\;bureaucratic red tape to get help.&nbsp\\; The men I know of had to jump thru all kinds of hoops to "prove" that they had PTSD, where as the woman was referred to a specialist from the hospital that treated her bruises.&nbsp\\; I happen to feel that's just messed up and I seriously doubt she even had it in the first place.
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I&nbsp\\;grew up as a&nbsp\\;Navy brat, my sister is in the AirForce,&nbsp\\;her husband&nbsp\\;is a Marine, and my son's father is an Army Vet (served in Iraq, Panama and Afganistan).&nbsp\\; My sister will be deployed by the end of the summer, she just recieved her notice.&nbsp\\; I may have to take care of her 3 young children while she is gone.&nbsp\\; I support our troops.

 

Are there any other solution's for the P.T.S.D. afflicted warrior other than find new battle's?
Thank you to all who serve and godspeed to those who are lost.

 

The new thing is TBI, Traumatic Brain Injury. I've seen many in the past year and know the devastating impact on not only the Soldier, but the family. PTSD is a tough one to truly diagnose accurately and now the Pentagon is proposing it for an injury to be awarded the Purple Heart, but that's for a different forum than this. We are looking at a whole new generation of young men AND women who survive crippling wounds that would have killed a Vietnam era Soldier. We'll be living with the legacy of the War on Terrorism for many decades to come, so be prepared, PGR members, we have a lot of work to do!

All my best,

CW5 Glenn A. Beck
C-12 Pilot
Wiesbaden AAF, Germany

22 years ARMY STRONG and still going!

 

I am currently serving (23 years) in the service and have for many years. I have gone to 2 classes on PTSD symptoms and warning signs a year for 3 years now. We are fighting the problem here stateside, but I have seen we have a serious issue with trained physicians to help. I wish there was some fast fix. Having alot of Soldiers, some with what I consider to be PTSD, could use someone better trained to help them. Im not qualified as a leader to do it.&nbsp\\;\\\\\\;[sm=badidea.gif]

TBI is a very real thing with IEDs indeed. The videos for that class had to be removed from our POIs here though. They were too traumatic on a few of our folks.

 

It kinda sux how congress can pass these bills funding another 400 billion to keep the war going but can't give anywhere near that to help out our troops. sad...that being said i'm headed back out in october.[sm=americanasmiley.gif][sm=patriot.gif]