Military Unit, Ravaged by War, Regroups Back Home to Survive the Peace

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Suicides drive Bravo Company veterans to test whether reuniting will help overcome lingering effects of battle

Nearly a year ago, the combat-hardened paratroopers of Bravo Company realized things were getting too dangerous. They weren’t working as a team. Too many men were dying. Nobody seemed to know how to stop the bloodletting.

During an 11-month tour of Afghanistan’s notorious Arghandab Valley, three...

 

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Maybe if the Military acknowledged combat PTSD amongst it members and upon discharge awarded them correctly. Instead thousands have their claims denied, forcing them into a civilian life they are unable to adjust to. Then repeatedly denying them until they commit suicide.

My father suffered from PTSD from the Korean War. He wasn’t diagnosed or helped until 1973, after 2 failed marriages, and alienating 7 children. He died at 89 & never recovered from two weeks of seeing everyone he arrived with brutally killed and enduring massive pesonal injury.

maybe for a change just try not to send them to next war?

Read Junger’s Tribe. Great evidence that brotherhood and shared experience is huge help to PTSD victims.

if ONLY, these heroes would compute how much we respect & love them, maybe things would be better for them. Yet, i have learned to understand PTSD. Kinda like food poisoning that never quite leaves your digestive system--and it exist even while you sleep. we LUV U!

“Want to support the troops? Stop sending them to die in meaningless wars”

Very Important to Counter such effects. God Bless you All for your Patience and Unyielding Service. DanPatrick USArmy

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