Military-related PTSD: Our year to act

U.S. Soldiers assigned to Bandit Troop, 1st Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment and deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force â Operation Inherent Resolve await aerial extraction via CH-47 Chinook during an aerial response force live-fire training exercise in Iraq, Oct. 31, 2018. A number of training initiatives, collectively known as the Iraqi Air Enterprise, is underway across the Iraqi Air Force, Army Aviation, and Air Defense Commands. Continued growth towards Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) self-sufficiency will permit the Coalition to adjust the role and number of Coalition forces in Iraq in response to changing support requirements of the ISF.

As we welcome 2019, I have a collective New Year’s resolution to propose: Let’s offer real and lasting help to our veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. When they volunteered to serve, we promised to care for them if wounded. We must keep that promise. As many as 11 million Americans suffer with PTSD, and up … Continue reading Military-related PTSD: Our year to act