[driftdiver]

Having a beautiful north korean spy try to seduce me probably doesn’t qualify.

[Gamecock]

Today, troops fly home with the smell of the field still on them. They are plopped down into an unfamiliar environment with loved ones who had learned to live without them. It is often an uncomfortable and strained experience for both parties.

Those of us in Military Medicine (and Chaplains) talk about this a lot. We also speculate if this may have something to do with incidents of spousal abuse right after the homecoming. No good answers though.

[blueunicorn6]

There is a related story at the Washington Post site about how PTSD might not be causing all the problems. I haven’t seen recent figures, but in the first few years of Iraq and Afghanistan, the majority of Soldiers returning home felt that their battalion commanders did not care about them.

[trebb]

Thanks for the window into your soul and God Bless for your service. I can relate to the depression era stoicism - in today’s society I would have been put on ADDHD (or something like that) drugs and been considered a statistical victim. Growing up in the ‘50s, I had to learn to deal with it and learn from the reactions of others whether or not I was controlling certain aspects of it.