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Returning Troops From Iraq And Afghanistan Are Different From Our Vietnam Vets: (HUFFINGTON POST)
February 05, 2010
This new group of active military in Iraq and Afghanistan knows what's happening to them, to a much greater extent. There's been a push to educate our troops and the general public about posttraumatic stress as well as TBI's (traumatic brain injury), thanks to a renewed commitment to the mental health of our troops, found in both the Department of Defense and the V.A. Secretaries Gates and Shinseki have been working hard at destigmatizing mental health problems, in ways never seen before. So that's another lesson learned from Vietnam, and no small matter. Still, career soldiers still worry a lot about stigma. click here to view
