It is essential that we provide care to our veterans, including the hidden menace of post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, and other psychological ills. It is the least we can do for their sacrifice, and we should also do it because it is the right thing to do. That's how to support our troops.
One section of the story I found chilling:
Months before his arrest, Windy recalled, a VA counselor told her to get used to having a broken husband.
"She told me, 'Your husband died in Iraq. You're either going to have to deal with that or move on,'" Windy said.
There must be more we can do to prepare these men and women for the horrors of war and to help them deal with the aftermath.
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