Unlike active duty soldiers, National Guard and Reserve troops return
from war to civilian lives without being able to decompress by sharing
their military experiences with comrades on military bases.
Yet
the United States relies on these “citizen soldiers” more than at any
time since World War II, and their repeated deployments to Iraq or
Afghanistan have taken a heavy psychological toll, veterans and
counselors told U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., on Wednesday.
In
her first public meeting with constituents since being appointed
chairwoman of the Senate Veteran Affairs Committee, Murray met with
about 250 military veterans at Veterans of …more
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