Justseeds,
Iraq Veterans Against The War,
Mary Tremonte,
et al.Colin Matthes, Alec Dunn, Kevin Caplicki, Pete Yahnke, Jesse Purcell, Nicolas Lampert, Josh MacPhee, Garrick Gott, [1 More...]
300,000 U.S. troops have now served multiple tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. Thousands, including many in IVAW, are being sent back to war despite their trauma from previous deployments, including Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), and Military Sexual Trauma (MST). The reality is, military commanders are pushing service members far past human limits in order to continue the occupations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Service members are not being screened systematically for mental trauma. In combat, there’s a shortage of behavioral health personnel, and soldiers are given psychotropic medications instead of comprehensive therapy. Commanders often ...