The South Florida Sun Sentinel reports:
The number of troops with new cases of post-traumatic stress disorder jumped by roughly 50 percent in 2007 amid the military buildup in Iraq and increased violence there and in Afghanistan.
Records show roughly 40,000 troops have been diagnosed with the illness, also known as PTSD, since 2003. Officials believe that many more are likely keeping their illness a secret.
The Independent News was on top of this story earlier this month. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are bringing a new generation face to face with the horrors of battle and its painful aftermath when they return home. Read Wounds that don’t heal
How does our Republican Congressman Jeff Miller go unscathed by all this? He is on the House Armed Services Committee and House Committee on Veteran’s Affairs. The ill treatment of the Iraqi War veterans is well documented now.
Honor Flight is nice. A VA Hospital is nice. But there are other, bigger issues that taking care of the WWII and Korean Wat veterans. We’ve soldiers who need help now.