Veteran Support - Camouflage 30

Of the nearly 2.1 million veterans who have served, or are serving in Iraq or Afghanistan, nearly fifty percent will face serious mental health issues, including Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Traumatic Brain Injury or depression. Less than 1% of the U.S. population has served in the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, compounding other barriers to treatment with a sense of isolation felt by veterans upon returning home. By maintaining relationships and communicating regularly with others who have shared experiences, veterans are better able to reconnect with their friends, families and their communities. The challenges returning veterans face are broad and multi-faceted and will not be solved overnight. The campaign's long-term objective is to decrease the depression and PTSD-related outcomes among returning veterans and encourage them to take that first step in getting help.

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Coming home can be hard if you're a veteran of Iraq or Afghanistan or Pakistan or Yemen or Grenada, Panama, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Korea, Germany, Greece, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Colombia, and on and on and on...

Ask why.