[Mariner]

"The sad truth is that we get fine and mostly naive young men and put them into something no sane person can fully accept and then do close to nothing to help bring them back."

There's finally some very good programs in the VA.

That's not the same as all of society undertaking a burdensome outreach and giving support, but it is a step up from 1968 when the only PTSD treatment was a discharge and jail.

There are lots Viet Nam vets in these programs after all these years...still struggling to deal.

Only in the last 10 years...

[Chainmail]

It sounds like there are some good programs but the issue is that ALL combat veterans - men who have killed and seen their own men killed - are grievously affected, whether or not they ask for help.

Our armed forces should have on-going programs to assist all returning veterans to adjust and cope.

Like we train and prepare our forces before combat, we need to have a mirror-image program to guide them through their return.