[Allegra]

"When we shut the door, dad jumped into the grass," Christian said.

Tedford said the sound reminded him of a mortar so he dove for cover.

Uh oh...I keep wondering if noises like that are going to make me react when I finally come home...

WELCOME HOME, HERO! (I love stories like this...)

[Stashiu]

Probably.

The key for all returning Vets is getting that 'welcome home' and being able to talk about their experiences. Find another Vet and talk about it. Don't go into it with close family/friends, they will not understand and may be frightened.

PTSD is preventable. I could go into more psycho-babble, PM me if interested.

[roaddog727]

"Uh oh...I keep wondering if noises like that are going to make me react when I finally come home..."

Things like that take a long time to pass. I did 1&1/2 years at Camp Doha, KU. The sound of the SCUD siren is surgically imprinted into my brain. When I hear a sound even vaguely like the siren, I immediatle start looking for/patting down for my (now non-existent) pro-mask.

Not finding it puts me into a cold sweat - then it passes.

[Dubya]

Hitting the deck and keeping your head and ass down is a good habit to be in around there.

[Dubya]

I should have posted that at any loud or unusual sound .Hitting the deck and keeping your head and ass down is a good habit to be in around there.