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Military to Civilian Re-entry & trauma healing

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Thank You for Your Service

No journalist has reckoned with the psychology of war as intimately as David Finkel. In The Good Soldiers, his bestselling account from the front lines of Baghdad, Finkel embedded with the men of the 2-16 Infantry Battalion as they carried out the infamous “surge”.

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David Finkel
2014
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Warrior’s Return: Restoring the Soul After War

War touches us all―leaving visible and invisible wounds on the warriors who fight, disrupting their families and communities, and leaving lasting imprints on our national psyche.

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Edward Tick
2014
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Our Lonely Society Makes It Hard to Come Home from War | Sebastian Junger

Sebastian Junger has seen war up close, and he knows the impact that battlefield trauma has on soldiers.

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2016
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Afterwar: Healing the Moral Wounds of Our Soldiers

Movies like American Sniper and The Hurt Locker hint at the inner scars our soldiers incur during service in a war zone. The moral dimensions of their psychological injuries—guilt, shame, feeling responsible for doing wrong or being wronged—elude conventional treatment.

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Nancy Sherman
2024
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Sebastian Junger Examines Veteran Life After Leaving Tribe

Sebastian Junger’s book Tribe looks at soldiers returning home from war. He tells NPR’s Scott Simon that veterans often don’t feel like they belong to the society they fought for.

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NPR Weekend Edition Saturday
2016
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Operation PTSD: Veterans Healing Themselves Through Meditation | Erik Younger | TEDxWilmingtonWomen

Meditation can reduce the effects of PTSD allowing peace into a veteran’s life. See how meditation is changing the lives of America’s veterans. When Erik Younger returned from combat, he thought he knew what the enemy looked like.

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2017
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Coming Home in Viet Nam: Poems

Seeking the most powerful healing practices to address the invisible wounds of war, Dr. Ed Tick has led journeys to Vietnam for veterans, survivors, activists, and pilgrims for the past twenty years.

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Edward Tick
2021
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Military Outdoors

Military Outdoors (SCMO) is at the forefront of a national movement to ensure every veteran in America has an opportunity to get outdoors when they return home after service.

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Sierra Club
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Female vets who disabled bombs find a path to healing: ‘Not everything in life is going to hurt you’

How do former service members cope with one of the most stressful jobs in the military? Judy, Ty and Jamie, three female veterans who served in the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit, offer their Brief but Spectacular takes on post-traumatic growth and transitioning into civilian life.

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2018
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Haunted by Combat: Understanding PTSD in War Veterans

Since 1990, U.S. Veterans’ centers have treated more than 1.6 million PTSD-affected men and women, including an estimated 100,000 from the Gulf War and an untallied total from the Iraq and Afghanistan fronts. The number also includes World War II veterans, because PTSD does not fade easily.

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Daryl S. Paulson, Stanley Krippner
2010
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