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his body was placed on a plane early this morning before dawn. There wasn't even time for a Ramp Ceremony. I'm sorry.”
Sometimes, at distinctive moments in your life, you only get one chance to do the right thing. I had missed my chance to make a difference in that 'expectant soldier’s' life.
"Thousands of our post-9/11 Veterans carry the invisible burden of post-traumatic stress, and there is an overwhelming need to expand the available treatment options." - Ron DeSantis
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Courtenay: I expected enemy fire and roadside bombs to kill some of my comrades-in-arms. What I never expected was that PTSD from Afghanistan would kill one of my best friends. We both deployed to South Korea at the same time, right after 9/11, and then, years later, he deployed to Afghanistan six months after I did. It was his death all those months later, after both of us returned home, that inspired me to research the entire subject of PTSD in its depths and to write this book. The loss of any friend can be very difficult but is especially so if you have had similar experiences and feelings. Whenever I hear of a news story about the death of a service member or Veteran I have to fight against my own sadness. I can't help but wonder if they tried
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