Reply #9: AND Hulk, thanks for your service and boots on the ground here on DU.

[Tigress DEM]

We really need to learn from our past or we are doomed to repeat it.

Welcoming our soldiers home is more than just giving them a parade, we need to really help them find home again. Not the address, not just the open door, but the open hearts and minds that make it safe to set the armor aside, both exterior and interior, and live again.

It sounds like you have emerged with an even greater respect for life. I suspect it hasn't been an easy road, but I'm glad that those coming home behind you may benefit from your knowledge. Have you ever found a way to share your story? I know it's usually very painful so most don't.