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Few Americans are aware of the silent epidemic of suicide among our troops and veterans-as many as twenty-two per day. There is the obvious causation from the traumatic effects of combat on those who deploy to these wars, but there are also secondary and tertiary stresses from a military at war that are rippling outward to touch even troops who vicariously deal with the aftereffects of combat, resulting in a spike in suicides even among troops who have not deployed and among troops who are not considered traditional war-fighters. This tragedy reveals the strain on our military after a decade at war in two countries. However, with an estimated nine hundred programs addressing the pressures on the soldiers, and no significant decrease in the suicide rate, military leaders seem to be at a loss on how to understand or to address this epidemic. This book is the story of just one such veteran who served in combat, his struggle with PTSD, his lonely road home after combat, how he survived with faith and courage, and how he avoided becoming another suicide statistic. His story, with brutal honesty, gives a window into the deployment experience of our troops and many of the pressures affecting our troops.

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