Soldiers And Normal Life: Challenges, New Awareness, PTSD & More

What are the biggest problems facing veterans returning home from conflict? The majority readjust to life off the battlefield with few difficulties. But a significant number say they've had problems readjusting after their return.

Here are the stories of three such men.
The battles our soldiers continue to fight once they have left the forces have been much in the news of late. For several weeks the Ghurkas dominated the front pages and captured the public mood. The miserly payments made to grievously wounded men have caused widespread outrage, especially when they have been compared with compensation payments in other areas of the public sector.
There has also been a growing awareness of the huge problems many of our veterans are fighting whose wounds are in the brain rather than to the body.
Twenty years ago few of us had ever heard of PTSD. Not so now. But what does it actually mean in practice? How does it erode away a man's life like a malignant cancer? How does it destroy family bonds and careers and all that men hold dear? And is it really true that our Veterans find the help they so badky need to be elusive?