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...Deployment can be a complex, and for some families, overwhelming process," states Michelle D. Sherman, co-chair of the APA Task Force. "Deployment means extended separations and the uncertainty of having a loved one in a combat zone. The situation creates an environment in which the development of significant emotional problems for military personnel and their families is a real possibility...
...taking sufficient steps to nurture the mental health of its soldiers and families, the nation's top military officer was telling military families in Alaska that in some ways their job is tougher than the one being done by their loved ones actually fighting. "When we go overseas into combat, we know when we're in trouble," Marine General Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told military spouses at Elmendorf Air Force Base on Saturday. "We're surrounded by Marines and soldiers, which isn't a bad place to be. For the guys and gals overseas...
...When Pace opened the floor to questions, several wives focused on the need for counseling for their mates before and after they came home from combat, according to a summary of his talk provided by the Pentagon. "Obviously, we're more aware of post-traumatic stress disorder, and we're doing the best that we can," one woman said. "But I don't think we're doing enough. We're not only failing our soldiers, but we're failing our families because we don't really know what we're looking for." Often, soldiers don't want to deal with...
...Another woman suggested helping soldiers understand and prepare for the transition they'll be making between being in a combat zone and being back with their families. "My husband came home in January for his two-week, mid-tour leave, and we took the four kids to Disneyland in Orlando," she said. "This man who came home was so military, he began executing a plan of attack on Disneyland...
...Combat experience] puts you in a position not to think of war as an abstraction but as a very real event of significant suffering. If you don't personally have that experience, then putting people around you who have that experience is important. In the Bush Administration's case, there was only one person who had anything close to that experience, and that was Colin Powell, the one person they listened to least...