An excellent link that helps families of veterans understand what their loved ones experienced while they were deployed, especially veterans that were in a war zone - which is practically every veteran these days. I think this will also be a helpful guide for our church as we strive to minister to the needs of veterans. We can't minister to veterans if we don't understand them.
http://www.ptsd.va.gov/public/reintegration/guide-pdf/FamilyGuide.pdf
One of the stats that struck me the most in this guide was the war zone experiences reported by members of the U.S. military in Iraq:
Being attacked or ambushed - 60 %
Receiving incoming fire - 86 % (!)
Being Shot at: 50%
Discharged weapon: 36%
Seeing dead bodies or remains: 63%
Knowing someone seriously injured or killed - 79% (!)
These stats were based on samples of troops serving in Iraq in 2006, a very bad time to be a U.S. Servicemember in Iraq.
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