The hidden cost of the Afghanistan war (Pt 2): Coming home
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The Government's Moving Slowly on Veterans Mental Health
The government is moving rather slowly on this. Coroner will start to assess who, in the event they've taken their own life or died by misadventure, was a veteran of afghanistan or rrark. The rifles have moved ahead of that more quickly because they've got a severe problem. Loss of belonging may be part of the problem as soldiers leave the army and reassess what their war experience was. I don't think you can draw any mathematical calculus that allows you to understand the relationship between experience on the battlefield and suicide. It's not a linear thing. And sometimes it's about not having the wrap around,. but weare very privileged as rifored.
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