The Importance of Generational Shifts in PTSD

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There are around 475,000 active members of the US Army. That's a lot of people, and we're not at war. For every soldier who's deployed, you need to have two back stateside as replacements. The Army is about 50% of the overall United States military around the world.

The US military faces its worst recruiting crisis since the draft ended in 1973. Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth — aware of the military’s reputation of forever wars, veteran suicide, and sexual assault — is working to convince a new generation to enlist anyway.

This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King.

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