Posted in Afghanistan
and Iraq, soldiers used telecommunications not available in earlier
wars to stay in touch with their families. Even so, many experienced
serious difficulties upon returning home. Providing necessary support
services to returning veterans has posed a particular challenge in the
case of National Guard personnel, who disperse quickly to home communities
(many of them in rural areas), unlike active-duty military personnel,
who congregate on or near military bases, thereby facilitating their
monitoring and treatment.
![Featured Story: Gregory James Schulte](images/featured-story-schulte.gif)
![Gregory James Schulte - link to story](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090206202503im_/http://lcweb2.loc.gov/natlib/afc2001001/service/30235/ph0001001i.jpg)
|
“Everyone had stayed the same... but I'd grown up and changed.” (Video Interview, 34:35)
Deployed to Iraq at the age of 18, Specialist Greg
Schulte was the youngest soldier in his National Guard
unit. During his service in Tikrit, he witnessed both the
extreme violence that characterizes life in a combat zone
as well as many positive changes brought about by the U.S.
military presence in Iraq. He left the Middle East with a
renewed dedication to the military; at the same time, after
enduring such a life-changing experience, he felt a sense
of distance from his old friends and family.
|
|
Go
and experience
Gregory James Schulte's story |
Experience more
stories of the Global War on Terror ![more stories](images/arrow-down.gif) |
|
“At that moment, there was no doubt that we were there for the right thing.” -- Gregory James Schulte |
|
![Larry Bond - link to story](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090206202503im_/http://lcweb2.loc.gov/natlib/afc2001001/service/43890/ph0001001b.jpg) |
“You
can't be on guard 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for a whole
year without it affecting you in some way.”
Larry
Bond 's story |
![Bradley Keith Oxford - link to story](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090206202503im_/http://lcweb2.loc.gov/natlib/afc2001001/service/29439/ph0001001b.jpg) |
“I
put my life on pause for a year to help someone else for the
rest of their life.”
Bradley Keith Oxford's story |
![Todd B. Walton - link to story](images/placeholder-100.jpg) |
“You're home,
you should be happy here, but it's not home, home is 7,000
miles away.”
Todd
B. Walton's story |
|
|
|
|
|