Dear JSMWOLF,
In 1991 at age 23 I was deployed to the Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Storm. I arived in country just as the shooting war started. I was attached to a special operations unit that had operational responsibilitys in Iraq. I can honestly say I know how you feel. For the most part Combat Veterans don’t talk much about what they have seen. The reasons for this very from feelings of not being believed, to those of guilt, to being judged by others for what they have seen and done. Your experiences in Iraq are a large part of who you are now but don’t have to define you.
I am 40 years old and have a great wife and family and good friends who to this day help me to deal with the past. I know God loves me, but I haven’t always known this. I still suffer from PTSD it gets better. There is a path to coping with the demons but its not a short one. I would like to talk more if you want.
