When a local soldier stationed at Fort Wainwright recently came home from a yearlong deployment in Iraq, his return to family life wasn't picture perfect.
"The same old issues and problems that existed at home before I deployed were still there in all their dysfunctional glory. In Iraq, I became an expert at not letting anything get to me, but once you are home, you just can't turn it off. For me, the slightest annoyance became intolerable. The activities of daily living made me want to scream and I would give anything just to be alone," wrote the soldier, who wishes to remain anonymous.
Eventually, the soldier sought counseling through Hope Counseling Center. And when word came that more than 3,000 soldiers with the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team in Fairbanks would be deploying to Iraq for a year, Hope Counseling set wheels in motion to secure a grant that would help create more services for the families left behind and for the soldiers once they returned. [...]
For soldiers and their families, there's Hope
Link to Full ArticleBy MARGARET FRIEDENAUER, The News-Miner
When a local soldier stationed at Fort Wainwright recently came home from a yearlong deployment in Iraq, his return to family life wasn't picture perfect.
"The same old issues and problems that existed at home before I deployed were still there in all their dysfunctional glory. In Iraq, I became an expert at not letting anything get to me, but once you are home, you just can't turn it off. For me, the slightest annoyance became intolerable. The activities of daily living made me want to scream and I would give anything just to be alone," wrote the soldier, who wishes to remain anonymous.
