Blog Stage 6; Troop Time.

This editorial about caring about our troops participating in the war really got me thinking. I completely agree with the points that have been made. Us Americans spend so much time "supporting" our troops, but really, what are we doing to support them? I know there are acts in which we do, by supplying them with things they need, prayers, honoring their efforts, etc. But overlooking all of that, how are THEY feeling inside? Don't we need to support them as human beings just as much as we support their efforts to protect America? I have seen first hand a soldier who suffered from PTSD. I actually got to talk to him, he was a family friend, and he could not get over the things that he had seen while overseas. He got really involved into alcohol to attempt to blur out those dark images in his mind. It's sad, really, what they go through that we don't even know about. Maybe America could step up and provide free counseling, or group-therapy for all soldiers dealing with coming back to society but still dealing with the trauma they had experienced. It is true, we need to start taking care of the people who do their best to take care of us. Soldiers need to be in the right state- physically AND mentally. Without both of those, I feel as though that person could be a danger to many.