PTSD 22 years of service John Staubach fell through cracks

John Shaubach hangs out with his step-daughters, Obra and Jess, in his Alaska home. Shaubach served 22 years in the Army before receiving a medical discharge because of a severe case of post-traumatic stress disorder, a result of his service in Iraq and Afghanistan. (Submitted)

Who will help with post-traumatic stress disorder?
'I fell through the cracks,' said an Iraq war vet crippled by the syndrome.
By JEFF FRANTZ
Daily Record/Sunday News

Article Last Updated: 06/01/2008 03:13:00 AM EDT

Could that man be my brother?
Melissa Gieniec had been warned he didn't look good, but this?
She remembered her brother as a man who plucked his eyebrows.

The man sitting on the bench in the baggage claim of the Anchorage airport looked like he hadn't showered or shaved in weeks. He smelled homeless.

John Shaubach served 22 years in the Army. He jumped out of planes with the 82nd Airborne Division. He led men into combat in Iraq and Afghanistan and earned a pair of Bronze Stars and a Purple Heart.

The man in front of her looked lumpy, she later recalled. His shoulders slumped forward.
Twice, she said, she had walked past the man before she realized this was her brother.
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