By WINK News
Story Created: Mar 18, 2009 at 10:26 PM EDT
Story Updated: Mar 18, 2009 at 10:41 PM EDT
On this eve of the sixth anniversary of the Iraq War, an alarming number of U.S. soldiers returning home say they cannot get the medical treatment they need fast enough.
It's gotten so bad, two veteran's groups have filed a lawsuit against the Veterans Administration to try and speed up the process.
Now one Southwest Florida man is helping to fix the problem.
Operation Open Arms has been giving soldiers free vacations here in Southwest Florida for four years, but founder John Bunch is now extending its services for something much more serious. He has taken more than 200 calls from soldiers seeking mental health care, and he's found a way to help.
"You can never feel secure. Everyday is a constant battle, and the battle you're fighting is against yourself," Junior Nicholsen, Iraq War Veteran Marine, says.
When the heroic come home, soldiers like 25-year-old Nicholsen often wait and wait for treatment. Nicholsen went two years without a diagnosis for post traumatic stress disorder -- images and feelings he can't seem to leave behind on the Iraq battlefield.
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So many of us wonder how we can support the brave men and women of the military who are deployed to overseas locations like Iraq and Afghanistan.
The people of Southwest Florida have found one way to express their support. Operation Open Arms makes it possible in a unique way. Our goal is to make a difference in the lives of our troops and their families.
http://www.operationopenarms.com/index.html
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