Hardest Times You Could Imagine

The hardest times you could imagine should never be when female soldiers come home, but they are. After leaving their families and friends, often leaving young children behind, they deploy into combat zones with their "brothers" in arms. They risk their lives facing the enemy, trying to heal the wounded, driving dangerous roads facing IEDs and enemy attacks, but they also face being attacked in their own units.

While PTSD strikes them the same as the males they serve with, they also have to fear being attacked by the males they serve with. Summer is approaching again and that means high heat in Iraq and Afghanistan. Summers past are a greater dangerous time for women at war because they risk their health by avoiding drinking fluid in the afternoon. They don't want to have to risk going to the latrine at night out of fear.

When they report attacks, too often they are still being treated as if it was their fault instead of being treated as a victim of the ultimate betrayal.

Yet this is not the end of their suffering for having served. When they come home, instead of being treated like a wounded warrior, they face denied claims and injustice. Again, they find the enemy is not just on foreign lands but right here in their own country. We have to stop the attacks and we have to stop their attackers from getting away with it. This is a crime!

We must make sure their claims are honored so their service to the nation is fully honored.

Watch the Hardest Times You Could Imagine and if you are not moved to contact your congressmen, nothing will move you to honor those who serve this nation.