HERO CENTRAL: Services needed for returning veterans

HERO CENTRAL: Services needed for returning veterans

By Amy Fox
MUSKEGON, Mich. (WZZM)- As the United States military scales down operations in Iraq and shifts focus to Afghanistan the needs of troops returning to the United States are increasing.

The Muskegon County Department of Veterans Affairs is doing all it can to help these heroes.

Iraq and Afghanistan veteran Jason Wright recounts, "I was in a police station. I got blown from my bed, through a concrete wall. I have missing cartilage, four pieces of broken bone floating around. I have shrapnel in there." Wright's foot was injured while he was serving in Iraq.

But, that's only the injury you see. He says, "They classified me as severe PTSD, post traumatic stress disorder. I also have a traumatic brain injury." It's from hitting the concrete wall, and run ins with several roadside bombs.

Wright's injuries are perhaps not surprising considering his tours of duty, which consisted of "three in Iraq, three in Afghanistan, and two in Kosovo. Out of 12 years in the military, I have 9 years combat."
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