Mom of Incarcerated Iraq Vet Speaks Out About PTSD

Mom of Incarcerated Iraq Vet Speaks Out About PTSD
Tim King Salem-News.com
Mom in Georgia is fighting for all veterans.
(STATHAM, Ga.) - Jamie Keyes in Georgia is fighting for her son, an American combat veteran suffering from PTSD- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Nathan Keyes is currently serving a three-year sentence for an episode that resulted from his PTSD. Jamie is the first to agree that there is no manual for deprogramming a soldier from the horrors of war.

She closes her emails with this quote:

"The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they perceive veterans of early wars were treated and appreciated by our nation."
- George Washington

I don't normally latch onto such things, but I think few quotes mean more, or would serve as a better inspiration to today's politicians who hold the future of those who served in their hands.

Jamie's son Nathan served two tours in Iraq during his eight years of service to his nation. She says he followed in the footsteps of his grandfather and uncle; they both served in the military.

But she says that when her son came home from the war suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, she didn’t know what to do for him.
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Mom of Incarcerated Iraq Vet Speaks Out About PTSD