Commander of Maine National Guard was helped to heal his PTSD

Maine top soldier says help is available for PTSD
Dec 8, 2011

Written by
Krister Rollins

AUGUSTA, Maine (NEWS CENTER) - Soldiers returning from the war in Iraq and Afghanistan may suffer a variety of problems adjusting to civilian life--- and some of those may be serious problems.

Major general John "Bill" Libby, commander of the Maine National Guard, says he wants to help all returning service members, regardless of their branch of the military, to make sure they get the help they need.

Libby says he knows the problem first hand. He is a combat veteran of Vietnam and says he came home in 1969 suffering from post traumatic stress disorder.

Libby says it hasn't prevented him from being successful in life, but he says he has needed to seek help from time to time.
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