PTSD: The Invisible Front

‘The Invisible Front': Our Military and Mental Health

With guest host John Harwood.

On Veterans Day, the fight to save soldiers from PTSD and suicide. Plus, a conversation with Seth Moulton and Lee Zeldin, two Iraq War veterans just elected to Congress.

On March 27, Navy veteran Jeff Hensley of Dallas, Texas, now with Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), joins others in placing flags representing veteran and service members who have died by suicide. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

It’s Veterans’ Day — when we honor those who’ve served our country in the Armed Forces. But the meaning of the obserance is changing as we move further away from the era of universal military service. The small number of soldiers we depend on bears larger and larger burdens — not just in combat, but afterward through debilitating post-traumatic stress that has provoked a rising number of suicides. We’ll talk to a general who lost two sons, an author and two veterans-turned-Congressmen about what we can do. This hour, On Point: helping veterans overcome PTSD.

– John Harwood