10 Oct, 2011
US protesters march against war – chinadaily.com.cn
Ten years of war took a heavy toll on all military families around the country. Pat Alviso, a Marines mom whose son Beto has been deployed four times — twice to Iraq, and twice to Afghanistan — said the war left deep scars on his son.
“Every time we see him, he is different,” Alviso said. “We don’ t know what’s wrong with him.” She said Beto was really upset after his second deployment in Afghanistan, and now he just says ” It is what it is. I don’t want to talk about it.”
According to a recent a Pew Research Center poll released on Wednesday, 37 percent of servicemen who fought in the wars after 9/ 11 believe themselves to be suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and 44 percent said they have had difficulties readjusting to civilian life.
Ben Kessler, a former Marine who fought in Afghanistan from 2002 to 2004, said he had trouble readjusting. “A lot of alcohol” was how he coped with it.
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