Stories by Stacy Bannerman
Stacy Bannerman is a contributor to Foreign Policy In Focus (www.fpif.org). Her book, "When the War Came Home: The Inside Story of Citizen Soldiers and the Families Left Behind," will be released by Continuum Publishing in 2006.
Depression and suicidal thoughts aren't limited to vets with PTSD; family members may experience it as well.
Posted on Mar 25, 2008
Soldiers who have served in Iraq are killing themselves at higher rates than in any other war in which such data have been tracked. To understand why, just look at the system.
Posted on Mar 15, 2007
"They volunteered, didn't they?" is a common sneering response to the stories about National Guardsmen whose lives were destroyed by Iraq -- the truth is that going to war is not what they signed up for.
Posted on Mar 10, 2007
When one military wife got the news that her husband was coming home from Iraq, they didn't tell her he was going to bring the war back with him.
Posted on Mar 5, 2007
When hundreds of desperately needed high-water humvees, refuelers and generators are overseas, not only Gulf Coast residents are in jeopardy -- the Iraq war endangers the nation.
Posted on Sep 29, 2005