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Combat's Hidden Toll: 1 in 10 Soldiers Report Mental Health Problems

Even though he's retired from active military duty, CSM Samuel Rhodes still suffers from deep emotional wounds. "I had to take this afternoon off from work today because of anxiety," he said. "And sometimes, if I'm going through a really tough time, I think about suicide." He spent nearly 30 years in the Army and recently spent 30 straight months deployed in Iraq where he, like many soldiers, witnessed some of the horrors of war. "In April 2005, it started to eat me up because I started...Full Story
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