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The hallmarks of America's Conflict on Terror have been repeated long deployments and a high percentage of soldiers returning with emotional problems. Family members of combat veterans are in a higher risk of potentially lethal home violence than nearly every other demographic; it's estimated that one in four children of active-duty service associates has symptoms of depression; and almost one million veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan require increased attention scheduled to physical or emotional stress. But, despite these staggering movements, civilian America is not mobilized to look after the families left out; the American home forward, which typically has been rallied to aid the nation's war efforts, has vanished. In Homefront 911 Stacy Bannerman, a nationally known advocate for armed service families, has an insider's view of how greater than a decade of war has contributed to the emerging crisis we live experiencing in today's military and veteran individuals as they battle with overwhelmed VA offices, a general public they feel doesn't understand their sacrifices, and a nation that still isn't fully prepared to help those people who have given so much. Bannerman, whose husband dished up in Iraq, represents how extended deployments cause cumulative, long-lasting stress on individuals who might not see their parent or guardian, child, or spouse for weeks at a time. She goes on to share the tools she and more have found to begin to heal their families and advocates plans for evolving programs, services, and civilian support, all to help repair the destroyed agreement that the nation will care for its returning soldiers and their families.
