The presumptive Democractic and Republican candidates offer an Independence Day greeting to veterans who served, and soldiers who are still serving at home and abroad. Check out their videos below!

As our troops deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan witness the horrific realities of war, depression and PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) set in. What is the military doing to help our brave soldiers cope?  This is a conversation with a soldier's family who is currently coping with their son's death and what needs to be done to improve the military...

Soldiers suffering from PTSD return to civilian life. They no longer reside in the battle zone, but their minds remain in combat. Intersections, construction sites, fireworks on the 4thof July… might as well be gunshots, invading forces, or roadside bombs…  

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After returning from the Iraq war Greg Dalrymple was diagnosed with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The anxiety disorder causes Greg to feel scared in confused during everyday activities. As the young veteran learns to cope with PTSD, he fears that some things in life will never be the same.

One might think it’s unusual for a man in his mid-forties with a private practice in psychiatry, with a wife and two kids, and with and a comfortable home in the Milwaukee suburbs to enlist in the U.S.military. But that’s exactly what Major Mike McBride did.

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