Current situation: The initiation of Operation Enduring Freedom has been the beginning of an exceptionally long period of war. In total, 2.7 million service members have been to the war zones of Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001, and over half of them have deployed more than once. Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Brown University (2015). Furthermore, research also shows that with each additional time that a Soldier is deployed to a combat zone, that the likelihood they are to experience PTSD increases traumatically. MacGregor, Han, Dougherty & Galarneau (2012). Studies have further proven that PTSD, depression and Comorbid PTSD have been preventable when Soldiers are subjected to the training prior to being placed in combat
