Road Back From The Dark
Picking Up The Pieces
Women Veterans Battle To Mend Themselves
Raquel knew she wanted to be a soldier before she started elementary school. Whanja only thought about joining the military, when her partner ran her into untenable debt. Daniela wanted to break free from family poverty. Linda wanted to see the world in the military, but it turned her into recluse.They served the United States military home and in the war zone. They all left the service broken inside. Some suffer from post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, others also from Military Sexual Trauma, having been brutally assaulted by their military colleagues.
One in five of new recruits are women. Well over quarter of a million American women have served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Until recently, they were not regarded being in combat, although in today's war zones battle line is everywhere.
Recently, United States has started to wake up to the fact that its warrior women return home shattered, suffering from PTSD, sexual trauma and a shock of returning to worsening economic climate: battling to find job, home and adjusting to the different sense of normality compared to war.
In this multimedia story, you can follow women veterans' path to arms and back to civilian life again. You can also choose to follow paths of solutions, war experiences, PTSD or other specific issues. As a reader, you can choose how and what you find out in this multimedia report.
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