What happens when you deploy troops who
have seen high intensity combat time and time again with inadequate
dwell time between tours? You see skyrocketing mental health issues.

After months of investigative work,
talking to our troops and veterans, we released
a report on the situation at Fort Drum in Watertown, New York.
Since 9/11, the 2nd Brigade Combat Team has been deployed for more
than forty months, more than any other brigade in the Army, and we
are seeing what is nothing short of a cry for help from the men and
women on the base; a cry we will answer in Wisconsin, which has seen many of its soldiers deployed from Fort McCoy.

A cry for help that is also coming from
the leadership on the base. In a New York Times article today about
our report, Major General Michael Oates, commander of the 10th
Mountain Division, says: "We recognize that there is stress on
our force and their families from this conflict, but until recently,
we have not fully appreciated the extent of some of the mental
stresses and injuries or how to best identify them." Please
read the rest of the article here.

What is happening at Fort Drum -- with
Soldiers still on active duty suffering from PTSD, with Soldiers and
their families in need of counseling, with Soldiers literally dying
while still on duty -- is going to happen all around America unless
we begin to address some of the basic issues of this war. As our
report explains, DoD itself has stated that the likelihood of troops
having mental health problems increases by 60% with every tour of
duty. So, in short, through our deployment policies, we are
consciously compounding the wounds of war.

This is unacceptable to us. Veterans
for America's Wounded Warrior Outreach Program will continue to
address these problems from the bottom up.

We are going to go to as many bases as
we can afford to go to, see what is happening on those bases and see
how we can help. If you
can help us, we would greatly appreciate it.

We are going to continue our Wounded
Warrior Registry Outreach -- if you or someone you know needs help
getting help with PTSD or TBI, <a xhref="http://www.veteransforamerica.org/survey/">please
click here.</a>

And above all, we are going to continue
to serve and help those that serve and have served us with the same
level of dedication and courage they have shown. Click here to
learn more about what we are doing.;