Sergeant Johnathan Bratcher's deployment from a marine base in Japan to a secluded valley in Afghanistan brought round-the-clock stress. When he returned to the United States, his attitude was noticeably altered.
Bratcher served in Afghanistan from August 2007 to April 2008. He came back home from Japan in 2010.
"My mother said that I was quiet when I got home," said Bratcher, a senior finance major. "I was also jumpy."
When men and women in the military return home from combat, some find settling back into their old lives – socially and psychologically – difficult, a potential indicator of post-traumatic stress disorder.
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