There is a part of the war story we often don’t see after our troops come home. Sure, we see the homecoming hugs and the lines of people lined up at the airports cheering our returning battle-fatigued service members. But then the story goes dark.
Until we see the reports on homelessness or suicide.
What happens after our troops come home often goes untold unless there is a traumatic ending. Many experience success. Others trudge through trials until they ask for help – or backup.
The film When War Comes Home tells the story of three soldiers who ask for backup – but only after it gets dicey. Wes Carlile is a former U.S. Army Chaplin’s Assistant during the Iraq War, who was overwhelmed by the death of friends and fellow soldiers. Returning home, his post-traumatic stress endangers his wife Andrea Carlile and their two daughters. Emmanuel Bernandin served as both a Naval Technician in Afghanistan and in a Naval detainee camp in Iraq. He was inflicted with PTS, from the guilt of surviving his fourteen fellow brother-in-arms in a massive suicide bombing in Afghanistan, which led him down a path of attempted suicide and commitments to mental institutions. Spencer Milo was a Sergeant in the US Army until an injury from a suicide bomber medically retired him. Despite crippling anxiety and grossly over-medicating, he is attempting to adjust to civilian life with his wife Sarah, his daughter, and the help of a service dog. All three are helped by the crusading efforts of Seattle’s retired Four Star General Peter Chiarelli, who is working to find better solutions for treating post-traumatic stress and traumatic brain injury.
General Peter Chiarelli, CEO of ONEMIND.org, has been on a mission since retiring as Vice Chief of Staff of the US Army to help veterans and their families find ways to combat PTS and TBI.
On Tuesday JUNE 14, at 7:30pm, a special screening of the film When War Comes Home will take place in Seattle.
The film screening will be followed by a panel discussion with General Chiarelli, Spencer Milo, Andrea Carlile, and Michael King. Audience interested in attending can reserve their seat by contacting Jenni Riley at (208) 316-6555 or jenni@r4alliance.org. Seats are also available on a first-come, first-served basis.
The Military Wire, hosted by Mike Schindler, interviews some of America’s most elite men and women who have served this country in hopes that you the listener will gain an “ah-ha” moment that will help you move your life forward.
Mike is a US Navy Veteran, an award-winning author, and has been featured on Yahoo Finance, the Boston Globe, NY Post, USA Today, Q13 Fox, and numerous other media outlets discussing why today’s Veterans are truly one of America’s Greatest Assets. Mike is the author of two highly endorsed books, “Operation Military Family: How Military Couples are Fighting to Preserve their Marriages,” and “U.S. Veterans in the Workforce: Why the 7% are America’s Greatest Asset.”
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