Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a difficult challenge that the Veterans Administration has had a hard time dealing with despite the fact that 7 out of 100 soldiers face PTSD sometime after their return from war. 44% of these returning men and women were recruited for the U.S. military from Rural America.
According to the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, 11% to 20% of veterans who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom have PTSD in a given year. For veterans who served in the Gulf War, that rate is about 12%, and for Vietnam veterans, it is about 30%.