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The Disabled Soldier: A Case for Disabled Americans in the U.S. Armed Services

Our country is at a crossroads with the changing nature of warfare that stretch beyond the physical battlefield. Air, water, outer space, chemical, and cyber battlefields have quickly replaced physical, hand-to-hand combat.

“I was a true believer. I genuinely thought what I was doing would help secure democracy in Afghanistan.”

I entered the State Department on September 10, 2001, with a vague sense of patriotism. …

“This war, and the chaotic withdrawal, has created a mental health crisis.”

Afghanistan’s rapid fall to Taliban forces will inevitably prompt policy debates over the method and timeline of the American military withdrawal. …