Self-Development of People person of the month

For 17 years Frederick Johnson has served his country.  He initially served through Active Duty Regular Army for three years.  In 1996 he joined the Reserves and in 2004 was involuntarily transferred from his reserve unit to another reserve unit in Ohio and deployed to Iraq where he served at LSA (Logistical Support Area) Anaconda for 12 months.  At least every other day during the entire 12 month period the post was mortared (bombed).  His entire time there Fred never pulled a trigger.  But he returned home fighting a lot of demons.  He returned suffering with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD — a psychiatric disorder that can occur following the experience or witnessing of life-threatening events such as military combat, natural disasters, terrorist incidents, etc.).  Every day for the 12 months he volunteered at the theater hospital he assisted with incoming medevac’s that contained soldiers and civilians with missing limbs, head wounds and various life threatening injuries.  Many survived; some did not.

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