Meet the Irving Family
One of the unique factors of this issue is how the struggles affecting those returning from combat not only affect the soldier suffering on an individual level, but those struggles also affect families, communities, and society as a whole. While the Irving family is fictional, we hope that through their story one can see how many different people are affected by this issue. Josh, the father of the Irving family, is suffering from PTSD after returning from combat, but we urge you to consider how the implications could be true for other conditions after returning from combat as well.
Through their daily occupations, experiences, and emotions, the Irving family demonstrates the difficulties met by those returning from combat. We encourage you to think about the implications of these difficulties on the larger community in order to grasp the full scope of the issue.