U.S., Canadian forces share war stories, how to help wounded warriors
by Maya Meinert
Lt. Col. Stéphane Grenier returned home to Canada after serving in Rwanda for nine months in the mid-1990s with the Canadian Forces. Though he didn’t experience combat while he was there, he wasn’t the same when he came back. Grenier soon descended into a deep depression and became suicidal.
It turned out he had post-traumatic stress disorder, but since he hadn’t seen combat, was he even allowed to have those feelings?
“There’s fatigue, wear and tear, that happens on the body when you’ve been on the front line for months,” said Grenier. “It wasn’t what we did but what we […]