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Hello and welcome to around the Air

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Force for some Airmen returning home .

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The scars left from deployments come in

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many different forms . As a part of our

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continued coverage will go behind the

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scenes at the 2012 Warrior Games for an

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up close and personal look at how one

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airman works hard to triumph over her

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personal struggle with PTSD .

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Okay , The goal is to get back down

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there five more times .

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I don't do well around crowds

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and people . I'm a very social person .

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What all the stimulation and things

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coming from outside are too much

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sometimes . So I have to shut out the

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world just come back . I suffer from

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psychological injuries have really bad

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PTSD . They say it's not curable . It's

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true and I believe it and have the rest

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of my life . That's fine . I don't mind .

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I'm here to connect with with other ,

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with other people who are like me have

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injuries and physical injuries and

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psychological injuries and I hope that

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being here will move me forward in my

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healing process . All right , so

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that I can function again .

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For more exclusive coverage of the

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warrior games , tune into today's Air

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Force april 27th . You can also visit

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the official Airman Magazine website at

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Garmin dot D O . D . Live dot mil for

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more in depth Air Force feature stories

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from Air Force studios at Fort Meade

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Maryland . I'm Staff Sergeant , Sean

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Hostetler . All right . Mhm