Return to real life can be hardest part

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After a yearlong deployment in Afghanistan, Sgt. John Wilder thought coming home would be easy. Rocket attacks would no longer keep him awake at night, and his back injury, caused by a piece of rocket that knocked him onto the dry, rocky ground, would heal with a doctor's care, he thought. He and his wife, Candy, planned a romantic getaway to the Caribbean.

"Everything has changed at home," he said. "We're so close to different worlds, different directions; it's unbelievable."

"Researchers are finding that National Guard and Reserve soldiers in combat support roles are showing higher rates of post-traumatic stress disorder than front-line troops."