The battle back home | Canada | News | Toronto Sun: "The combat mission in Kandahar will soon be over for Canadian soldiers, but the legacy of pain and suffering will last a lifetime for thousands of wounded troops.
Afghanistan veterans return to Canada to fight a new battle on the home front. Some have lost limbs, skin, hearing or sight. Others are traumatized from witnessing bloodshed or encountering close calls with their own death.
Most are grieving fallen friends.
Lt.-Col. Rakesh Jetly, adviser to the Canadian Forces surgeon general on mental health and psychiatry, said one of the biggest challenges is helping these troops adjust to 'the new normal' — and ensuring they don't fall off the radar after warfare ends.
'It's naive to think just because the combat mission ceases or changes that these cases aren't going to continue to surface,' he said. 'There could be cases from Afghanistan for many years to come. This has affected a whole generation of soldiers, and it will be a generation's worth of work for the mental health professionals within our organization.'"
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