[FerretGuy5]

I wa with USASTRATCOM, Long Lines Battalion in 1966-67. Never got PTSD there. I did when I returned to the US and was countering the riots after the MLK and RFK assassinations in Washington DC I came under fire many times and the Army didn't give me the benefit of ammunition to shoot back. Strange part of it was Nam was the most normal time in my life. That and working overseas.

[Maxsam]

Originally Posted by FerretGuy5

I wa with USASTRATCOM, Long Lines Battalion in 1966-67. Never got PTSD there. I did when I returned to the US and was countering the riots after the MLK and RFK assassinations in Washington DC I came under fire many times and the Army didn't give me the benefit of ammunition to shoot back. Strange part of it was Nam was the most normal time in my life. That and working overseas.

That event in the US may have been a secondary trigger to your PTSD symptoms from vietnam. That happens frequently in trauma victims. They may have no symptoms from an initial event, but another traumatic even may trigger the symptoms of PTSD.