Veterans Affairs committee  I would have to say it's the training. When I met my husband, he had already been diagnosed with PTSD. I had no experience at all, and although you contact VAC and they know that he's in a relationship, there still is no communication for the understanding of post-traumatic stres

Veterans Affairs committee  No. He has just recently started reaching out on Facebook. I look at this as very positive and very therapeutic for him as well. He enjoys it. He enjoys sharing it with me. This is the beginning of it. So thank goodness for....

Veterans Affairs committee  We need the support. That's the biggest thing. There is no support.

Veterans Affairs committee  Veterans Affairs has come a long way as far as that goes. There was a time when there was no information and there was no communication with the spouse. That has changed now, in my experience, where my husband has given consent to the spouse being able to receive information.

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you to all committee members for inviting us to offer evidence to this important study. Again, my name is Jeanette McLeod. For the past 16 years, I have been the spouse of the man beside me, veteran John Kelley McLeod. When we met, Kelley had alr