This page is for all the returning Marines, soldiers, sailors, and airmen who have served time in combat in OIF or OEF. As a veteran of both wars myself, I understand that many of us carry emotional and psychological burdens from the war. We may have left theater, but the war hasn’t left us.

When I returned from Afghanistan in January 2006, I couldn’t sleep. I answered the PDHRA correctly, and was sent to a psychologist on base where they labeled me. We’re all familiar with the stigma.

I deployed to Iraq in September of that year. We spent day after day in combat, which is the subject of my book, Don’t Ever Call Me a Hero, which this website is about. I started suffering from degenerative isc disease in late 2007, and got out of the Marine Corps with an honorable discharge in 2008, a chest full of ribbons, and a host of other problems.

I started drinking a lot. I was prone to outbursts of anger. I became somewhat solitary in my existence. I would break down and cry sometimes at the thought of what had happened overseas.

I understand that many of us have these issues, whether a medical professional has put a label on it or not. I honestly couldn’t care less what they label it, because they don’t know what we went through. They’ll never know.

I do. My wife knows what it takes to love someone who has gone through the hardships of combat. And we’ve decided that there isn’t enough being done to help warriors heal who have these internal scars from months and even years of battle.

What we’ve done is start a new website, The Unconscious Warrior where we approach the issues that many returning veterans face. She has a M.A. in Depth Psychology and Mythology from Pacifica Graduate Institute, and we apply the methodology of Jungian psychology to the returning warrior. Whereas the VA or traditional psychology will attempt to combat these issues with drugs that may leave you feeling like a zombie, or not yourself, Jungians approach the hardships of combat as leaving scars on the soul. We attempt to uncover exactly what happens to a man in battle, and work to forgive ourselves of the guilt, the sadness, the alertness, the sleep disturbances (if you get much sleep at all), by addressing these issues as they pertain to our souls, our hearts, our minds, and our bodies.

Please visit the site. There will be information for everyone: veterans, family members, spouses. Feel free to contact us via here or The Unconscious Warrior.