Military housewives from Fort Campbell, Ken., are finally getting the attention they want \u2013 and deserve \u2013 in calling the nation\u2019s attention to the plight of their husbands, who have been returning home from war with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and with traumatic brain injuries (TBI).<\/p>\n
Ashley Wise, 29, remembers being angry that no one was paying attention, so she thought: \u201cI feel like streaking the general\u2019s lawn. \u00a0Maybe a naked woman would get the attention.\u201d<\/p>\n
That\u2019s how the \u201cBattling Bare\u201d campaign was born, and that\u2019s how the nation began paying attention.<\/p>\n
The New York Daily News recently reported that Staff Sgt. Robert E. Wise, a former Marine and Army veteran who has served three tours of duty in Iraq, had been showing signs of PTSD for years, but his condition began to deteriorate last year until he finally disappeared to a hotel room with \u201ctwo cases of beer and all the guns in the house.\u201d When his wife finally located him, he told her, \u201cLife is just really hard.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe wasn\u2019t sure if he could go on,\u201d Wise told the Daily News. As he continued to spiral downward, she went to the military for help, but felt angry and ignored when they charged him with domestic assault for an outburst she\u2019d told them about to get help with his emotional problems.<\/p>\n