Walter B. Jones: “Deployed, depleted, desperate. A news article in the Raleigh, North Carolina, paper in April of this year, and I read…”

“Deployed, depleted, desperate. A news article in the Raleigh, North Carolina, paper in April of this year, and I read: "The volunteer military, especially the Army and the Marine Corps, has been ground down by endless combat deployments." They desperately need this bill to pass so they can spend time with their families. An Army study found that the more often soldiers are deployed, the longer they are deployed each time. And the less time they spend at home, the more likely they are to suffer mental health problems, such as combat trauma, anxiety, and depression. I close by saying again, deployed, depleted, desperate. We have got to pass this legislation. God bless our men and women in uniform. As Barry McCaffrey said in the spring of this year, the Army and the Marine Corps are going to unravel if we don't help them.”