Army Reserves unit turns to stress management  Soldiers rarely
admit to suffering from stress, even though it can affect
health, performance, attitude and even one's ability to survive
in places that are thick with it.  In 2012, the 349 military
suicides were a record number that exceeded the 310 combat
deaths. Up to 24 percent of veterans of wars in the past half
century suffered post-traumatic stress disorder, once known as
combat fatigue, shell shock or war neurosis.  The Journal of
Traumatic Stress in 2007 found that 44 percent of soldiers who
volunteered to participate in the study reported clinically
significant levels of depressive symptoms, post-traumatic stress
symptoms or both.  Such overpowering results "suggest a
potentially high rate of mental health concerns in soldiers
immediately after returning from a combat zone," the study said.
That's where Thomas Stokes has been fighting the war within the
war. His military role is to reduce the impact of stress on
soldiers' bodies but especially their m