Group: Marine accused of desertion has PTSD

[unhappycamper]

Group: Marine accused of desertion has PTSD
The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Dec 3, 2008 16:17:44 EST

BOULDER, Colo. — An anti-war group says a Boulder Iraq veteran accused of deserting from the Marines two years ago is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.

Lance Hering was arrested on Nov. 16 in Port Angeles, Wash., on charges of desertion and contempt of court. He disappeared in August 2006 after a staged climbing accident.

Military Families Speak Out, an organization of military families against the Iraq war, said Tuesday Hering is “dealing with the consequences of choices he made in the grips of PTSD.”

Hering’s family declined to comment. His parents signed a letter that Military Families Speak Out released in February 2007 asking Congress to stop funding the Iraq war.

Hering told authorities he was on his way to Virginia to be evaluated for PTSD when he was arrested.


Article at: http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2008/12/ap_missingmarine_hering_120308/%2e