This second edition of "First to Fire" is a significant revision and consolidation of "First to Fire: An Embedded Training Team Member Experience in Afghanistan 2006" and "After Fire: Posttraumatic Stress Injuries After a Unique Combat Deployment." The storyline and events remain the same but revised by removing most of the military vernacular for ease of reading and adding more details and insights. Andy's year in Afghanistan was the most impactful in his entire military career filled with many experiences, such as eating Afghan foot bread to firing weapons in combat. After deployment, an invisible and unrecognized injury developed. Andy details his journey through traumatic events and coping mechanisms for PTSD and how PTSD is an injury as opposed to a disease.
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