Private Trauma: How we’ve let our service people down

The Bunker

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News, Politics, Society & Culture, Government

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🗓️ 26 March 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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How do we support soldiers traumatised by war? And is the public too sheltered from the reality of life during and after conflict? As the 20th anniversary of Iraq reignites questions over the experience of war and care for service personnel, Arthur Snell is joined by Louise Jones, an ex-Army Officer who served in Afghanistan and an active Labour Party member, to discuss how war changes a person. “We have treated the Afghans we served with appallingly.” “As a country, we have let down those who have protected us.” “Veterans and active soldiers are massively under-resourced, there is a crisis in mental health.” www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and Presented by Arthur Snell. Producer: Kasia Tomasiewicz. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production: Robin Leeburn. Lead Producer: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production Instagram | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:00.0	Hello and welcome to the bunker. I'm Arthur Snell. Prince Harry wrote in his
1:08.9	book, Spare, that he had likely killed 25 Taliban fighters while serving in Afghanistan in the British military.
1:16.4	After a media storm he claimed that he'd gone public about this in order to reduce veteran suicide.
1:26.4	And the issue of combat veterans trauma and the long-term effects of their service is a live one in British society and especially after the wars
1:31.8	in Afghanistan and before that Iraq.
1:34.4	To discuss this issue I'm delighted to be joined today by British Army veteran and
1:39.2	defense commentator Louise Jones who it's also worth mentioning is an active Labour Party member.
1:44.9	Louise welcome.
1:46.1	Hi thanks so much for having me.
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