Stars and Stripes Europe | From terrorism to tourism: How traveling to Iraqi Kurdistan helped my PTSD

An armed escort was waiting the bottom of the steps. They weren’t there for me. I wasn’t in the military anymore, so I joined the line of people making their way from the plane to passport control. The colonels and non-commissioned officers that shared my flight sped to the coalition airbase on the opposite side of the runway. They had a war to fight behind concrete walls and concertina wire. I had a country to explore. Talk about two different experiences...

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