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Sgt. Thomas James Brennan from the First Battallion Eighth Marines Alpha (Photo courtesy of the Dart Center)
It’s awards’ season and stories from a Marine recovering from a traumatic brain injury (TBI) suffered while in Afghanistan and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have earned an Honorable Mention Dart Award from the Dart Center for Journalism.
Congratulations to writer Thomas James Brennan and James Dao, editor, for their work on the New York Times At War Blog:
Driving home, I am greeted by the sun as it sets across the farmland. I park my truck and then open the door to my house. Unbuttoning my uniform and slowly taking it off, the facade I wore all day fades away and relief washes over me. “Daddy, Daddy, you’re home!” my daughter yells. Most parents feel a sensation of happiness when greeted by their children. At this moment I am sad, empty. I give her a hug, but she feels far away. I lie on the couch, feeling lost.
There are 1.7 million Veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan, and at least a third of them suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, or P.T.S.D., according to the National Center for P.T.S.D.
I am one of them.
The award noted that Brennan offers a uniquely personal and clear-eyed account of military culture and life as a veteran.
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Off The Base 
I congratulate for award, but, more,for the description of sensations, sentiments, states are present on PTSD. He has decribed all a man has this problem live, how he live and affront it. To be sad is a normal sensation on such a contest. I congratulate for his courage to dismount stigma, that is has made writting. Thanks claudio alpaca