One of the hardest things for any soldier coming back from combat is learning how to adopt to the civilian world and the civilian life. For many, even though the war is over, a battle still rages on at home. It's hard for them to relate with others, to embed themselves back into a "normal" life, and trying to make it through each day with post traumatic stress disorder. How would you be able to adapt?
For 1st Sgt. Will Roberts, a U.S. Army paratrooper with the elite 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, returning home was a constant struggle. Roberts had been deployed nine times and is suffering from traumatic brain injury. Many of those battles haunted him and paralyzed him with so much fear that he never left the Fort Jackson compound and refused to ever go out into civilian life. That is until he met R.C.
R.C. is a 55-pound black Lab who saved Roberts' life. As soon as the service dog was introduced to Roberts, his life changed. He grew confident and calm. Thanks to R.C., he started venturing outside, going out for walks, and slowly escaping his own mental prison.
As Roberts' said in this heartfelt video, "If it wasn't for R.C., I would not be in existence today. You'd be talking about me, not with me."
This is the story of how one dog changed a solder's life for the better.
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FROM THE POUND TO THE PENTHOUSE: CELEBRITIES AND THEIR RESCUED PETS (ADV) from Susan R on Vimeo.
