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NH National Guard Program National Model

By Carolyn Sawin on Friday, November 11, 2005.

The percentage of National Guardsmen and reservists serving in combat overseas is at an all-time high.

Today, nearly half the troops serving in Iraq are National Guard and reserve soldiers.

And as those numbers have grown, so has the challenge of re-integrating them into civilian life when they return from combat.

To meet this challenge, New Hampshire has initiated a program that’s been hailed as a national model.

New Hampshire Public Radio’s Carolyn Sawin has the story:

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