Politicians love to talk about “supporting the troops.” But veterans know that war doesn’t end when your boots leave the battlefield. PTSD, broken families, addiction—the hidden casualties of service rarely make the headlines. In political terms, this is called a “civil-military gap”: the soldiers fight, but society forgets them once the war is out of sight. That’s why vets cling to each other, to the sense of belonging the Army or Marines gave them. In a divided America, being a veteran is one of the last shared identities people are proud to display. #Lifehacks #Military