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National Geographic Healing our Soldiers – Revealing the Trauma of War

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  • THE INVISIBLE WAR ON THE BRAIN PERMITTED USE: This image may be downloaded or is otherwise provided at no charge for one-time use for coverage or promotion of National Geographic magazine dated February 2015 and exclusively in conjunction thereof. No copying, distribution or archiving permitted. Sublicensing, sale or resale is prohibited. REQUIRED CREDIT AND CAPTION: All image uses must bear the copyright notice and be properly credited to the relevant photographer, as shown in this metadata, and must be accompanied by a caption, which makes reference to NGM. Any uses in which the image appears without proper copyright notice, photographer credit and a caption referencing NGM are subject to paid licensing. Mandatory usage requirements: (Please note: you may select 5 branded images for online use and 3 images for print/unbranded)1. Include mandatory photo credit with each image: © Lynn Johnson/National Geographic2. Show the February cover of National Geographic somewhere in the post (credit: National Geographic) unless using only one image3. Provide a prominent link to: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/healing-soldiers/ at the top of your piece, ahead of the photos 4. Mention that the images are from “the January issue of National Geographic magazine” 001:Marine Cpl. Chris McNair (Ret.)Afghanistan 2011-12Impeccable in his Marine uniform and outwardly composed, McNair sits on the porch of his parents’ home in Virginia, anonymous behind a mask he madein an art therapy session. “I was just going through pictures, and I saw the mask of Hannibal Lecter, and I thought, ‘That’s who I am’ … He’s probably dangerous, and that’s who I felt I was. I had this muzzle on with all these wounds, and I couldn’t tell anyone about them. I couldn’t express my feelings.”
  • THE INVISIBLE WAR ON THE BRAIN PERMITTED USE: This image may be downloaded or is otherwise provided at no charge for one-time use for coverage or promotion of National Geographic magazine dated February 2015 and exclusively in conjunction thereof. No copying, distribution or archiving permitted. Sublicensing, sale or resale is prohibited. REQUIRED CREDIT AND CAPTION: All image uses must bear the copyright notice and be properly credited to the relevant photographer, as shown in this metadata, and must be accompanied by a caption, which makes reference to NGM. Any uses in which the image appears without proper copyright notice, photographer credit and a caption referencing NGM are subject to paid licensing. Mandatory usage requirements: (Please note: you may select 5 branded images for online use and 3 images for print/unbranded)1. Include mandatory photo credit with each image: © Lynn Johnson/National Geographic2. Show the February cover of National Geographic somewhere in the post (credit: National Geographic) unless using only one image3. Provide a prominent link to: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/healing-soldiers/ at the top of your piece, ahead of the photos 4. Mention that the images are from “the January issue of National Geographic magazine” 006:Army Staff Sgt. Perry HopmanIraq 2006-08Wearing his mask—half patriotic, half death’s-head—Hopman confronts the battery of medications he takes daily for blast-force injuries he sustainedwhile treating soldiers as a flight medic. “I know my name, but I don’t know the man who used to back up that name … I never thought I would have to set a reminder to take a shower, you know. I’m 39 years old. I’ve got to set a reminder to take medicine, set a reminder to do anything… My daughter, she’s only four, so this is the only dad she’s ever known, whereas my son knew me before.”
  • THE INVISIBLE WAR ON THE BRAIN PERMITTED USE: This image may be downloaded or is otherwise provided at no charge for one-time use for coverage or promotion of National Geographic magazine dated February 2015 and exclusively in conjunction thereof. No copying, distribution or archiving permitted. Sublicensing, sale or resale is prohibited. REQUIRED CREDIT AND CAPTION: All image uses must bear the copyright notice and be properly credited to the relevant photographer, as shown in this metadata, and must be accompanied by a caption, which makes reference to NGM. Any uses in which the image appears without proper copyright notice, photographer credit and a caption referencing NGM are subject to paid licensing. Mandatory usage requirements: (Please note: you may select 5 branded images for online use and 3 images for print/unbranded)1. Include mandatory photo credit with each image: © Lynn Johnson/National Geographic2. Show the February cover of National Geographic somewhere in the post (credit: National Geographic) unless using only one image3. Provide a prominent link to: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/healing-soldiers/ at the top of your piece, ahead of the photos 4. Mention that the images are from “the January issue of National Geographic magazine” 008:Marine Gunnery Sgt. Aaron Tam (Ret.)Iraq 2004-05, 2007-08“Detonation happened, and I was right there in the blast seat. I got blownup. And all this medical study—nobody ever thought that they [blast events]were very harmful, and so we didn’t log them, which we should becauseall blast forces are cumulative to the body. On a grade number for me, itwould probably be 300-plus explosions … I’m not going to not play with mychildren. I’m not going to let my injuries stop them from having a good life.”PHOTOGRAPHED WITH HIS WIFE, ANGELA, AND THEIR TWO CHILDREN