Tag: Military Mental Health

By Marissa Kraus | The Gazette As Dianne Rahe watched her son, Master Sgt. Jason Ostberg, compete in the Warrior Games on Tuesday, she saw a completely different man. Ostberg, who has served in the Air Force since 2003, has dealt with PTSD throughout his service, creating a version of him that truly wasn’t himself. But the man Rahe saw in the indoor rowing competition and in other Warrior Games events is a version she hadn’t seen in years. “He has come a long way,” Rahe said as tears swelled in her eyes. “Just him in the short time he's been involved, he's been more calm, more happy. It's hard to explain but I see the amazing way he has changed being with these people, because these are his people.” Ostberg, an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician, has been part of the Air Fo...