Sadly, it seems to me we do our best as a country to keep the wounded men & women out of sight when they come home. Unless we happen to know a soldier who served, or was wounded or killed, these wars, fought by volunteers, pass right by most Americans. A sad by-product of having an all volunteer force.
I live about 30-40 miles as the crow files from Dover AFB. Sometimes, especially during IRAQ when the fighting was at its highest levels, at night I will hear the whining of the USAF jet engines as the lose altitude in their approach to landing across the Bay. The engine whine always sounds to me like they are mourning for the soldiers and marines they carry home.
Aboard the Flying Hospital - YouTube

More media coverage of the dark side of war wouldn't be a bad thing imo.
Afganistan has totally disappeared from the news, yet soldiers still are in harms way. No more hoolpa about bringing soldiers home. Why is that?

They gave me a tin hat and they gave me a gun....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VktJNNKm3B0