retired brigadier general jack hammond is the program's executive director. >> having been to afghanistan at the front of the war and finished in 2012 having seen the in 2002 the impact on their families, the high rate of divorce and suicide was extremely troubling for me. i saw the -- what the multiple deployments were doing. >> homebase has put together a comprehensive program of veteran outreach and mental health treatment. >> these are the unseen wounds of war. there's a whole series of things that you will feel. it's the mental health issues related to combat to limit activity. >> it seemed like i was just a loan not really knowing how to manage. there was a veteran outreach it took away a lot of the stigma in the back of my mind of thinking this is going to work. >> it worked so well he is now part of the team helping other veterans recover from those hidden wounds. home-based also focuses on more than just the veterans. >> we recognize the importance of seeing a veteran within the systems they live in. we defined family very loosely. >> when you send a soldier to war you send the e