From  The Punisher to  SEAL Team , film and TV love a brooding , battle-scarred vet—but a new study reminds us that post-service life is a much more complex story to tell. And one we desperately need told right. Miles Teller in the 2017 film 'Thank You For Your Service.' Image made available by Universal Pictures and used under fair use. The Real Battle Starts After the War A new peer-reviewed brief in the  Journal of Clinical Psychiatry has put something brutally simple into focus: retired U.S.