{"podcast":{"title":"Prolonged Field Care Podcast","slug":"prolonged-field-care-podcast-3929124","podcast_index_feed_id":3929124,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/5b9ceba8/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://prolongedfieldcare.org/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/15270106/15270106-1621298459872-7e4d2704ea9d.jpg","author":"Dennis","episode_count":603,"summary":"Become a Paid Subscriber: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/dennis3211/subscribe This podcast and website is dedicated to the healthcare professional who needs to provide high quality care in a very austere location. For more content: www.prolongedfieldcare.org Consider supporting us on: patreon.com/ProlongedFieldCareCollective","last_synced_at":"2026-06-11T14:19:28.843687+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/prolonged-field-care-podcast-3929124"},"episode":{"title":"PFC Podcast 273: Coming Home – The Real Transition After Deployment","slug":"pfc-podcast-273-coming-home-the-real-transition-after-deployment","published_at":"2026-04-06T04:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/prolonged-field-care-podcast-3929124/pfc-podcast-273-coming-home-the-real-transition-after-deployment","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/prolonged-field-care-podcast-3929124","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dennis3211/episodes/PFC-Podcast-273-Coming-Home--The-Real-Transition-After-Deployment-e3he8ut","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO5081439934.mp3","summary":"In this raw, no-BS conversation, PFC Podcast host Dennis sits down with Justin Ball — licensed clinical social worker, former Green Beret, and one of the most insightful voices on military mental health — to unpack the often-ignored second war. Justin brings both battlefield experience and clinical expertise, while Dennis shares unfiltered war stories and hard-earned lessons. They draw on Homer’s Odyssey, Achilles in Vietnam, modern family systems theory, emotion-focused therapy (EFT), anthropology of tribal hunters returning to the village, and brutally honest spouse perspectives (shoutout to Angela Ball for the coffee-table truth bombs). This isn’t another “do these 5 things and you’ll be fine” checklist. It’s a real talk about why coming home is hard — for the service member, the spouse, the kids, and the whole damn family system — and how to navigate it with eyes wide open. Key Takeaways - The transition home starts **before** you leave the sandbox — unrealistic expectations (“If I can just make it home…”) set most people up for failure. - Anger is often the only “socially acceptable” emotion for warriors; underneath it usually lies fear, sadness, shame, or grief over missed time/missed life. - Military and home are **competing tribes** with conflicting values, boundaries, and shame triggers — yelling works at work, but it nukes the dinner table. - Spouses aren’t “just holding it down” — they’ve built an entire functioning system. Coming home = deliberate, careful re-entry, not storming the castle. - Chronic leaving-and-returning (TDYs, schools, exercises) is as damaging as combat deployments — families don’t care if it’s “just training”; absence is absence. - Healthy reintegration means **we** not **me** — appreciation, lowered expectations, co-regulation in traff…","meta_description":"In this raw, no-BS conversation, PFC Podcast host Dennis sits down with Justin Ball — licensed clinical social worker, former Green Beret, and one of the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4410,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/prolonged-field-care-podcast-3929124/episodes/pfc-podcast-273-coming-home-the-real-transition-after-deployment/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/prolonged-field-care-podcast-3929124/pfc-podcast-273-coming-home-the-real-transition-after-deployment.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}