AMARILLO---Suicide rates from the Iraq and Afghanistan War have been going up since 2007.
 "We're finding that a quarter of our Veterans have had a serious suicidal thought," says Dr. Michael Lambert from the Veteran's Affairs Department in Amarillo.
When a Hometown Hero comes back from the war-zone, readjusting to civilian life is another battle.
"I've had a number of returning veterans have trouble driving, like an underpass in Iraq is a place where a bomb would be placed or if a rushes up to you maybe someone is trying to kill you," says Lambert.
In 2007, the Army reported 115 confirmed suicides, the highest level since 1980, when it tracking tracking suicides.
"It's the stress of that environment, and getting consecutive deployments, like 2, 3, 4., 5 times, if you think about that, that's longer than we were in World War Two," adds Lambert.
Lambert says soldiers can commit suicide during combat, but a record high are happening when they return home.
After a soldier comes back home, they have a post deployment health screening to find out how their suicidal risk.
"We're trying to make as seamless as possible for the people coming back from the military so they can start the readjustment process quickly, the longer you put this off, it doesn't get better with time," says Lambert.
Dr. Lambert also says one of the most powerful suicidal interventions, is family.
When they screen suicidal Veterans, they put them on medication, talking therapy, group and one on one sessions, but Lambert says when family gets involved, they see a difference