Iraq war veteran and former Army Pvt. Margaret Ortiz, 27, smokes outside the women's shelter where she lives in Long Beach, Calif., Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009. A few months after she returned to the U.S., Ortiz was back in California, with plans to go to college, living with her parents and burning through her money on drugs and alcohol. She eventually ended up in a psychiatric hospital after attempting suicide, and later in in-treatment programs for drugs and sexual trauma.
(AP Photo/Chris Carlson)