NEW ORLEANS — On this Veterans Day, consider the so-called silent or invisible wounds of veterans.

A veteran, who was treated and found a new path and life beyond those mental wounds, now advocates for others going through those struggles.

“You know 9-11 occurred, and I just felt like it's our generation's call. I remember standing there and watching the Trade Center come down and I said, ‘This is it,” remembers Mark Castillon, 50.

Major Mark Castillon's nearly 20 years in the U.S. Army took him from Gentilly to Iraq and back home to do emergency management during Hurricane Katrina and the pandemic.

“I've seen some things in my lif,e and some of the stories I heard in there I'll never forget them.”

Now, in his civilian job at a hospital, he has a new side mission: to help his fellow s

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