Harvey's mother, Amy Harvey, says she called officials at Fort Carson and begged them to help.
At that point, Pogany says, he wanted to forget Fort Carson and move on.
The week I was at Fort Carson, four other soldiers told me they've been falling apart.
One talk therapy trial is ongoing at Fort Carson, where infantry soldiers have had multiple combat deployments.
And records and interviews with soldiers at Fort Carson show that problems remain in the treatment of PTSD.
When Jamie and I arrived at Fountain-Fort Carson High School in Colorado Springs, CO, the mood was electric.
Command Sergeant Major TERRANCE McWILLIAMS (Division West and Fort Carson, Colorado): No, we have not taken disciplinary actions.
Dr. STEPHEN KNORR (Chief Psychiatrist, Fort Carson Mental Health Center): PTSD is not an excuse for bad behavior.
And yesterday, members of the mental health taskforce said they're all going to Fort Carson next month to investigate.
Meantime, Fort Carson, a U.S. Army installation located near Colorado Springs, Colo.
Those reports prompted a bipartisan group of U.S. senators, as well as officials at the Pentagon, to investigate Fort Carson.
And as NPR's Daniel Zwerdling reports, one vet told the taskforce there's a mental health crisis at Colorado's Fort Carson.
She pleaded guilty in a military court in Fort Carson on Monday.
Of course, you can't expect every leader at Fort Carson to change just because they went to the new training on PTSD.
But Knorr's memo tells officers at Fort Carson that they're making a mistake if they're, quote, "trying to save every soldier, " unquote.
Andrew Pagani has left the service now, but he volunteers in his spare time to help soldiers who are still at Fort Carson.
In fact, we found that soldiers at Fort Carson in Colorado often can't get the help they need even when they're feeling desperate.
Commanders at Fort Carson sent Ryan to Walter Reed only after the aides hinted that the senators might make trouble for the Army.
At this point in the interview, McWilliams sheds light on the dilemma that seems to be causing so much controversy around Fort Carson.
But the fact that they and other officers at Fort Carson have met with Pogany shows that he has forced them to take him seriously.
Since then, soldiers at Fort Carson who have come back from the war with serious mental health problems have barraged Pogany with pleas for help.
Phoenix is now in four locations in Colorado: Boulder, Colorado Springs, Denver and Fort Carson, where the organization does outreach with veterans and active-duty military personnel.
Ms. LAUREL JOHNSON (Psychiatric Nurse, Fort Carson): Do not ignore the warning signs - excessive drinking, marital problems, domestic abuse, suspected drug use, declining work performance.
After an NPR investigation, leaders at Fort Carson, Colorado, launched a new training program that they said would get help to every soldier who needs it.
The congressional staff members and veterans groups who had been rallying around her persuaded Fort Carson to send Ryan to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington D.
The soldiers showed me their army records to confirm it, and their leaders have been doing all this since commanders at Fort Carson proclaimed that things are better.
Despite the fact that doctors at Fort Carson diagnosed Talley with chronic PTSD and depression, his commanding officers charged him with a military crime and demoted him in rank.
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