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Colt Ford Shines a Light on PTSD in 12-Minute Mini-Movie, "Workin’ On"

<h2>Colt Ford Shines a Light on PTSD in 12-Minute Mini-Movie&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Workin&&num;8217&semi; On&&num;8221&semi; <&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Nashville&comma; TN&comma; &lpar;December 15&comma; 2015&rpar;…&period;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Workin’ On&comma;” a powerful 12-minute mini-movie featuring <strong><a title&equals;"Colt Ford" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;countrymusicontour&period;com&sol;colt-ford-concert-tour-tickets&sol;">Colt Ford<&sol;a><&sol;strong>’s hit song which shines a spotlight on one of the biggest health crises facing soldiers returning from deployment&colon; post-traumatic stress disorder&comma; or PTSD&comma; makes its digital debut on NRACountry&period;com today&period; Click above to view the video&period; A private screening of the mini-movie was held earlier this year at the NRA Convention in Nashville&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;There’s men and women that are suffering and struggling with PTSD&comma; that have given everything for us to be able to have the freedoms that we do&period; And because we can’t see it&comma; a lot of times it goes unnoticed&comma;” Ford said&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;So&comma; I just wanted to try and make as big a deal of it as possible&comma; so we can get some help&period; During this holiday season&comma; let’s not forget the men and women who sacrificed so much for our country&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>The music video version of &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Workin’ On” featuring both <a title&equals;"Colt Ford" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;countrymusicontour&period;com&sol;colt-ford-concert-tour-tickets&sol;">Colt Ford<&sol;a> and U&period;S&period; Navy SEAL &lpar;Ret&period;&rpar;&comma; Marcus Luttrell&comma; has garnered nearly 2 million views raising much-needed awareness of this life-altering condition which affects 20 percent of all soldiers deployed within the last six years&period; From firefighters&comma; to community service workers to the general public&comma; PTSD can affect anyone&period;  The song&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Workin&&num;8217&semi; On&comma;&&num;8221&semi; was included  on Ford&&num;8217&semi;s &num;2 Billboard&&num;8217&semi;s Country Album&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Thanks For Listening&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Thankfully&comma; the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;e2ma&period;net&sol;click&sol;dketh&sol;51urmob&sol;t0h7oc">Lone Survivor Foundation<&sol;a>&comma; created by U&period;S&period; Navy SEAL &lpar;Ret&period;&rpar; Marcus Luttrell&comma; is there to help&period; Luttrell founded the LSF after he watched several of his fellow soldiers die during Operation Redwing in Afghanistan in 2007&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The film was produced by <a title&equals;"Colt Ford" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;countrymusicontour&period;com&sol;colt-ford-concert-tour-tickets&sol;">Colt Ford<&sol;a> and Hideout Pictures&period;<&sol;p>

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