Every year the German parliament sends army soldiers on missions to areas of conflict. From each mission, there are soldiers who return home wounded. Those wounds are not necessarily observable. Often, they only become apparent years after the mission as a disorder of their mental health. One of those disorders is the so-called “Post-Traumatic-Stress-Disorder” (PTSD). It reveals a profound psychological trauma. The psychosocial therapies offered by the army medical centers cannot provide help for everyone. Where the conventional medicine is limited, Claudia Swiercek fills the gap with her horses. During years of work she has developed a therapeutic method that uses the horses’ exceptional abilities in order to help those patients where all other treatment options have failed. The documentary SILENT COMRADE accompanies three army soldiers that are trying to find a way back to life with the help of Equine Assisted Psychotherapy for PTSD. It takes an intimate look at the different characters and their individual experiences. It attends the therapy sessions as a silent observer and allows access to the special therapy approach of Claudia Swierczek. Being extraordinary open, the protagonists provide insight into the causes and consequences of their traumas. In interaction with the horses their wounds become observable and tangible.