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Originally Posted by Shauk
it's really not news, Vietnam vets dealt with it as well, its a normal side effect of war veterancy. I'm surprised how many people don't see this as a risk to enlistment. I guess its easy to go blind in the face of promises of a stable income, housing, and an education. The military quite often promises the world to prospecting recruits without mentioning just how fucked up in the head you can become from watching your buddies have thier bodies torn apart, or watching the target of your gun become a mutilated shower of red mist.
any NORMAL person would be fucked up from seeing this in person, and if they aren't well chances are they already had issues.
meh, Its sad, yes, but not news, My family was military as were my family's friends. That was enough of a taste of it for me.
I agree that ignoring them is wrong though. They really do need counseling and support when they come back.
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I am supprised that so many of those NOT in the military don't think that those of us who have served, and volunteered for second tours DON'T see this, but STILL join, because we feel that it is just something that needs to be done. And I am NOT out here looking for stable income (HA! ARE YOU SERIOUS???), housing (heck, I can but a house better than the crap you get issued in the military!), and an education (ok, the Gi bill helped me get STARTED in my degree, the student loan took care of the rest, which I am still paying)
And I AM a normal person, am not "fucked up" by seeing this in person, and no I do NOT have issues! I feel well adjusted, and capable of handling many atrocities that I have seen, some of which I will not discuss here, because there really is no need to.