Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Obvious Headline: 'Army Under Stress From Long Wars'

This is a heartbreaking story about these wars really mean to our forces. No, what they really mean.

Mainly - we aren't going to have an Army, at least, not a good one, for very much longer. The lack of morale is shocking. Just the lead paragraph of this article tells of record levels of suicide among soldiers, abandoned careers, and an army stretched to its breaking point.

Bottom line: if anything happens at home, we're done for.

Some 27 percent of soldiers on their third or fourth combat tours suffered anxiety, depression, post-combat stress and other problems, according to an Army survey released last month. That compared with 12 percent among those on their first tour.


No f&cking way the percentage is that low, if you consider the underreporting from men. Men don't admit their mental illness or mental distress.

What have we let happen?

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