I'll try to keep to the facts, I'm VERY upset.
I just watched CBS news. When Scott Pelly was in Afghanistan he interviewed a soldier and showed the interview just now. Pelly led off before showing the interview saying, "You're about to see the face of PTSD." The soldier had been to Afganistan before, was on his second tour there. He had been in a firefight and got hit in the left shoulder. His lieutenant tried to reach him. The lieutenant was shot. The soldier lobbed two grenades into the machine gun nest. Then he carried the lieutenant a mile where they medivaced the lieutenant out. The lieutenant died. The soldier has had bad dreams, screams in his sleep and sees the lieutenants face. He was getting better, until a week before he was scheduled to go back. Then it started again. Pelly asked him why he came back. The guy said maybe confronting this will rid him of his demons. I lost it and shut the TV off.
I served 20 in the USAF. I was in Saudi for the first Gulf War and went into Kosovo. I did my time, I'm not totally removed or just some sideline wimp Monday morning quarterback. This is tragic. This guy is a true, bonafide, American hero and deserves only the best, but no, his ass gets sent back into some crazy ass shoot-em up just so some rich ass motherfucker can get richer. He deserves to be prescribed all the MMJ he wants for his PTSD like they do in Israel. The US government and the Army are SO fucked up.
My tears have stopped finally, thanks for reading.
I just watched CBS news. When Scott Pelly was in Afghanistan he interviewed a soldier and showed the interview just now. Pelly led off before showing the interview saying, "You're about to see the face of PTSD." The soldier had been to Afganistan before, was on his second tour there. He had been in a firefight and got hit in the left shoulder. His lieutenant tried to reach him. The lieutenant was shot. The soldier lobbed two grenades into the machine gun nest. Then he carried the lieutenant a mile where they medivaced the lieutenant out. The lieutenant died. The soldier has had bad dreams, screams in his sleep and sees the lieutenants face. He was getting better, until a week before he was scheduled to go back. Then it started again. Pelly asked him why he came back. The guy said maybe confronting this will rid him of his demons. I lost it and shut the TV off.
I served 20 in the USAF. I was in Saudi for the first Gulf War and went into Kosovo. I did my time, I'm not totally removed or just some sideline wimp Monday morning quarterback. This is tragic. This guy is a true, bonafide, American hero and deserves only the best, but no, his ass gets sent back into some crazy ass shoot-em up just so some rich ass motherfucker can get richer. He deserves to be prescribed all the MMJ he wants for his PTSD like they do in Israel. The US government and the Army are SO fucked up.
My tears have stopped finally, thanks for reading.