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Thomas Donnelly: The Military Epidemics That Aren't
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<blockquote data-quote="ragingclue" data-source="post: 13397627" data-attributes="member: 134397"><p>It's a good article IMO and addresses a subject that needs to be addressed.</p><p></p><p>One of my Marines was delayed separation by months because he said on his VA exit questionnaire that he had nightmares relating to his service. He had to be cleared by a shrink and was extended a minimum two months (I think, I can't remember exactly, but it was measured in multiple months). They had nothing to do with service related combat, and we didn't see shit for combat being I-level Air Wing POGs anyway. It was ridiculous, no context was taken into account. I wonder how many people that has happened to. He wasn't trying to milk the system, but I did hear reputable reports of guys who would learn what PTSD symptoms were red flags in the system and would answer accordingly in hopes of milking the system. Really freaking sad when I have seen REAL PTSD in action, and those with the issues (along with others with other service-related medical issues) are having a harder time using the system because of the burden put on it by the over-diagnosis of this.</p><p></p><p>As far as unwanted sexual advances, there was nowhere I've been in my life that was more homoerotic than the Marines. Pats on the butt and homoerotic jokes were the norm. We even had one dude in our shop who cut the end of his finger off in shop class when he was a kid, he used to "nub" people, a modified version of goosing. Use your imagination. I'd imagine everyone in our shop would probably categorize that as an unwanted sexual contact even though no one was damaged by it because he only did it to people he knew were comfortable with it. It was funny to me anyway as long as he wasn't walking around doing it to people who were truly offended by such a thing.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, that was a bit long-winded, but I'm glad it's being addressed. Whether or not it will be rectified, I don't know. Like the dude from Katy said, I feel a lot of PTSD epidemic is born from what I think are good intentions by those in positions to care or help. I also agree with the article that there are probably hands helping the epidemic along just a little too much.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ragingclue, post: 13397627, member: 134397"] It's a good article IMO and addresses a subject that needs to be addressed. One of my Marines was delayed separation by months because he said on his VA exit questionnaire that he had nightmares relating to his service. He had to be cleared by a shrink and was extended a minimum two months (I think, I can't remember exactly, but it was measured in multiple months). They had nothing to do with service related combat, and we didn't see shit for combat being I-level Air Wing POGs anyway. It was ridiculous, no context was taken into account. I wonder how many people that has happened to. He wasn't trying to milk the system, but I did hear reputable reports of guys who would learn what PTSD symptoms were red flags in the system and would answer accordingly in hopes of milking the system. Really freaking sad when I have seen REAL PTSD in action, and those with the issues (along with others with other service-related medical issues) are having a harder time using the system because of the burden put on it by the over-diagnosis of this. As far as unwanted sexual advances, there was nowhere I've been in my life that was more homoerotic than the Marines. Pats on the butt and homoerotic jokes were the norm. We even had one dude in our shop who cut the end of his finger off in shop class when he was a kid, he used to "nub" people, a modified version of goosing. Use your imagination. I'd imagine everyone in our shop would probably categorize that as an unwanted sexual contact even though no one was damaged by it because he only did it to people he knew were comfortable with it. It was funny to me anyway as long as he wasn't walking around doing it to people who were truly offended by such a thing. Anyway, that was a bit long-winded, but I'm glad it's being addressed. Whether or not it will be rectified, I don't know. Like the dude from Katy said, I feel a lot of PTSD epidemic is born from what I think are good intentions by those in positions to care or help. I also agree with the article that there are probably hands helping the epidemic along just a little too much. [/QUOTE]
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