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Afghan Veteran here, military experiences will vary. Possible some people are having the issues this veteran is describing. Most military folks are taught, tra
by shadowRAMM 5y ago
Afghan Veteran here, military experiences will vary.
Possible some people are having the issues this veteran is describing. Most military folks are taught, trained, and live “adapt and overcome” - even if they are never specifically told that.
I don’t know, anecdotally, any military people who always had the exact supplies, funding, and office space they were told they would have. The missions never go as planned, and sometimes you don’t even have food.
My point is, veterans coming home after a deployment have other mental health issues that perhaps are aggravated by lack of control. The entire military experience is a lack of control.
Perhaps it bothers some more than others, but veterans returning from war aren’t really 75 year old “get off my lawn” Vietnam vets, usually.
- jimmygrapes 5y ago> My point is, veterans coming home after a deployment have other mental health issues that perhaps are aggravated by lack of control. The entire military experience is a lack of control. I might argue that the issue is more a lack of ANYONE in control. Military experience may be a lack of control at the individual level, but at least there's always someone up the chain to blame for your circumstances, and the knowledge that eventually someone knows what they're doing and why. Not so much in the civilian world.