[Vision2020] PTSD

[J Ford]

Not only has Phil been through infantry training, (advanced infantry at 
that,) but I personally went through AIT as a 62F20 (yes, I did attain the 
Rank of E5.)  NEVER were we dehumanized or taught to treat people less than 
they should be.  Fact is, with the training and advanced training we 
received in First Aid/Treage, we treated and fed a great many of the 
villagers we encountered in country.  This is happening in Iraq and has 
happened in every single action/war that this country has seen over seas 
since before the SA War.

I'm not sure what you mean by "As far as I noticed there wasn't any dwelling 
on the niceities of the human condition within that training regime."  Where 
have you "noticed" this?  Under what conditions?  In what camp and for what 
training?

No one is tooting their own horn; we are simply trying, for whatever reason, 
to get you to see that this issue, as any other, has more than your point of 
view.

I would like to know why this is such an issue for you; do you have someone 
dealing with PTSD that has specifically been linked to some action they saw 
over seas?  Or did they have a particularily hard BCT/AIT/PDS?

I am not looking for a fight here, I'm simply tring to understand your point 
of view.



J  :]

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