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Soldiers Trained To Kill, Not To Cope

#1 jessefan

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Posted 21 July 2004 - 04:55 PM

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Soldiers are untrained, some experts say, for the trauma of killing. Forty years after lessons learned about combat stress in Vietnam, experts charge that avoidable psychological damage goes unchecked because military officials don't include emotional preparation in basic training.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nati...6_combat21.html

#2 Soprano84

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Posted 21 July 2004 - 06:20 PM

QUOTE (jessefan @ Jul 21 2004, 06:57 PM)

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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nati...6_combat21.html

Haven't read the article yet, but perhaps the reason for lack of coping training is the necessity of being ABLE to kill during war. Your job is to kill the enemy...if you pause you'll end up on the wrong side of the equation.