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M*A*S*H was one of those TV series that did a fabulous job of keeping America's interest for many years. There were a lot of really great concepts that have come out of the series through its wit and writing.
My thought for the day revolves around the loss of innocence in war. There are UAV pilots responsible for Battle Damage Assessments after the drone strikes that are suffering PTSD from the realization that many of their missions resulted in the deaths of children. There are families that are broken forever, fathers, husbands, sons, mothers, daughters, wives, that will not be coming home and many that will never be the person that left.
What are your thoughts?
Is a victory worth the victims?
My thought for the day revolves around the loss of innocence in war. There are UAV pilots responsible for Battle Damage Assessments after the drone strikes that are suffering PTSD from the realization that many of their missions resulted in the deaths of children. There are families that are broken forever, fathers, husbands, sons, mothers, daughters, wives, that will not be coming home and many that will never be the person that left.
What are your thoughts?
Is a victory worth the victims?
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I have been to war, too many times, and I have not been to hell, so I can't really opine.
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SrA Matthew Knight
COL Charles Williams MSgt Allan Folsom Here here. From the Christian aspect of my mind Hell is worse. However I have never been so I wouldn't know. Haven't been to combat either though.
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It takes a very unique human being to walk away from war mentally unscathed. It is likely that uniqueness was present long before they went to war. It is the next biggest price we pay next to death for our country/beliefs. Majority of Soldiers fail to understand exactly what their job entails until they deploy and actually do it, call it de-sensitizing or whatever you like but, it is a reality hidden with promises of college money, skill training, "adventure" and travel.
As far as hell goes, I will answer that when I get there.
As far as hell goes, I will answer that when I get there.
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MSG Tom Earley
Sounds like we all chewed some of the red dirt together. I was in 2-5 Infantry on Schofield in the late 90's. I will pass on your message to John, he was just selected for battalion CSM. I am sure you had a part of molding him into the great NCO he has become.
Sounds like we all chewed some of the red dirt together. I was in 2-5 Infantry on Schofield in the late 90's. I will pass on your message to John, he was just selected for battalion CSM. I am sure you had a part of molding him into the great NCO he has become.
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I fought alongside many of our countries greatest Soldiers and Marines that lost their lives way too early in combat operations. Many of the survivors remained right there in the fight even though we had left the "hostile fire" area....several have committed suicide which I believe is because they could no longer deal with the painful memories and thoughts of those combat operations.
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