...the strain of eight years of combat with no immediate end in sight manifests itself in many ways, quick anger chief among them. I've seen officers struggling to keep their tempers in check in briefings, exercises, and experiments - in ways that are noticeable, and occur more often than previously. I watched a Major simply detonate on a security guard at the Lewis and Clark building who was simply doing his job and not with any overbearing overtone, either. It's not manly to keep it bottled up. And it's not helpful to just tell your fellow soldiers to man-up and...
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Nov 23 2009, 05:31 AM
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