Weapons Training Likely Causes Brain Injury in Troops, Study Says
Source: The Wall Street Journal.
Weapons Training Likely Causes Brain Injury in Troops, Study Says
Gauges worn on troops’ helmets and body armor register substantial blasts in combat and in training
By Ben Kesling
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April 30, 2018 12:01 a.m. ET
WASHINGTON—Thousands of U.S. troops are likely suffering traumatic brain injury not just from battlefield explosions but from repeated exposure to trauma while training on their own weapons, according to a new study.
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Service members, even those who may not have seen combat but specialize in using high explosives or weapons such as rocket launchers, could have lasting brain damage from the pounding on their necks and heads, researchers at the Center for a New American Security said in a report released Monday. The defense think tank is a nonprofit organization funded by the federal government and public- and private-sector donors.
“It’s analogous to people getting hits to the head in sports, playing football or boxing,” said Paul Scharre, a senior fellow at the center. “This is not really well understood, the primary blast effects on the brain. Exactly how it affects the brain is unclear, but the fact that it is having some kind of negative effect is now being shown.”
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Woke up at Wright-Patterson Medical Center in Ohio scheduled for brain surgery.
Honorably discharged with full VA benefits and 70% disability.
The things we don't know. 
instead of being pulled back into his shoulder.
Something like this:
His nose is pretty much squished up against the charging handle, and the butt is almost entirely off his shoulder.
