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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 10:47 PM Original message |
CBS: Troops With Stress Disorders Being Redeployed |
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grytpype (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. Every day brings worse news than the last. |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 06:13 AM Response to Reply #1 |
9. The Fragging will "Begin Shortly" |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 08:49 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Fraggings, suicides, and atrocities. |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-21-06 05:39 AM Response to Reply #15 |
26. Afraid so |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-21-06 07:05 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. US Army coming off its wheels .. redux. |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-22-06 01:16 AM Response to Reply #1 |
47. horror stories, all of them |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-22-06 08:07 AM Response to Reply #47 |
51. Encountered a returning Sgt. at airport yesterday |
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mediaman007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
2. So if he survives this mess, what kind of father or grandfather will he |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
3. Say, remember all that bullshit about pre and post deployment screening??? |
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Binka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 07:52 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. The Marines Are Pushing Ben To Redeploy OMG! |
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katinmn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 08:44 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. oh! I researched some sources recently. |
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Binka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 08:50 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Kat I'm So Very Worried & Sick |
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meganmonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 10:17 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. You guys are in my thoughts |
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classof56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-21-06 06:35 PM Response to Reply #18 |
38. And how important that the families of those who die believe |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 01:17 PM Response to Reply #18 |
55. Are there any combat veterans here at DU who might wish to help? |
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LeahMira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 08:30 AM Response to Reply #16 |
53. Because of their friends... |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 02:52 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. Oh good grief, Binka...that's horrific. Jeez, look at that handsome |
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Joey Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-21-06 06:21 PM Response to Reply #12 |
37. Hey Binka |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-22-06 12:18 AM Response to Reply #12 |
45. My sister's son did re-up--and I suspect it is a result of PTSD. |
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katinmn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-21-06 08:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
41. PTSD often doesn't show itself until after a year |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:15 PM Response to Reply #41 |
56. Not so....... |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-22-06 12:35 AM Response to Reply #3 |
46. And in the military culture, it is still considered a sign of "weakness" |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
4. God. As an aging combat vet, this makes me ill.. and pissed off. |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 11:11 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. yeah that got me too |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 11:25 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Can you just imagine.. |
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Tellurian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 01:11 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. A new directive is calling for the Army |
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ClintonTyree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-21-06 07:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
39. And then, if they're lucky enough TO come home for good....... |
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Tellurian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-21-06 11:23 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. Your assessment is accurate but if I may be so presumptuous, |
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Tellurian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-21-06 11:44 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. This post is for Binka.. |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 04:49 AM Response to Original message |
8. These guys need to start refusing to go back. Yes, they may face |
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katinmn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-21-06 08:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
40. Yesterday I heard of a young guy being sent back a 4th time! |
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Cobalt Violet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 07:10 AM Response to Original message |
10. I so glad we live in a country that supposrts our troops. |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
11. Met an old Reep once who ragged about "We didn't have PSTD in MY DAY!" |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 02:56 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. They used to call it "combat fatigue" too...like a long nap on the couch |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
13. Our troops are being asked to work without the basic resources, |
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Felinity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
17. So we're sending troops |
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54anickel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-22-06 01:18 AM Response to Reply #17 |
48. You brought on a vivid mental picture that's got me bawling now. |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
19. "troops with stress disorders" . . . how long until that includes . . . |
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puffthemagicdragon (163 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
20. this whole thing has to end |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 03:04 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. This is Freakin' Way Out of Control. |
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Dangerously Amused (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-21-06 11:47 AM Response to Reply #20 |
28. And Bush will justify the draft |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
21. Many a family will be destroyed years down the line. |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 03:53 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. My dad died at 42 from lung cancer he probably "got" from working on asbes |
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janetle (395 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-21-06 12:16 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. My son's childhood buddy... |
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tlsmith1963 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-21-06 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
30. This is Disgusting |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-21-06 01:46 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. I'm with you. Beyond outrage at this point. Time for the draft? |
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The Wizard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-21-06 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
31. We're turning that corner |
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Dangerously Amused (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-21-06 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
33. I think we should give those troops another chance to serve their country |
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MAX 1 (98 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-21-06 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
34. Did anyone see the Chris Mathews Show |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-21-06 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
35. Nice to see CBS reporting something FRONTLINE reported March 2005 |
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bluerum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-21-06 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
36. MUST READ - a soldier speaks. nt |
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joeygirl (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-21-06 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
42. The problem I see with this is more complex than what the |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-22-06 01:27 AM Response to Original message |
49. This is always the first thing I think about when I think about the war. |
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Swede Atlanta (906 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-22-06 06:50 AM Response to Original message |
50. And hence the reason for the Draft |
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illinoisprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-22-06 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
52. Criminal neglect |
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LeahMira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
54. More than two years ago |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
57. Kick |
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