The DoD And Personality Disorders - Same As It Ever Was

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unhappycamper note: Since the ‘Pentagon’ has ‘requested’ that I only post one paragraph from articles on Army Times, and Airforce Times, I’ve decided to give ya’ll an unhappycamper summary of the article and a link to the OP. To keep in that same (new) tradition, I will also do the same for articles on Navy Times, Marine Corps Times, stripes.com and military.com.To keep in that same (new) tradition, I will also do the same for for articles on Navy Times, Marine Corps Times, stripes.com and military.com.

To read the article in the military's own words, you will need to click the link.

(This space reserved for a legally correct snark dump.) It sure is beginning to smell like fascism.

unhappycamper summary of this article: According to the article, a diagnosis "was not made by a psychiatrist or psychologist and/or formal counseling was not provided prior to notification of separation".

Busted.




Military not following DOD regs when separating troops for personality disorders, GAO finds
By Jennifer H. Svan
Published: September 27, 2010

KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — The military services do not always follow Defense Department regulations when involuntarily separating servicemembers for a personality disorder, a condition that can have similar symptoms to post-traumatic stress disorder and disqualifies individuals for combat-related disability pay, according to a recent Government Accountability Office report.