Soldier flips out at school

[Forever_frost]

lol, well atleast he didnt die....and atleast the DS didnt beat him to death.

True, but he was on suicide watch, had no pay due for a while AND he was subjected to quite a bit of shit due to the fact he had to have 2 guards on him at all (I mean ALL) times. So he had his personal guard at night in addition to the fire guard. This lasted the first month or so.

[sig239]

Ever hear any WWII or Viet Nam vets talking about their war experiences? Nope. They mostly kept/keep that shit to themselves which is why we never hear them claiming PTSD. I've wondered if they were a tougher generation or what.

So true, My grandfather saw very heavy action in the south pacific. I was aware he served. But had no idea of what he saw and or did tell after his death we found letters and diaries notes and lots of cool stuff. He never talked about it, ever.

[Blakeski]

I may be to hard, but if you enlist yourself in "a time of war" and don't expect to kill anyone, then claim PTSD then that's your own damn fault, I would gladly kill and put my life at risk for my country regardless! If you can't handle that shit don't join the military! I'm thankful for everyone I know who has, or have served, but I just don't like excuses. Man up to your actions.

[Forever_frost]

A lot of people sign up for the college and most don't ever see combat. They are the firefighters, the supply and payroll guys, and so forth. 212 jobs in the Army. Only like 4 are combat related

[SS Junk]

It's over, Johnny!

[Vertnut]

A lot of the older vets just drank themselves to death instead of seeking help.

I'm old enough to remember the "self medicating" vets from from WWII and Korea. There's a reason VFW halls were so popular. My G'pa was a WWII vet, and though he rarely drank, he chain-smoked like I never saw, or seen since. He rarely slept at all, and had horrible dreams when he did. He died in 1994, and I still feel bad that he didn't get help.

[slowyellow]

Well, it can be pretty fucking traumatic to be honest. Saw a guy shave his eyebrows off and try to kill himself by slitting his wrists and guys try to escape every day. Been plenty of suicides in bootcamp.
I dont know if it gives you PTSD or anything like that, but it damned sure isnt a cake walk.

Honestly, Navy boot is. Hell, the two years in Marine Military Academy (military high school) was "tougher" than my boot camp. Granted, we had a pretty relaxed set of RDC's, so it could have been worse.

[mikec]

I may be to hard, but if you enlist yourself in "a time of war" and don't expect to kill anyone, then claim PTSD then that's your own damn fault, I would gladly kill and put my life at risk for my country regardless! If you can't handle that shit don't join the military! I'm thankful for everyone I know who has, or have served, but I just don't like excuses. Man up to your actions.

How do you know if you can handle it without going through it?

You don't.

[Treasure Chest]

Well, it can be pretty fucking traumatic to be honest. Saw a guy shave his eyebrows off and try to kill himself by slitting his wrists and guys try to escape every day. Been plenty of suicides in bootcamp.
I dont know if it gives you PTSD or anything like that, but it damned sure isnt a cake walk.

He was in the Air Force.

[racrguy]

He was in the Air Force.

Lol!

[Pokulski-Blatz]

I may be to hard, but if you enlist yourself in "a time of war" and don't expect to kill anyone, then claim PTSD then that's your own damn fault, I would gladly kill and put my life at risk for my country regardless! If you can't handle that shit don't join the military! I'm thankful for everyone I know who has, or have served, but I just don't like excuses. Man up to your actions.

You don't know what the fuck you are talking about, that is one seriously ignorant statement.

[Jester]

He was in the Air Force.

lmmfao.....did the snack machine run out of skittles or something?

[Jester]

Honestly, Navy boot is. Hell, the two years in Marine Military Academy (military high school) was "tougher" than my boot camp. Granted, we had a pretty relaxed set of RDC's, so it could have been worse.

I was referring to USMC boot camp.
its common knowledge to know the order of toughness for the military bootcamps is
1-Marine Corps
2-Army
3-Coast Guard
4-Navy
5-Air Force

[2165 Turbo Rail]

I was referring to USMC boot camp.
its common knowledge to know the order of toughness for the military bootcamps is
1-Marine Corps
2-Army
3-Coast Guard
4-Navy
5-Air Force

If MCRD was the hardest of them all then the rest would be a breeze Granted it wasn't a cake walk, as long as you know its all a mental game to break you down to build you back up than you'll be good. The physical part was fun for me. But I like being pushed like that. It's the only way ill really work out hahaha

The worst part about Marine corp boot is staying awake for 2 days straight and keeping a straight face the first time they said "you're from Texas? Only queers and steers come from Texas and you don't have horns so you must be queer". Seriously I got this twice in the first week haha

[Jester]

If MCRD was the hardest of them all then the rest would be a breeze Granted it wasn't a cake walk, as long as you know its all a mental game to break you down to build you back up tha you'll be good. The physical part was fun for me. But I like being pushed like that. It's the only way ill really work out hahaha

The worst part about Marine corp boot is staying awake for 2 days straight and keeping a straight face the first time they said "you're from Texas? Only queers and steers come from Texas and you don't have horns so you must be queer". Seriously I got this twice in the first week haha

Yeah, that first 2 days is rough. You are a fucking zombie by the time you hit the rack.