Tell it too my shipmates that died in peace time deployments. My shop also ran the morge. I came close to buying the farm several times. I have a Bubblehead Buddy who about got killed on a sub. One of the most dangerous jobs on a ship besides your regular job is being what is called a One on One. Death is Death.
“It is becoming far more an issue now because a very limited number of troops are doing the patrols etc meaning less patrol rotations in combat and more time in country as well. This was that guys first time in country. How much more so is it possible for a third or forth tour member too snap?”
The man was a reservist not an active duty. Looked at reserves units deploying lately vs active duty? You don't see a problem? Uh OK. Sure.
Medically and mentally neither the US Army nor the USMC can make a man work beyond what his mental and physical limitations are for very long and not end up with less than desirable results in the end. Even a SEAL Team has significant stand downs. But to some when the string streched too far does snap it the strings fault?
This was the fouth time this happened and you do not see it as a Chain of Command breakdown issue likelt from pressures of over deployments? Nah of course not. Not in your perfect military world.
“Tell it too my shipmates that died in peace time deployments.”
Big difference between danger and the mission. You claimed that the mission is not different, Yet they certainly are.
“Looked at reserves units deploying lately vs active duty? You don’t see a problem? Uh OK. Sure.”
Sure there is a problem. But it’s irrelevant. This was an individual problem.
“But to some when the string stretched too far does snap it the strings fault?”
Again, the other strings in this unit seemed to be fine as far a staying awake in a combat zone.
“This was the fouth time this happened and you do not see it as a Chain of Command breakdown”
I’m not sure if it is a chain of command issue or a procedural issue. If the procedures were not in place to get this guy out of the combat zone after the second incident, then it was more of a procedural issue.
You are so quick to point the blame at others and so reluctant to blame the initial cause of the tragedy, the sleeper.