“Some of the 2,600 Minnesota National Guard members who spent 16 months in Iraq say their tour of duty made them shorter, at least temporarily, and doctors say that’s because the 60 to 90 pounds of gear they carried likely caused their spinal discs to compress.”
Gee. I’m 5’1 and was 100 pounds WITH my full gear while I was in the Army for 20 years, LOL!
This is one of two things: A bogus story to begin with, or some Minnesota Social Worker laying the ground work for grant money to “research” this post-war “disorder.”
*Rolleyes*
Might 60-90 pounds of gear, combined with blistering heat (dehydration) cause an inch of compression?
I think it might, over 16 months.