I stood in a hospital room with several special forces guys and one of their own that was shot up pretty bad, including a couple of bullets to the face. The base commander walked over to the wounded soldier, pointed his finger in this young man’s face and said, “I got you covered.” “I got your backside.” Shortly thereafter, this same commander started dishonorable discharge papers against this young man.
Betrayed like this and you wonder why they want to commit suicide. The commander was following his orders from above or he would have lost his job. How can these people sleep at night?
There is no doubt that the military has its share of jerks in positions of authority. They don’t help the situation, that’s for sure.