“... returned from Iraq in 2010 after 6 tours”
How did he accomplish that? Iraq tours were 14 - 16 months for Army, shorter for other services. He’d have to have done a string of lateral transfers or been on a rather unique assignment.
Do you know where in Iraq he served (base names)?
I blame General Order One for accumlating stress.
Work hard play hard was virtually non-existant in Iraq. It was just work hard 7 days a week, isolation, repetitive duties and frequent stressful situations (attacks and travel).
He was a Marine and deployed shortly after he graduated from Officer Training in 2002. He was only stateside once in those 8 years.
He was a SSgt, as I recall.
The only places I know he was for certain was Fallujah during the big battles there, and he spent the rest of his time there in Baghdad and on the border with Syria.
He didn’t talk much about specifics, but I could ask his brother for more information if it’s something you need to know.