Your disgusting comment certainly doesn't reinforce that commitment and in fact appears that you have no regard whatsoever over the mental health of Master Sgt. Andrew Christian Marckesano following his service to YOUR military.............
You're either legitimate in your claim to being a retired military officer and now a proven disgrace or you're a fraud............
It really doesn't matter.........
” officer of the U.S. military is to insure the safety of the men under your command.......is it not?
Safety is not the object of the military. It is considered in peacetime, but in combat it is just a small part of the need of the mission. It is also not in the oath for a commissioned officer:
I ___, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.
History is full of instances where safety was not even in the headlights. And yes, people died. But that need to accomplish the goal (mission) outweighed the overall safety of the troops and a gamble was accepted as the answer to the need.
And military members do that every day whether it’s charging gouks like in Vietnam, getting out of the craft at Normandy Beach, or climbing hills in Afghanistan. The chance of instant death is always there and in that business it always will be. It is an accepted part. Some accept the outcome, never easy, while others can’t accept the guilt over time. Those are the ones that can’t go on in life.
And you’re only hearing about the active member.Family members are also plagued with that fear and lose the ability to handle it. It is all a part of the mission and why it takes a special person to accomplish it for a career. Many can’t.
rwood
Just to be clear, I think it was selfish to kill himself in front of hiw wife and likely his three small children near by. You don’t.