Soldier, 24, who was among last to leave Afghanistan during catastrophic US withdrawal is one of three suspected suicides in two days being investigated at Fort Drum army base

That is what I was thinking. Their heads were spinning so fast in trying to sort out issues like honor and integrity, that they just could not cope with the confusion.

21 posted on 09/30/2021 2:09:07 PM PDT by NEMDF

Hi.

“I see it all of the aftermath at my VA.”

Yep, the price of freedom.

5.56mm

22 posted on 09/30/2021 2:25:42 PM PDT by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho need to go.)

Maybe they couldn’t cope with incompetence, cowardice and Betrayal from above.

23 posted on 09/30/2021 2:55:26 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (Figures )

In 1976 I stationed at McClellan AFB working in the Tech Control Facility. One night our shift supervisor called in wanting to be connected to the First Sergeant. Our Shift Supervisor was off duty that night, but as the senior ranking guy in the barracks, he was also the barracks monitor. We patched him through, but like good little telephone troubleshooters we put the call on the monitor speaker. Sgt. Bowles was the ultimate professional when he reported that they there is a suspected fatality in the barracks.

We had to have a Top Secret security clearance to work in the Tech Control. One of the Airman, months before I got to the facility, had robbed a convenience store. His clearance was suspended and he was in limbo while his case was being prosecuted off base. The Airman who I never met (I lived with my wife off base), was in limbo and had to pull details every day, cleaning and picking up trash, etc. It got to be too much for him and he was found hanging in his room.

The rest of our 12 hour mid-shift was filled with death humor, with suggestions of him flying home sitting up in an airline seat, etc.

With such turmoil they have been through, it could have been anything.

24 posted on 09/30/2021 3:33:18 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken )

To: Newbomb Turk

I was suicidal when I got out. My step dad called the recruiter to see if anyone in my area was home on leave so I could hang out with him

25 posted on 09/30/2021 3:36:19 PM PDT by roving

I don’t think so. The men who survived the most dangerous missions and got shot many times never quit. I think they are being silenced. How long were you in service that you come up to that kind of conclusion?

I suspect it was knowing some of the people they left behind have been murdered.

26 posted on 09/30/2021 3:37:30 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken )

To: Fish Speaker

I posted this under General Chat:

Evacuation Eyewitness: What I Saw in Kabul
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3999545/posts

It was horrible.

27 posted on 09/30/2021 3:45:29 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX (Like the child who still lives with his parents at age 50, US allies never grow up. ~ Doug Bandow)

Your service, MOS, awards?

28 posted on 09/30/2021 4:46:14 PM PDT by Lumper20 (Get the border wall built and get back to work on the keystone.)

I see you were an airmen in tech. BYE

29 posted on 09/30/2021 4:57:32 PM PDT by Lumper20 (Get the border wall built and get back to work on the keystone.)

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