Interesting - you’d give my soldiers who have PTSD a little pink heart? I think you’ve been watching Patton too much. Perhaps you have them characterized as little sissies. I’d LOVE To see you hand one of them a little pink heart.
For the record I’ve got several troops who are here in Afghanistan with me right now, bravely serving with PTSD - they have problems sleeping, they get the shakes sometimes, they get ill but they are here for their third and in some cases fourth tour and are still hanging in there.
Next time you see some vets coming home from Iraq or Afghanistan, how about standing there at the airport with some little pink hearts to give to the PTSD sufferers? Go ahead, I dare you.
I am currently serving my fourth tour in Bagram. All four times volunteered. I completely agree with you about the PTSD. I would not hand them a pink heart, but I would also not hand them a purple heart. A purple heart is SUPPOSED to go to a person wounded by enemy fire, or as a result of enemy actions, directly or indirectly. Friendly fire does not constitute a purple heart. We just a fallen comrade ceremony a few days ago for a soldier who shot himself by accident. He was goofing off with his gun, and darwin’s law was enforced. He isn’t going to get a purple heart. Had he been killed/injured by ENEMY fire, yes, he would.
This story about ptsd after burning crap in a barrel is bs and this individual ought to be severely punished, not awarded. I was here when we first took Bagram, and spent plenty of time burning crap, before we got pj’s. It was not that traumatic. You couldn’t even smell the crap over the diesel fumes. haha.