(11-12-2021, 08:59 PM)americus 2.0 Wrote: It truly is. I feel bad for the OEF/OIF troops who were deployed repeatedly and some deployments ending for them only because they were too wounded to be sent back. And the crazy thing is, to us anyway, is they wanted to go back because they couldn't conceive the thought of their brothers having to be there without them.

On another note I can 100% confirm how awesome morphine is. I got some in the hospital after I snow sledded into a tree (don't ask) back in 2009. The pain that was next level was due to cracked ribs and a hole in my right lung. I can see how people could want that feeling all the time but I prefer to have a clear head and be aware of what's going on. I'd suck as an addict. Lol.

I was teaching soldiers during this time. They were absolutely wrung out and exhausted. This was during the time when deployments were 15 months long. After only being back for a few months they were preparing for their next deployment. I'll say this about the Army and you may disagree; during peace time they have the easiest job in the military. In war time, they have the most difficult - by far. The Army carries the greatest bulk of war effort on their shoulders.

I sat next to a family law attorney on a flight out of Killeen, Tx when returning from a teach in Ft. Hood. She said the stories she could talk about with the cases she dealt with as a result of the long and frequent deployments.  As a retired squid who has spent years at sea, I had an idea.

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