tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3293152265787061341.post8315634177752409709..comments2024-03-03T05:11:57.603-05:00Comments on Wings Over Iraq: Post-Traumatic Stress, Then and NowStarbuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02013102906896853767noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3293152265787061341.post-49735049141139675792011-09-15T15:45:01.620-04:002011-09-15T15:45:01.620-04:00Thanks for sharing information..and I'm gonna ...Thanks for sharing information..and I'm gonna Kindle right now... Thanks again.Danielhttp://exsquaredsystem.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3293152265787061341.post-60835087848847476122011-02-03T07:01:20.086-05:002011-02-03T07:01:20.086-05:00Nice blog. Thanks for sharing it.Nice blog. Thanks for sharing it.Alex Brownhttp://www.getbackmygirlfriend.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3293152265787061341.post-21693467919055783952011-02-02T20:11:54.775-05:002011-02-02T20:11:54.775-05:00an interesting question. in addition to the excell...an interesting question. in addition to the excellent observations you quoted, i'd like to briefly mention some things we're thinking about on the R&D side. the technological advances we've seen over time have changed the nature of wars over generations. of note for the present conflict(s), for example, is the prevalence of repeated blast overpressure exposures and resulting TBI of varying severity. in turn, the evolution in protective technology is helpful for us in the sense that we bring more of our people home, but when we have more survivors a greater proportion of those survivors are going to come home with trauma-related brain injuries/psychological injuries. PTSD is almost surely a subtle and complex brain injury in and of itself, but we are still pretty heavily in the dark as to the specifics...Leighhttp://twitter.com/#!/dr_leighnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3293152265787061341.post-8575078426254737812011-02-02T14:48:16.160-05:002011-02-02T14:48:16.160-05:00Gonna Kindle it right now. Thanks.Gonna Kindle it right now. Thanks.Starbuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02013102906896853767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3293152265787061341.post-49587881575219809632011-02-02T14:42:55.835-05:002011-02-02T14:42:55.835-05:00I just finished reading With the Old Breed by EB S...I just finished reading <i>With the Old Breed</i> by EB Sledge about his time with the 5th Marines on the front lines at Pelileu and Okinawa, and he directly addresses the topic of 'combat fatigue' several times. His description of the conditions in which they fought and lived and the various reactions that his fellow Marines had to that is simply amazing. I have a hard time believing that anyone who served on the front lines in situations like that could have left without some degree of PTSD. He also discusses why it may have affected different people differently -- the severity of the discipline of the training he went through being one of the biggest limiting factors, especially when compared to later replacements who had had an abbreviated training regimen prior to being sent to the front lines. But he also said that no matter the training, the stress would always get to people, and did so in various ways.<br /><br />If you haven't read that book yet, I highly recommend it.greghttp://togroklife.comnoreply@blogger.com