palehorse
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- Dec 21, 2005
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For the record, the military IS reacting to these developments. I have been through several mandatory classes, briefings, medical assessments, re-assessment, re-re-assessments, etc. -- all concerning PTSD and TBI specifically. These assessments reoccur several times, over a period of years, following each and every deployment.
As Carmen stated above, one of the primary problems here is the issue of avoidance and shyness on the part of those who may suffer from the problems. While NCO's and Officers are becoming more and more trained to recognize the issues, and then handle them properly when and where they're found, the onus is still on the soldiers themselves to come forward at some point. If the soldiers continue to say "everything is good" during each and every assessment, then it's difficult to do something about the problem. (you can't exactly FORCE counseling and treatments on everyone, can you?!)
I honestly believe that the DoD is doing all that they can to address this issue effectively, and the impact of OUR efforts will continue to improve over time. Ultimately, it will be up to the VA and Tricare to handle these issues further down the road, if the soldiers themselves ever speak up after getting out of the service.
It's a sad state of affairs, but work IS being done to address this. They're asking all the right assessment questions, repeatedly, and they're not letting leadership push these issues aside, or ignore them.
slow and steady wins the race.
As Carmen stated above, one of the primary problems here is the issue of avoidance and shyness on the part of those who may suffer from the problems. While NCO's and Officers are becoming more and more trained to recognize the issues, and then handle them properly when and where they're found, the onus is still on the soldiers themselves to come forward at some point. If the soldiers continue to say "everything is good" during each and every assessment, then it's difficult to do something about the problem. (you can't exactly FORCE counseling and treatments on everyone, can you?!)
I honestly believe that the DoD is doing all that they can to address this issue effectively, and the impact of OUR efforts will continue to improve over time. Ultimately, it will be up to the VA and Tricare to handle these issues further down the road, if the soldiers themselves ever speak up after getting out of the service.
It's a sad state of affairs, but work IS being done to address this. They're asking all the right assessment questions, repeatedly, and they're not letting leadership push these issues aside, or ignore them.
slow and steady wins the race.
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