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Originally posted by pause4thought
Could you comment on the degree to which you may at times have given thought to your own death, before and during training, and also once you were in the field?
Originally posted by pause4thought
reply to post by CX
TBH this is the kind of question I think a lot of us would like to ask those with experience, but don't, for fear of asking too much. For that I thank ATS.
Originally posted by pause4thought
reply to post by osc121
Thank you for bringing up the issue of personal grief. That too is a very basic human emotion that must be extraordinarily difficult to shut out at times.
Interesting that you suggest talking with vets about this. I'd probably have always assumed it would be too much like walking on egg shells.
Regarding respect between combatants - I was aware that such things were prevalent during WWI & at least the earlier parts of WWII, particularly in the navy/air force. But I had no idea it still existed today...
Adrenaline can be a powerful ally in a combat situation.
It's up to each individual how to deal with these traumas and emotions. I remember watching some documentary about the delta force boys, and they made psychological evaluation on some of them: complete psychos.
That's what the "job" requires. They are "trained" this way, because otherwise they wouldn't do it.