when ,say a loved one, like a family member or someone realy close to you that's back home dies, does it make you cry? im asking since most people in the military are involved in killing other people so they are used to deaths, but i want to know if they have sensitive feelings or even cry when someone close dies back at home., like say mum or dad, or brother or sister or even your own child,etc? pls help me out, i know it's a difficult question but it's summit i have allways been curious off?
2006-12-02 05:29:31 · 28 answers · asked by w.m.d's_bro 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
jeez!! you lot are too sensitive judgeing form your answers, it only a question, your not in world war two on the eatern front.chill out, if you were you'd be dead in 20 mins.
2006-12-02 06:08:16 · update #1
they might grieve or shed tears but only for thier close friends, not the innocent women and children they kill in thier thousands, thas a fact.
2006-12-02 09:15:24 · answer #1 · answered by mr.truth 2 · 0⤊ 4⤋
What makes you think anyone gets used to killing? I am not in the military but my dad was in the Navy during WWII, he lost friends people he worked with everyday. He stills cries about that. He lost his dad and he cried about that. Of course they cry, they are human. In the heat of the battle, they may not (too much happening), but afterwards that is different. That is like asking if doctors and nurses or paramedics are ever bothered by losing patients in the field, emergency room or operating room. Of course they are. You never get used to losing a patient. Why not ask if police officers are ever bothered by shooting a person? Its the same thing. Why do you think they have such a thing a Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome. This is really an insensitive question and not one I would call an excellent question.
2006-12-02 05:41:52 · answer #2 · answered by msfyrebyrd 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I just retired from active duty on November 1st.
In my opinion, the vast majority of military people would react to a loved one's death in the same way that the vast majority of civilians would: the full range of emotions, tears, etc. Both military and civilian folks have some "exceptions" who deal with such things differently, but they are a minority.
It's one thing to contemplate the death of a faceless enemy. It's quite another to contemplate the death of a loved one.
I understand your question entirely. I was an 18 year old airman at my first military funeral; we buried my grandfather. I presented the flag to my grandmother. I thought for sure that lightning would strike me if I cried...mortal embarrassment, disgrace to the uniform, etc.
Wouldn't you know it, I got through the whole ceremony without shedding a tear (at great effort), only to look up and see my dad and uncle (both in Navy uniform) crying their eyes out.
They understood what I didn't: there's no shame in feeling and expressing your emotions at a time like that. I figured it out in time.
Does this help?
Bill
2006-12-02 05:47:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
My God Is this a for real question? I have seen some battle harden guys set down and cry like a baby over something that happened 30 years ago. If anything they know the value of life more than anyone else. How do you get used to someone dying? maybe in war you are in a position to have to kill. war is insane. sometimes you have to be a little crazy to get through it. But at the end of the day these guys /gals have a bigger heart than most will ever have. certainly big enough to never ask a question like this!
2006-12-02 05:38:31 · answer #4 · answered by Stand 4 somthing Please! 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Killing in war is different than a loved one dying.
Just because a military person "kills" someone does not mean that they are "conditioned" to deal with death.
Many carry the guilt for the rest of their lives, many can deal with it, many cannot not. Some just plain forget about it.
Heard of PTSD? Heard of Vets commiting suicide, murders, beating, alcoholism, drug use, depression? Already had a few Marines around here commit suicide after getting home.
Military members are not machines! We have families, children, and loved ones, we love our dogs, our moms and sibblings as much as anyone else, and if something happens to them, yes we cry, are saddened, and upset, but we still have a job to do and must put all that aside in order to do it.
Killing someone who is trying to kill you has nothing to do with personal feelings.
A loved one dying is a whole different matter.
2006-12-02 05:42:58 · answer #5 · answered by konstipashen 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Well your first assumption is wrong. Most people in the military are not involved with killing ,they are support troops who often never see any combat at all. Combat troops do feel sad when someone close to them dies. Being in a combat role does not turn a person into an animal with no regard for the rest of humanity.
2006-12-02 05:39:35 · answer #6 · answered by spicoli 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Hmm guess you have never been in Armed services. They don't spend all week killing people. Death effects everyone, especially if it is a family member. Why single out the military tho?. You would be better of asking a priest, vicar or undertaker if death of a loved one effects them, As they deal with it on a daily basis. regards...
2006-12-02 05:53:09 · answer #7 · answered by naplusultra 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
As the wife of a retired naval officer, I can assure you that military personnel cry when they lose a loved one. It may also surprise you that they even cry when they read a sad story, or hear one. Having to kill or injure while in the military doesn't mean that the person doesn't have feelings or loses all morality. It just means that they have a job to do, are ordered to do it, and carry it out to make a better life for you and me. No one, except perhaps for those who lack a conscience, gets used to killing or watching people die.
2006-12-02 05:37:15 · answer #8 · answered by CxeLady 3 · 5⤊ 1⤋
I really do not understand your question, you seem to assumed that because we are in the military we no longer can cry for a loved one who passes away. The killings that the military see and experiences are not the same as a loved one dying. Killing in the battle is self survival because the enemy is trying to kill you. As a human, one cannot help but feel some kind of sadness seeing any other human die.
2006-12-02 05:38:11 · answer #9 · answered by me_worry? 4 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Are you F***ing kidding? Soldiers are human being just like the rest of us (well, maybe not you, but everyone else). Just because you're around death, it doesn't make it any easier when it happens to someone you know. They are fighting to protect their loved ones back home, and if they die it is a huge morale killer.
2006-12-02 05:48:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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