if a person is injured in combat,aren't they supposed to be sent home? Is the military supposed to send them back to fight?
2006-12-26 18:35:52 · 15 answers · asked by L.T. 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
my friend's hubby(and unit) was caught in a roadside attack in Kuwait. He recieved shoulder(shrapnel chipped the blade) and knee injuries(needed surgery)
2006-12-26 18:45:30 · update #1
he did tell her he would feel like a "pu***" if he didn't go back.
2006-12-26 18:47:07 · update #2
Minor physical injuries don't disqualify a soldier from returning to duty. Hell, they're even sending back soldiers diagnosed and medicated for post-traumatic stress disorder onto the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan. It's scary how our military is having to pull stop-loss procedures and overextend tours of duty 2, 3, and 4 times over for many troops, and then they expect it to be a cakewalk. I blame Rumsfeld.
2006-12-26 18:45:39 · answer #1 · answered by eatmorec11h17no3 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
It depends on the injury. Those that can be successfully treated in theatre usually go to a military hospital in Balad, Baghdad or Kuwait. Some go to a hospital in Germany where they might be sent back to the war zone or home to the US for full recouperation. I knew a guy who broke his foot, non combat injury, and stayed at a hospital in theatre until it was healed enough to go back to his unit. He wasn't expected to go on patrols or pull KP or anything, but he got the care he needed and went back to the fight later.
One of the most diffcult things is having to leave your buddies in the fight, even when you go home on leave or are seriously injured. You take responsibility for the people around you and it's difficult to let that go. Survivor guilt, I suppose.
2006-12-27 11:25:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If every person who got "injured" was sent home, we wouldn't have a fighting force left to speak of. My husband ran over an IED on Thanksgiving and is still there. He wasn't hurt very bad though, jarred his back and the shrapnel they pulled out of him was small enough that they used liquid bandage instead of stitches. Last rotation though, one of his friends hit one and it shattered his leg. HE got to come home because he had a leg full of metal and could barely walk. So, yes, it depends on how bad the injury is.
2006-12-28 02:11:55 · answer #3 · answered by desiderio 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This argument has been going on for an prolonged time. women persons have prominent themselves on the front line in distinctive Armies and that i've got seen adult adult males crumple while the brown stuff hits the fan. The question isn't are women persons emotionally able to serving on the front line yet are they bodily in a position. If a woman can bypass a similar well-being attempt as a guy then enable her serve alongside a guy. Equality would not have double standards, bullets and IED's do no longer.
2016-11-23 19:08:48 · answer #4 · answered by schihl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If a soldier is wounded in combat they are what the military calls Wounded in Action (WIA). If the person who is wounded is in a critical state ,they send him off to a hospital for treatment. After that they send him home.That of course depends on how he heels.IF the wounded is not in a bad condition there is a chance that he could be sent into combat again.
2006-12-26 19:04:02 · answer #5 · answered by hashish 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would imagine it depends on how serious the injury is. If you get a single shrapnel wound in your leg they are not just going to say "oh well, screw the next 16 months of your deployment."
2006-12-26 18:40:09 · answer #6 · answered by Curt 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Curt is correct. Only if the injury is disabling or would take too long to recover from. A Purple Heart is a small token in return, however.
2006-12-26 18:45:02 · answer #7 · answered by boredperv 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
One of the things that the media does not mention when they post the total number of wounded soldiers is how many of them are statused as 'RTD' (Return To Duty). Over 80% of the wounded soldiers are not evacuated - instead they are returned to their units to recover. Generally they will get a few days of 'bed rest' then a week or two of 'light duty' then they are recovered enough to get back to the job.
2006-12-27 02:31:22 · answer #8 · answered by MikeGolf 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Curt beat me to th punch with his answer. I have to agree it totally depends on the level of injury whether they are sent home or not.
2006-12-26 18:43:04 · answer #9 · answered by Frank R 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
John Kerry got three purple hearts, was 3 counts on the wounded list (the number of wounded is actually the wound count and not the number of people that got wounded) and served his term or terms.
2006-12-26 18:46:48 · answer #10 · answered by gregory_dittman 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋