Please explain, How could that change your life.
2007-01-14 13:14:14 · 15 answers · asked by Billionair Man 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
From what my boyfriend tells me all the time, it humbles you and makes you appreciate things we have in the states that we take for granted.
2007-01-14 13:22:20 · answer #1 · answered by Jen 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have not served in Iraq, nor would i have the guts to...but i am married to someone to a soldier in the Army, who has been to Iraq. For him, he did not change when he returned home, however people who saw or did more then he did while there, did change. I would imagine seeing someone killed could change you. Seeing a battle buddy injured, lose a limb ect....that probably stays with you for the rest of your life. I couldn't imagine seeing the things some see while there, or doing some of the things required. I imagine my husband will never forget anything that happened while there. Luckily it didn't change him. He was lucky enough not to actually see anyone killed or injured, although our next door neighbor lost his life. As for people who have had to do things while over there fighting, im sure that is something we who have not served will never understand.
2007-01-14 23:40:20 · answer #2 · answered by misty n justin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've been to Afghanistan twice and Iraq once. The things you see and experience close up change you in so many ways. You don't really realize it at home the severity of what you're learning while in training. You accept the fact you're learning to kill someone but when you're in action and that cardboard target you're used to seeing in your sights becomes a real human being, and you watch him fall to his death after you take his life away, it becomes so real so fast. After my first tour, I was just a puppy and didn't know how to handle it, so I drank. After my second, I wanted to get out but was redeployed before I could arrange all the paper work to get out. After my third, I didn't even unpack. My chain of command knew that if I got out of there alive, I'm quitting.
I now can't hold a job, my temper is out of control, I cry allot. My sleep is always interrupted by memories. I walk down the street and see someone in a car speed into a parking lot and I think he's a bomber. I can't drop the habbit of ranging and leading people on the street. Every time I walk around a corner, I think someone is waiting there to kill me. I'll never be able to live a normal life. Not after the things I saw, went through and did.
If you're thinking of joining up and going over there I strongly suggest you don't.
2007-01-14 22:12:58 · answer #3 · answered by no name brand canned beans 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes i think iraq changes you mentally. you are in situations that you would not normally in. you see the good along with the bad in people. you see things there that you will never forget and that someone who has never been there can not comprehend because they have not been placed in that situation. Does this mean that they don't understand what is going on over there. No it just means they have never seen the or had the expierence of an ied attack or seeing what happens afterward up close and personal
2007-01-14 21:34:07 · answer #4 · answered by libby d 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it can, but to be honest, everyone I know that has been to Iraq(and yes seen combat)came back exactly the same as when they left. Because of this I can't really say what can happen to someone. But obviously there PTSD for some people, and some people come back a lot more mature from the whole experience.
2007-01-14 21:23:12 · answer #5 · answered by Curt 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You better believe it. I mean really your in a place where at any moment your next step could be your last, and that the only way that you could protect your self is by having a gun with you 24/7 and some other dangerous weapons. I seriously admire the soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. They are SO brave.
2007-01-14 21:28:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Any time someone is confronted with trauma of any kind, including combat and warfare, there will be an impact upon that person. As emoting, thinking, cognitive beings, we will be impacted in one way or another. That impact can be manifested in a variety of ways all unique to the invidual who encountered the trauma. It may appear as anger and rage, it may appear much later as stress that comes out at unpredictable times.
2007-01-14 21:23:35 · answer #7 · answered by Kerry 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When does it not change a person? It even changes their wife and kids. It changes the people they work with, and their friends and family. If you know someone with PTSD get them to a veterans hospital.
2007-01-14 21:22:40 · answer #8 · answered by Sheryl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A war can effect anyone mentally. Imagine being stuck in a place where you could die at any moment. Paranoia can really screw with your head.
2007-01-14 21:20:11 · answer #9 · answered by kberto 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sure can, it will mess a persons mind plum up .
they teach u to kill in the military
2007-01-14 21:19:11 · answer #10 · answered by sunflare63 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋