Rat, Australian soldiers are monitored nowadays on operations, and they are sent to a padre, SNCO or officer for counselling on any matters during operations. Prevention is better than cure, I believe the saying goes. Soldiers don't get away with it anymore... because military must take responsibility for their actions.... just because the US fails their troops, not all other countries are that ignorant. I was in a time where it was still being discovered so readily and how best to prevent it, so I was unlucky, though by the time I left the military they where starting to get some very good strategies in place with compulsory counselling to all troops on operations before they left the operation zone, then further follow-up counselling at scheduled dates on return. Again, it doesn't fix all, but it is fixing some, it is preventing... that is the aim.
Its a shame that the USA simply use and abuse their troops and do not actively support them after the fact. |