The Cost Of Rapid Deployments On Our Troops Is Starting To Show

TEN PROMISES - U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, re-enlists 10 soldiers stationed on Forward Operating Base Frontenac in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Dec. 17, 2009. The soldiers are assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division's 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team. DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley

Pentagon Plays Catch-Up As Toll Of Repeat Combat Duty Rises -- Christian Science Monitor

A Department of Veterans Affairs study reports a three-fold increase in depression and post-traumatic stress after repeat combat duty, raising questions about the Pentagon’s ability to keep soldiers with combat-related psychological problems away from the front.

Emotional pain, depression, and angst among US soldiers seeing multiple deployments in war zones are much more common than the Pentagon has reported, a new Department of Veterans Affairs survey says

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My Comment: What I find amazing is that even with all of these complications and problems .... soldiers are still re-enlisting in great numbers.

But multiple deployments to war zones for extended periods of time does have an impact, and care and observation must be a priority for everyone to insure that these psychological issues do not become major issues to those who are most susceptible to it.