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The U.S. Military Doesn’t Know Who Is Fit To Fight -- Washington Post
How good is the U.S. military at determining who is fit for battle?
Ten years into the war in Afghanistan, and after nearly nine years of war in Iraq, we know that the defining injuries of these conflicts for our service members include traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder. We also understand that the all-volunteer force is stretched thin and that multiple deployments to combat zones are routine.
What military physicians don’t have a good sense of, however, is how to tell whether a combat veteran is still qualified for the battlefield. And the tragedy this month in Afghanistan, where Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, on his fourth combat tour, allegedly slaughtered 17 civilians and has been charged with murder, underscores the urgency of finding a better solution.
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My Comment: The above video has retired Army Colonel and NBC military analyst Jack Jacobs defending multiple deployments. As to what is my take .... hundreds of thousands of Americans have been deployed overseas, and the worse case has been (that we know of) Sgt. Bales. Was he an anomaly .... or have we been lucky .... that is an answer that I do not know.
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