The US Military: Cause and Effect

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About 77,000 individuals enlisted with the U.S. Army this year so far, agreeing to spend at least two years in uniform at a time of increasing odds they will be sent to war. Some individuals are enlisting to fight for their country, but research shows that new soldiers are more motivated by the opportunity for a career and better salary. This paper shows that despite the fact that the fundamental cause for enlisting may be training and additional income, many soldiers are coming home from Iraq affected by a different type of education-being involved with combat firsthand. The paper shows that according to research conducted by the army and private studies, a large number of individuals who served in the war are suffering from traumatic stress syndrome as well as other mental illnesses.

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"The report of an Army mental health team that went to Iraq in June of 2003 found that 52 percent of troops in the war reported low or very low personal morale, and 70 percent reported low or very low unit morale (Ricks). The conditions are not likely to have become better since then. In fact, by January of this year there had been at least 22 GI suicides in Iraq. According to William Winkenwerder Jr., assistant secretary of defense for health affairs, the suicide rate represents more than 13.5 per 100,000 troops, about 20 percent higher than the recent Army average of 10.5 to 11. This excludes suicides of soldiers already evacuated out of Iraq, and there were at least four at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington during 2003 (Kelley)."

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