Fighting for Your Country

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This paper reviews and discusses why a person should refrain from enlisting in the military. According to the paper, the living conditions in the military are terrible, the pay is no good, divorce is frequent, soldiers get post-traumatic stress disorder, death happens everyday and the wars are not worth fighting. The paper is written from a personal perspective.

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"Another problem for soldiers is post-traumatic stress disorder. People get home and they sleep all day, listless and agitated at the same time, and losing their memory. Sudden noises make them panic and start screaming that a missile is going to kill them. The person thinks for a few minutes he is back in Iraq or Afghanistan or Vietnam. The big worry is not being able to go back to a civilian job because of jumpiness, crying and nightmares. The military doesn't do much for people that suffer afterwards from combat. They accuse them of "malingering" and punish them, even though they fought for their country honorably (Sherman, 2006). Soldiers are supposed to suffer in silence in the military. But Walter Reed Army Institute of Research says 30% of soldiers who come home from Iraq will have mental problems. The death rate is 1 in 9. Those that live get brain injuries from roadside bombs and explosions. The symptoms are similar to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. The military tells these people to "suck it up" (Sherman, 2006, p. 11)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Boyz in the Hood (1991). Film, 112 minutes. Columbia Tristar Home Video.
• The demographics of military enlistment after 9/11 web site: http://www.heritage.org/Research/National Security/em987.cfm
• Hedges, C. (2001). War is a force that gives us meaning. New York: Public Affairs.
• Marriage a casuality of the war (2005). People, 17 Oct, 64 (16) 128-130, 132.
• Military pay charts - Basic US military pay chart January 1, 2006: http://www.militarypay.com/MilitaryPayChartsJanuary12006.html. Retrieved 2/27/07.

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