{"id":37226,"date":"2013-08-24T17:27:02","date_gmt":"2013-08-24T21:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=37226"},"modified":"2013-08-24T17:27:02","modified_gmt":"2013-08-24T21:27:02","slug":"big-army-fails-sgt-trevino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=37226","title":{"rendered":"Big Army fails SGT Trevino"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Washington Times<\/a> tells the story of SGT Reynaldo Trevino who enlisted after high school because of the events of 9-11-01. If you read the article (and disregard the usual misuse of military terms by journalists) you’ll read about a stellar career of a young sergeant who did tours in Iraq and Afghanistan and as a result, suffered from anxiety leading to sleep problems, so he went to a doctor and was prescribed some sleep aids. <\/p>\n

Then Trevino decided that he wanted to go to ROTC on the “Green to Gold” program and become a JAG officer. He received accolades from his chain of command and was virtually assured of an appointment to the prestigious program. Until some anonymous officer, somewhere along the way, wrote that his application was denied;<\/p>\n

The reason stated for denial is: \u201cI have determined the SGT Trevino is medically disqualified for participation in the US Army Reserve Officers Training Corps Program\u201d and \u201cDue to the nature of his medical condition (psychiatric) it would not be in the best interest of the Army to allow him in this program.\u201d<\/p>\n

What Trevino requested was a waiver for the anxiety he felt from his deployment to combat zones but clearly, his anxiety was\/is mild with no signs of any stress disorder.<\/p>\n

Anyone who experiences combat, particularly in Afghanistan where conditions are of subsistence, will experience some anxiety.<\/p>\n

Trevino\u2019s psychiatrist, commanding officers and anyone else who is aware of his exemplary record profess anger, disappointment and frustration as does Trevino; in spades.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now, see, here’s my problem with this story; Everyone at Big Army has told their commands that they don’t need to worry about seeking treatment for their states of mind when they return from the war, they get angry when someone self-medicates or commits suicide without seeing a professional about their problems, yet they allow shit like this to happen. <\/p>\n

If Big Army was serious at all about eliminating the stigma of seeking psychiatric help, they should have corrected this immediately, before any of us hear about it. this goes along with the “The Army doesn’t Love Me Back<\/a>” post I wrote the other day. It’s one of those things that Army doesn’t do well – be honest. They’ll let a jihadist stay in uniform until he kills 14 or 15 people. They’ll let a gay soldier be a drama queen until he steals a boatload of classified information while acting out. But then they’ll turn around a screw a combat-experienced soldier out of his dreams.<\/p>\n

I’m not a betting man, but in this instance, I’d bet the officer who wrote that statement denying Trevino’s application has been flying a desk for the last twelve years and never heard a shot fired in anger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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