{"id":40247,"date":"2014-03-10T07:51:48","date_gmt":"2014-03-10T12:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=40247"},"modified":"2014-03-10T07:52:57","modified_gmt":"2014-03-10T12:52:57","slug":"study-on-returning-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=40247","title":{"rendered":"Study on Returning Veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kind of an interesting study that resonates with me:<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Me<\/a><\/p>\n

Soldiers returning home from war may find themselves engaged in a battle of \u201cwarring identities\u201d as they transition to civilian life….<\/p>\n

An analysis of the veterans\u2019 reported experiences shows that many had commonalities to their stories, in particular the sense that their combat experience was something that few could understand and that they felt \u201calien\u201d among family and friends.<\/p>\n

Many of the soldiers also spoke of combat as a time when they felt \u201csafe,\u201d even more so than when returning to the United States. The military is a highly regimented institution where soldiers develop identities that give them a sense of order, obedience, and collectivism, the authors write. When they return home, \u201cbehavior is suddenly voluntary and the lack of regimentation (and a larger sense of purpose) is a basis of distress.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many soldiers have difficulty creating an identity when they return to civilian life, Smith says.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re making sense of who you are again and that\u2019s a process that we all do in life on a regular basis, but in this case you return and it\u2019s distressing trying to make sense of yourself after this combat experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cWithin the total institution of the military, while there are threats and harms, it was also profoundly shaping who you were and your sense of self. That order and identity is no longer part of the everyday after exiting the service.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That last part might seem counter-intuitive, but for me it is totally accurate. The best sleep I’ve had since coming home from A-Stan was when I was back there as a reporter. And my stress level over there was significantly less than it is here at home. Here I worry about bills, meals, talking on the phone, all manner of mundane crap. Over there I just needed to worry about paying attention.<\/p>\n

(I used the picture above of me in Afghanistan, because the tall lanky bastard with me just graduated from WO school this past weekend, and is now a Blackhawk pilot. I honestly couldn’t be more proud of him. I remember him telling me he wanted to try to do that, and I remember wondering how his 6-3 ass was going to sit in that seat. Congrats CWO Gibson.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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