The document discusses several topics related to PTSD among military members including the need for education about foreign cultures and different combat situations, clarification of rules of engagement, the glorification of killing, and the impact of poor leadership. It also notes statistics on the prevalence of PTSD among American adults and how many try to deny having the disorder even after serving as Marines. The document advocates providing explanations instead of diagnoses and notes that withholding emotions only helps during combat.

1. By Clayton Ramer

2.  Education of foreign cultures
 Training for different types of combat and
terrain
 Clarification of Rules of Engagement (Wright
103, 166)
Hong, Jae C.
PredictingPTSD.
Twentynine Palms,
CA. Sept. 29, 2009.
AP Images. Web.

3.  Glorification of killing
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6hp8H
MstkE
 Poor leadership – ―Encino Man‖ (Wright 156-7,
100)

4.  ―an estimated 5.2 million American adults ages
18 to 54 have PTSD‖ (Schroder and Dawe xv)
 Many try to deny—―I’d been a sergeant of
Marines‖ (Van Winkle 39)
 Provide explanations instead of diagnoses
 Withholding emotions only helps during
combat

5.  ―The troops support
the troops‖ (Van
Winkle 176)
 Drew. May 10, 2008
Sharingmachine.com. Web.

6. Victims’ lives are
engrossed in the
disorder, or the event
that caused it
Hong, Jae C.
PredictingPTSD (2).
Twentynine Palms,
CA. Sept. 29, 2009.
AP Images. Web.

7. Soldiers Undertaking Disabled SCUBA Program
Marino, Joe, and Bill Cantrell. Nov. 8, 2008. Pompano Beach, Florida.
Image Collection. Web.

8. Linsley, Brennan. MWD with Handler. Combat Outpost Geronimo,
Afghanistan. Sept. 18, 2009. AP Images. Web.