Re: An Army story
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Holy [censored].
So in the tradition of the thousands of Suicide Prevention classes you had to attend, were there any types of warning signs? (like did he at least offer you his CD or porn collection)
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Nope nothing like that, but things like withdrawn and general depression fit the bill but [censored] as you probably know this could desribe everybody in the Army at one time or another.
About that classes thats what I meant by things were weird afterwards. Some I guess Mental Health officer and soldiers got sent in and they did some classes, and then we had company wide discussions led by the CO and then broke for platoon classes led by the LT, Platoon Sergeant and then of course we broke down by squad and did the same.
The thing was though that almost universally everyone A) thought they were boring and BS including the instructors starting at the platoon level and B) people were mostly just happy to have a break from the normal motor pool or other BS we did on a dailey basis.
It's not that the guys were selfish or heartless its just people look out for their friends and you keep a really tight group.It's hard to explain but its very different than other parts of the world.
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