San Diego Medical Center

I was looking for an article about any different stress therapy strategies when I came across this article about helping navy soldiers to identify, cope with, or recover from post- traumatic stress disorder, or to keep from getting stressed all together. Going to war, killing people, seeing innocent citizens killed or tortured such as in the war in Iraq has got to put a lot of stress on a soldier. Not only would they have to learn the tactics to win the war, but they also should learn how to cope with seeing those kinds of events take place and maybe dealing with the loss of a good friend who has been with you since day one. Those are the kinds of things that have been happening to every soldier that has fought for this country; seeing things that they will never forget and will need help dealing with. This is what this article is about; telling about a center that was established in San Diego at the Medical Naval Center that is supposed to do all of those things.
I think that this is a very good idea! Seeing the soldiers who come home and hearing about all of the nightmares and long nights they have because they have those recollection of memories that they have witnessed or done and feel kind of guilty for. That is definitely something that I would not be able to live with, even if it is in the name of my country. Some of the people I would not feel bad for, such as the ones who have joined to fight us back. It would be the innocent citizens who can't help the things that their country does. I have a friend who is in Iraq right now (who is coming home the 16th of May!!) and he told me that he feels bad sometimes because he controls the gun on top of tanks and said that they were told that even if a citizen runs out in front of the tank, you have to keep rolling even if it means running them over because the Iraqi soldiers use that as a way to get us to stop so they can ambush the tank. Things like that just beat all that I have ever seen. I would love to be able to fight the world and teach others such as the people in Iraq how you should treat people and how things should go, how you should live, manners, show them our customs, and things like that for them to have better lives. But sometimes it just isn't worth it. Sometimes there is just nothing we can do. The stress control program for our soldiers IS something that we can do though to help the soldiers attempt some of those things. That is a start.

Citation
Cragg, Lt. Jennifer. "Stress Management Important Throughout Military Careers."
United States Department of Defense (2008): n. pag. Web. 15 Apr 2010.