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20 years of 'forever' wars have left a toll on US veterans returning to the question: 'Did you kill?' (theconversation.com)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 years ago (1 children)

Other soldiers and vets essentially look down on you in some ways if you didn’t kill. Thankfully I never was in combat so I didn’t have to be put in that situation, even though I had a combat job. It’s so fucked.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago

This problem was exacerbated greatly with 'awards' like the Combat Action Badge, if you didn't have a CAB then you may as well been a fobbit.

Towards the end of the deployment, NCO's in my unit would more frequently exit the armored vehicles and draw their weapons on whatever