How To Dehumanize Soldiers

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Richard T L Composition II 17 Oct 09 Melissa Tayles Journal 4 The assignment is to write a 10 to 15 page research paper. What I am looking at is that the current desperation of recruiters to enlist anyone they can, they effects of training, the way the new unit treats new soldiers and the effects of combat all play into dehumanizing a soldier so when they return with little or no recognition or treatment of any problems they most likely resort to alcohol and drug abuse resulting in criminal behavior. My intended audience that I am intending this paper before are politicians, military commanders, and unit commanders. The issue I am writing about has directly to do with the combat soldiers up to the higher ranking commanders. It also…show more content…
The need is so great for recruiters to get that one person to sign they have begun to lie and intimidate people in joining taking away the meaning of a all volunteer army. Now people that have been lied to are forced to go through rigorist training and are succumbed to belittlement when they complain that they were lied to. Also new soldiers who at first don’t seem to enthused to be in the military are at first glanced taking as worthless and such as they are perceived they are treated as such by soldiers who have been in for a while. With disregard for any personal feelings they are forced to train for combat. For those who are lied to so they join and those who join freely knowing what they are getting into their training in basic and the treatment they first receive at their new unit is crucial to their perception of military life and way of thinking. Many new soldiers do not have thick skin in the beginning, who can’t handle criticism from their peers become callus and resort to alcohol or even drugs to take the edge off. Now they go to war and spend up to a year in combat where their feelings of callus and their own disregard for other people and their wellbeing are intensified by their actions that they must do to survive. Now theses soldiers who return home and thrown back into public life with just 7 half days of reintegration and classes and one day to go over any medical and mental issues. Many soldiers lie about their mental wellbeing just so they can get done early and hit the bar. Some commands are starting to realize that there is an issue with mental health related problems with returning soldiers. Many soldiers are not aware of any potential combat related mental issues until they are already having problems with it. There must be new
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