Purple Hearts for mental health?

It's a nasty issue, for sure.

But this admin's blanket reluctance/refusal to address post-service care issues re the hosts of fighting men mindfucked by Fredo's Grand Middle-Eastern Adventure
is shameful and pathetic.

 

It is a noteworthy change that the same condition that once got soldiers labeled as cowards might now earn them medals.

 

No.

If the government wants to do something meaningful and restorative, it can start by raising pensions.

 

To be fair, I ran into the same military reluctance to address or acknowledge mental health issues in 1997-98, and Bush was NOT in power at the time.

 

AMEN brother!

 

I, too, would have a problem. It's hard to define, but the 'Heart should be awarded for quantifiable wounds or death.
I'm not saying mental diagnosis aren't quantifiable -- certainly not, just not as easily set to parameters.

 

Have neither PTSD, nor a Purple Heart, so take my opinion for what it's worth. Probably not, considering the history of how the medal is currently awarded and the number that has been awarded in the past.

 

Since I value your opinion on this...how would you feel if you were awarded one for PTSD?

 

http://formerspook.blogspot.com/2008/02/not-what-wed-call-pension-reform.html

 

Uhm, sorry, but I'm going to disagree with that one. I certainly agree Guardsmen and reservists deserve reform in their pension plan, but not at the expense of active duty forces, nor through a change in eligibility rules for active duty forces.

 

To be fair, our nation's treatment of veterans (combat and service) has always been utterly disgraceful.

 

Alley, I'm not down with it either.

I should have added a remark with that link (doing several things at once here). I've heard reservists -- one an ex-gf -- complain that they're entitled to more than what they've actually earned. It muddles the issue at large.