Canadian military abandoning soldiers at home

I know we've had threads about this subject before...

It's heartbreaking to think of how many soldiers and their families that we have not read about that have gone through this. It's hard to find the words to express the outrage that proper support is seemingly not extended to those returning after service to their country.

Why do we continue to fail so much in this area?

I can say I've never seen so much burnout in my 26 plus years. It's really quite bad.

I don't know, but I wish it would stop.
Soldiers who need help shouldn't be turned away, or be afraid of asking.


Maybe the military doesn't want people to know we don't have a bunch of
perfect little soldiers.


I sure money plays a part.


What really bothers me is the number of stories that are coming out.
It seems almost everyone is coming back with some form of PTSD.

Perhaps it's the types of wars we are fighting these days; before, the enemy
was clearly marked, you killed him, and moved on. These days, the politics
of it is so much more messed up.


In this case, it seems a deliberate attempt has been made to cover things up.

People dodging responsibility seems to happen everywhere these days.

The largest problem is the reserves, in the reg force there is a set system in place where you can at any time go and seek help. Also you're superiors are obligated to get help for you if they feel that you have a problem. My understanding is that when you are in the reserves, as soon as your contract is up you're pretty much on your own and unless your unit keeps tabs on you, even contacting you for follow up treatment can be near impossible.

I think it takes a while to see things the way they are. Those who serve in the military are basically disposable resources.

The Country pretends they care when required but really, they don't want to deal with our guys coming home with limbs missing or them becoming depressed alcoholics.

They would rather replace those battle-damaged guys with a fresh batch of 18 year-olds and move along nicely.

Wilf Owen said it well nearly 100 years ago;

"My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie; Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori."

I don't get why it's so common to make things difficult for returning veterans. It seems they often get the same attitude directed towards them as EI fraudsters, even though they have served, and deserve a lot better.