Advantages And Disadvantages Of Daniel Somers
Exordium: Daniel Somers was a father, a husband, a son and an Iraq War veteran, who was diagnosed with multiple mental disabilities from being scarred in the military in 2008. Daniel Somers took his life in June of 2014 and left a powerful suicide note behind. Some of this note read: “My body has become nothing but a cage, a source of pain and constant problems. The illness I have has caused me pain that not even the strongest medicines could dull, and there is no cure… All day, every day a screaming agony in every nerve ending in my body. It is nothing short of torture. My mind is a wasteland, filled with visions of incredible horror, unceasing depression, and crippling anxiety… Too trapped in a war to be at peace, too damaged to be at war.”
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Counseling sessions with the best therapists after every deployment will be required for the soldiers and their families.
b. All U.S. citizens between the ages of 18 and 27 will be required to serve in the military for two years with the choice to serve whenever they want, as long as it is two years between 18 and 27.
Advantages:
1. The soldiers will have decreased health issues.
a. If we reinstituted a mandatory military draft there would be less men and women that obtain PTSD during their first deployment. If someone does obtain PTSD during their first deployment, like Daniel Somers, they do not need to be deployed again shortly after. Soldiers need more time and therapy at home in between deployments. Instead of sending our troops off shortly after breaks we need more soldiers so every soldier can have an appropriate break.
2. There will be decreased broken family units.
a. More soldiers to serve leads to longer breaks in between deployments, more breaks in between deployments means that soldiers and their families will have more time together. Ultimately, it will give the family more time to spend together and repair the broken bondage.
3. We will have increased national
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Counseling sessions with the best therapists after every deployment will be required for the soldiers and their families.
b. All U.S. citizens between the ages of 18 and 27 will be required to serve in the military for two years with the choice to serve whenever they want, as long as it is two years between 18 and 27.
Advantages:
1. The soldiers will have decreased health issues.
a. If we reinstituted a mandatory military draft there would be less men and women that obtain PTSD during their first deployment. If someone does obtain PTSD during their first deployment, like Daniel Somers, they do not need to be deployed again shortly after. Soldiers need more time and therapy at home in between deployments. Instead of sending our troops off shortly after breaks we need more soldiers so every soldier can have an appropriate break.
2. There will be decreased broken family units.
a. More soldiers to serve leads to longer breaks in between deployments, more breaks in between deployments means that soldiers and their families will have more time together. Ultimately, it will give the family more time to spend together and repair the broken bondage.
3. We will have increased national