American Military Culture

One of the main elements of American's military culture that might contribute to the problem of violence and suicide among troops is the roots of being integrated into the military. This would be called "basic training." A major part of basic training is being uniformed. Raskoff states, “When you arrive, your clothing and personal items are locked away,” meaning that until you get out of this six-week period of training. Along with this, men are forced to shave and women have extremely strict guidelines on how they can wear their hair. These are just a few of the things that start your military career to make you be just like everyone else. If the military would change its culture in a way that would “allow the full range of expression for