The main point of this short interview is how U.S. Army Generals are open into talking about their problems with PTSD. Their main focus is helping other soldiers speak too, about their problems dealing with PTSD.
This short clip teaches how PTSD can effect anyone, even Army Generals. Brigadier General Gary S. Patton explains how one soldier was shot in the torso. While Patton was treating the soldier, he died in his hands, causing him to re-live that in his memory forever. As for Ham, a suicide bomber blew up in a mess tent, killing twenty-two soldiers, sailors and civilians. The reason being for why they talk about their problem is because they're hoping other fellow soldiers will come out behind the shadows and talk about their PSD problems.
"Army Generals Speak out about Their PTSD." YouTube. YouTube, 09 Mar. 2009. Web. 03 Apr. 2012. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VsVA5p7heQ>.
http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=148536626&m=148536611
This blog is about a U.S. Soldier killing sixteen villagers due to PTSD. He was sent to Lewis McChord Base for further treatment, but could not help him. The Army Sergeant walked at least one mile from his base, door after door searching and killing at least sixteen villagers, nine of them children.
The radio cast about this problem doesn't really have any sort of being bias. It is simply summarising and explaining what could be the cause of why the Staff Sergeant went on this killing spree, seeing if it was intentional or not.
"Lewis McChord Base Has History of Troubles." Interview by Melissa Block. Audio blog post. NPR. 13 Mar. 2012. Web.
http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/restrepo/
Restrepo, the documentary about one platoon heading into the Korengal Valley. This film deals with PTSD because the documentary itself is named after a fallen medic, Private First Class Juan "Doc" Restrepo. The soldiers deal with hard labour, fallen comrades, and gunfights daily. The pain these soldiers go through is unbelievable knowing now that they will have to live with this memory their whole life.
The following film does show some sort of evidence of being bias. One scene from the documentary shows that the soldiers killed a cow because it was trapped in barbed wire, making no choice but to end its life instead of suffering pain. Because we are Americans, my opinion towards this is that we really don't care about the villagers in Afghanistan, we only care about our soldiers fighting over sea's, letting them do what they want to do thinking its right but also wrong.
The documentary, Restrepo, will help forward my research in PTSD because of the fact that they literally went through hell. Two friendlies killed in action, knowing in the back of their head that they could have saved them. This will have some sort of chain reaction into setting off PTSD.
Restrepo. Dir. Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger. Perf. The Men of Battle Company 2nd of the 503rd Infantry Regiment 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team. Outpost Films, 2010. DVD.
