One key thing that our research into PTSD has found is that soldiers are far less likely to experience it when they understand what it is they’re doing and why they’re doing it. This means both at the large scale operational level, and the small scale tactical level.
“You’re holding this trench so that our sister company can safely withdraw” is a lot more motivating than “You’re holding this trench because orders are orders.”
And yeah, at the operational level, the people fighting a war want to believe that it has a purpose. That they’re doing good. That their suffering will make other people’s lives better.
Hard to believe that when you’re mostly just murdering innocent civilians.
One key thing that our research into PTSD has found is that soldiers are far less likely to experience it when they understand what it is they’re doing and why they’re doing it. This means both at the large scale operational level, and the small scale tactical level.
“You’re holding this trench so that our sister company can safely withdraw” is a lot more motivating than “You’re holding this trench because orders are orders.”
And yeah, at the operational level, the people fighting a war want to believe that it has a purpose. That they’re doing good. That their suffering will make other people’s lives better.
Hard to believe that when you’re mostly just murdering innocent civilians.