Pat Dollard

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Not f’in likely.

My guess is muslim or a lib that signed up for the college money….prob been on drugs for depression for years…then his boyfriend called and told him he was taking it up the poopchut from another faggot in the airforce….yeah that’s it….problem solved kick all the fags out of my country’s military!! Oh yeah and don’t forget to stand this buttrustler in front of a firing squad….nite nite promqueen!!! :gun: :gun: :gun: :gun: :gun: :gun: :gun:

“There is no such thing as PTSD”???????

In the Civil War it was called “A Soldiers Heart”
In WWI it was called “Shell Shock”
In WWII it was called “Battle Fatigue”

I HATE the label PTS- disorder. It is REAL and
the NATURAL response ANY NORMAL human has when put under life threatening stress for long periods of time.

If left untreated the ripple effect is devastating.
I have met way too many noble soldiers returning that deserve better treatment.

FYI,

Here is an article that posted moments ago here out of the local paper in Jacksonville (Camp Lejeune).

By AMANDA HICKEY and LINDELL KAY
May 12, 2009 – 6:13PM
 UPDATED AT 7:02 P.M.
 A Navy commander stationed at Camp Lejeune was one of five people allegedly killed by an Army sergeant in Baghdad on Monday.
Cmdr. Charles Keith Springle, 52, of Wilmington, a licensed clinical social worker assigned to the 55th Medical Company, worked at the Community Counseling Center aboard Camp Lejeune.
He died Monday at Camp Liberty, Iraq, during a shooting incident, according to a U.S. Navy Web site.
Army Sgt. John Russell, 44, a communications specialist from Sherman, Texas, has been charged with five counts of premeditated murder and one count of aggravated assault in connection with the killings of Cmdr. Springle and four other service members at the Liberty Combat Stress Cetner on Camp Liberty, Baghdad, at approximately 2 p.m. Monday, said Lt. Kathy Ferrero, Multi -National Corps-Iraq spokesperson.
Russell who first joined the Army in 1988, is assigned to the 370th Engineer Company, 54th Engineering Battalion in Bamberg, Germany.
It’s unclear if Russell targeted his victims. Officials said the slain service members included an Army doctor and a Navy doctor who worked at the clinic and three enlisted soldiers.
Russell remains in custody in Iraq.
The Army Times reports that according to an Army official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, preliminary reports show Russell was unarmed when he was escorted to the combat stress clinic at Camp Liberty, a sprawling U.S. base near Baghdad’s international airport. Once inside, he got into a verbal altercation with the staff and was asked to leave. Russell and his escort got back into their vehicle and began to drive away, according to the Army official.
At some point during the drive, Russell got control of his escort’s weapon and ordered the escort out of the vehicle, the Army official said. The soldier then drove back to the clinic, walked in and began shooting, the official said.
During a press briefing Monday afternoon at the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Robert Gates expressed his “horror and deep regret” over the shooting, adding that officials are still in the process of gathering information on exactly what happened.
“Such a tragic loss of life at the hands of our own forces is a cause of great and urgent concern,” he said.
Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he did not know whether or not Russell had been deployed multiple times, according to the Army Times. However, he said, the tragedy occurred while service members were seeking help at the clinic.
“It does speak to me for the need for us to redouble our efforts in terms of dealing with the stress (of combat),” Mullen said. “It also speaks to the issues of multiple deployments (and) increasing dwell time.”
Contact military reporter Amanda Hickey at 910-219-8461 or ahickey@freedomenc.com. Contact crime reporter Lindell Kay at 910-219-8456 or lkay@freedomenc.com.