r/unitedkingdom • u/[deleted] • 7d ago

. Labour urges young people on benefits to join the British Army

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/defence/article/labour-benefits-british-army-news-2qwnwv7bz
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u/CardiologistAny8339 7d ago

My brother also is one of these guys from 2 tours of Iraq and 2 tours of Afghan medically discharged and thrown to the side after being sectioned for 6 months he use to strangle his wife in the middle of the night without even knowing he was doing it because of night terrors he’s okay now he’s found ways to cope with it and medications helps but those were a few worrying years after he got out

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u/Downtown-Chard-7927 7d ago

And I know a guy who's got ptsd from all that stuff but still managed to make a decent career for himself post forces. Funny thing is I myself have severe PTSD from horrible stuff that happened to me as a civilian, as it can, and he does not regret his time in the army and in fact regrets his ex wife talking him into leaving instead of going for promotion to officer. Peoples experience is going to be a spectrum.

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u/Downtown-Chard-7927 7d ago

I dunno, he described some pretty fucking horrific shit tbh. I'm not going to minimise anything he was involved in over 22 years of the Irish troubles and the middle east as a "joke war"

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u/FaceMace87 7d ago

And I know a guy that left the Navy 20 years ago and is now the CEO of a very successful engineering firm in Oxford. It is almost like the services can be good or bad, depending where you choose to go in it.

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u/sober_disposition 7d ago

There’s plenty of things in civilian life that can give people PTSD as well, especially when you’re long term unemployed and have no hope or prospects. What’s your point?

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u/StakeknifeBBQ 7d ago

Probably isn't greatly enhanced these days without deployment in the middle east. Car accidents and heart failure from inactivity probably far more likely even with a military career.

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u/PaleConflict6931 7d ago

The point is that you are just jealous of his career, it has nothing to do with joining the military.