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Lt Col Charlie Brown
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You think we would have learned better from the Germans. Many of them were fueled by drugs
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Harriet Nix
Harriet Nix
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Do you have any idea what kind ? I know the VC were using opioids.
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LTC Jason Mackay
LTC Jason Mackay
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Harriet Nix - the Wehrmacht issued Pervitin tablets for when they were on the offensive, which are basically meth. Then they cut it off. German soldiers were writing home begging for more. History Channel had a bit on it in between Pawn Stars marathons.
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Harriet Nix
Harriet Nix
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Several others have said similar.... akin to methamphetamine but in pill form.
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PO3 Jed Dunkin
PO3 Jed Dunkin
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I remember when we had night ops we would take the white pills and we just called it speed then share a joint to take the edge off so you wouldn’t be so hyper and you would just be cruising. Later we would use black beauties when we could get them. By the time I got to Guam I was sitting in front of a psychiatrist. And for a long time my life just went downhill from there until I got with a psychiatrist who was older and very knowledgeable and explained that I had a severe case of PTSD and got me on medication for it. There’s my confession and now that I have anxiety front telling you I am going to take a pill.
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SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth
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Thank you for the interesting share sir.
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Harriet Nix
Harriet Nix
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You're welcome. I was just a teenager at the time and didn't really understand what had happened to the young men. They were so different when they came home.
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SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth
SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth
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Harriet Nix I was 15 when they called an end to our troops being over there.
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SSG Warren Swan
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What's changed from then to now? I've heard rumors of units getting drugs that emulate speed to go on longer, harder, and faster, in the Stan. If the intent is to keep this a "secret" they've failed miserably.
When you put a small detachment in the middle of nowhere and expect them to do super human things to accomplish the super human mission, you cannot expect them not to go to super human extremes to get it done. If there was a no-names given poll taken of the violations of Gen Order No1, folks would be shocked to see the extremes Soldiers who are still on the lines will take to ensure they are not the weak link in the chain that lets their battles and units down. Alcohol would be the least of their worries, and would be the one thing they'd pray that's listed in it by all.
In the Stan, if you can dream it, you can get it. You got money, you'll have it. It all comes down to where you are, what you're doing, and how badly affected by the job you are. Then those Soldiers have to come home, clean up and privately detox, reset, and get ready to do it all again.
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Harriet Nix
Harriet Nix
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Thank you SSG Warren Swan. You seen to understand the enigma quite well. Your comments are appreciated, and if you do not mind, will be shared quite anonymously with those who have lived these realities.
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SSG Warren Swan
SSG Warren Swan
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Harriet Nix Thanks, but I’m not that smart. I’m just not that blind either.
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Harriet Nix
Harriet Nix
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Your input is welcomed, regardless.
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Jenn Moynihan
Jenn Moynihan
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SSG Warren Swan - you are correct. As a substance abuse counselor here in Massachusetts, recently left a three-year stint at a men’s detox unit, the young veterans that I came across either had the drug abuse problems before they went in (with some recruiters, not all, turning a blind eye or as one young vet told me he said “my recruiter said he’ll just send me to detox“. Another young man said “I detox on the plane over to Afghanistan“

Some became addicted while they were over there in Afghanistan.

I have read, and written, a number of evidence-based reports on this exact subject.

Harriet Nix - thank you for this!
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