Bi-Weekly Current Event #4

Hey guys I am going to be talking to you about A Marine that has went missing, the cause of his runaway is thought to be PTSD that was developed not only when he lost his best friend in Iraq, but also exposure to violent video games (Call of Duty). The title of my article is "Missing Marine may have had PTSD Triggered By Playing Call of Duty." This article is from SlashGear, and this is the first time I have used this resource, and it seems to be a very good one. I try to use each one of the resources, so I can get a wide variety of articles, because each website  may have the same topics but one article may be worded differently so that I can understand it easier, and get more information out of it. Now back to the article to sum it up the marine comes back home from Iraq, where he was severely injured, and his friend was killed. He comes home and he starts to play these war games, Scott the writer of this article thinks he plays the games to feel like he is still over seas, and so he can see how the games relate to the real deal, Scott also compares him to Rambo the 80's classic War Veteran that has a major case of PTSD and goes on a rampage on the people in his town, so they think PTSD sinks in which alot of soldiers have that after being at war, because it takes a toll on the brain when you start killing other human beings, it's proven. Then he goes missing and is thought to be living off the land, his family has sent a search out for him. If I was this guy I would probably have tried to just be with my family and do things to keep my mind off the war zone. This event makes me feel maybe there shouldn't be war games, or maybe soldiers should be checked for signs of PTSD before coming back home and maybe the doctors can give them therapy to maybe try to relieve some of the painful memories to ease the mind. The guy that went missing isn't very old from the picture I seen of him, he honestly looks like a kid, and that makes me think you know he is young and his life isn't ever going to be normal or the same because of the sights and the views of death, he may not think about it every second of the day but I bet there isn't a day that goes by that he doesn't at least have a flashback of Iraq, and how is he supposed to explain to the family of his friend that was killed? I don't know about you but that would be hard for me. It makes me feel sad knowing he went in expecting a totally different ending than what he got, I guarantee he went in the Marines expecting to serve his country with his friends and coming out unscathed or with little injuries, but when he started to see death and bad scenery he probably thought what have I gotten myself into. Now don't take this blog as me disagreeing with being in the Military I have considered going into the Military myself , not only to serve my country but to show respect to the lost ones by finishing the duties they did not, and fighting for the freedom for me and my family and everyone else's freedom on this Earth, and that may be far fetched but you can't blame a guy for dreaming. I bet there has been a lot of people in this world that would take this the same as I did, I mean you know what your going into when you enter the Marines, you know you will have to fight when the day comes and your duty is needed, so my advice to all men and even women who want join the military you can't go in there expecting the best outcome you always have to consider all the outcomes there may be, but if you feel that is your calling because we all have one no one can hold you back, I have been taught we don't chase dreams, we run them down, so if you dream is going into the military I want you to know the risks that may come with it and that you can make it if you really want it.



Barr Chris, Scott. "Missing Marine may have had PTSD triggered by playing Call of Duty." slashgear. SlashGear 2013, 11 Feb. 2008. Web. 11 Nov. 2013. < http://www.slashgear.com/missing-marine-may-have-had-ptsd-triggered-by-playing-call-of-duty-1110181/ >.