Court-Martial Trial Practice Blog| MiamiHerald.com |
An American soldier accused of killing five fellow troops at a counseling center in Iraq had been unraveling for nearly two weeks but the U.S. military lacked clear procedures to monitor him or deal with the deadly shooting spree once it began to unfold, a military report found.
The shooting deaths drew attention to the issues of combat stress and morale as troops have to increasingly serve multiple combat tours because the nation’s volunteer army is stretched thin by two long-running wars. |
| Key lapses in assistance, care, and observation of troubled soldiers. |
Failures in care of combat stressed Soldiers leading to blue on blue incidents?
