Soldier held in killings 'snapped,' dad says
He feels counselors at stress clinic where 5 died had pushed too hard
SHERMAN, Texas - The father of the soldier charged with killing five fellow troops in Iraq said Tuesday that he believes his son snapped after counselors in a military stress center "broke" him.
Wilburn Russell spoke with reporters in front of the northern Texas home owned by his son, Army Sgt. John M. Russell.
The elder Russell said his son was six weeks away from completing his third tour in Iraq before Monday's shootings at Camp Liberty near Baghdad.
His son was treated poorly at the military stress center and had said over e-mail that two recent days were the worst in his life, Wilburn Russell said.
He felt like "his life was over" and that he had "lived for the military," the elder Russell added.
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I think we ask so much more of troops today and yet its like if we dont talk about it its not real.
ReplyDeleteI pray for the families and comrades of those killed and Sgt Russell.
It strikes me that there are some serious transparent members of the system here, those working in helping us with PTSD.
Not just dealing with the vets and family but their own secondary PTSD and more. He can we honor and memorialize them.
I AM A vn VET, waited 37y to go for help at VA.
Lew Poorman
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Hi Lew,
ReplyDeleteThis leaves so many questions that need to be answered it makes my head spin. What is it going to take to get the military and the VA to get this right once and for all?