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Protect military's mental health: (JOPLIN GLOBE)

May 20, 2009

As to the military, we must consider the extraordinary demands of military service by an all-volunteer force. The solution in that case seems to us to be more rigorous screening at the entry and intermediate training level before combat assignments. Simply stated, boot camp and intermediate training must be pure hell to weed out those with mental-health weaknesses before sending them into high-stress combat. [click here to view] (http://www.joplinglobe.com/editorial/local_story_139221844.html?keyword=topstory)

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