Thread: Tooth-to-Tail (T3R)
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Old 01-26-2011, 10:44   #5
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Originally Posted by JJ_BPK View Post
The REMF's far out numbered those in combat,, and also had a much higher UCMJ rate.

I personally believe the problems stemmed from the 24/7 office schedule and way to much free time at the EM club...
Not to stray to far off course here, but I recently read something (I think in connection with Seb Junger/Restrepo/War) about the incidents of PTSD/Suicide being much higher among support troops vs. combat troops in OEF/OIF.

Thanks for the input, JJ.
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