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I've been mulling this over and will make a comment: feel free to agree/disagree( like I need to say that).
This may impact PTSD/sexual activity/basic mental health I believe.
Back in the day, Shield/Storm and prior we communicated with family and home thru letters...letters that took days and weeks to arrive.
At the time we thought that a pain in the ass, the waiting, the long interlude...now I wonder.
That 'distance' allowed me to focus on what needed doing in the zone. It allowed me to be 'in the zone' mentally and physically.
In RVN I was totally immersed in the environment and that was good, the 'world' was a world away...no intrusions, no cell phone calls, no distractions. I was on another combat planet.
When I was in Astan, as a contractor but training Afghan combat troops, the daily cell calls, Skype, constant touch from 'home' was comforting....but I believe there is a price, a serious price, a dangerous price.
It is akin to what we did to Vietnam grunts/combat troops by sending them home alone after a quick out processing.... in a micro manner.
They lost their equilibrium, there location...a foot in two totally separate worlds.
I am very glad that as a young infantry sergeant in RVN that I could not call my girlfriend or my Mom/Dad. That would have distracted me, taken some of my earned edge from me.
I do not think this information flow is healthy for those in 'the zone'....I think it leads to the bi polar actions of some of our soldiers.