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December 27, 2006

The question of combat fatigue

Greg Richards
Strategy Page has an analysis  of the factor of combat fatigue in the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.  An excerpt:
The bottom line is that the stress of combat has a cumulative psychological effect on soldiers. Today, after about 300 days of action, it's time to put that soldier into a non-combat job.
This is going to be an important factor in war strategy going forward.  Read the whole thing.

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