By David Botti — 2015
On Remembrance Day in the UK, and Veterans Day in the US, military veterans are thanked for their service and described as “heroes” but for many this word “hero” feels uncomfortable.
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We’ve been taught to refer to people with disabilities using person-first language, but that might be doing more harm than good.
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The iconic scene when George C. Scott slaps the soldier with PTSD in Patton and calls him a “yellow-bellied coward” mirrors the historic and continued ambivalence of the military toward the psychological wounds of war.
When Dave Roever was in the Navy during the Vietnam War, “resiliency” and “comprehensive soldier fitness” took a backseat to combat operations.