Here's Nick Kristof's fascinating column about the brain of a former Marine who killed himself: "Veterans and brain disease"
That Marine was the first Iraq veteran found to have C.T.E., but experts
have since autopsied a dozen or more other veterans’ brains and have
repeatedly found C.T.E. The findings raise a critical question: Could
blasts from bombs or grenades have a catastrophic impact similar to
those of repeated concussions in sports, and could the rash of suicides
among young veterans be a result?
And lastly and even more unpleasantly, the Army Times' lead story about "Crazy Troop" describes hazing that went way over the line. "Raped by his fellow soldiers." (Caution: the story is graphic.)
Army Times typically does not name victims of sexual assault, but Wright decided to speak publicly to try to prevent future attacks and insisted that he be named in the story.
“None of us wants this to happen to other people,” Wright said. “If there’s something good that can come out of this, [it] is prevention of that. I used to play football. I know what hazing is, I know what stupid stuff is. This is too far.”