Moral Injury - A different kind of wound from war

Dr. Rita Nakashima Brock explains what moral injury is and how it can effect the lives of those who have been afflicted by it. Also, a deputy commanding general and a chaplain, both from the 10th Mountain Division, discuss why it's important we recognize its effects and how this affects Soldier readiness.

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Climb to Glory!

[elevenbdawson]

Very surprising that this doesn't have more views. I'm a veteran from 2006-07 Baghdad and this is very much how I've felt this years. Props to 10th Mountain PAO for putting this out.

[janmcsween]

I was an infantry officer in the Canadian Army. I know how this feels. My last tour was in Mali in 2019. Mali was brutally violent. I have not been well since then. I don’t have PTSD but something is wrong. I’m glad I saw this. Thank you.

[lukeskywalker]

I am an 80 year old "Nam Vet. Moralinjury NEVER goes away. We just have to learn to carry it in a different manar.

[stephenlawson]

She is SO Right! And most Clinicians will Not deal with it! Huge problem.
Vet Therapist and Veteran who has lived through it.

[thestoicvoluntaryist]

Thank you for this. As much as the government says that "it" is ok, because it is "war" we all know down deep that following orders sometimes ain't right man. Voluntaryism has helped me heal. I have learned that "Winning our Nation's Wars" should not come before doing what is really right at every moment.

[dalezimmerman]

Hell no it isn't fear based, they were afraid of me. The problem is that after fifty years the deaths I caused have come back to haunt me. No one really seems to understand.

[Dave]

At the end of this video, they haven't defined it and found no solution for it. MI is religious and or spiritual in nature which is what differentiates it from PTSD. Most ministers, priests and rabbis have no clue and certainly the VA is the worst of all. As one who has worked with a number of Vets with MI, the process to resolve it takes less than two hours, atheists are welcome too. Naturally, there is more work to be done but the hard part is over and the Vet has never had to relive or even retell their story.