Preventing Trauma

According to combat trauma expert, Jonathan Shay, M.D., Ph.D., a psychiatrist whose only patients are Vietnam veterans and those suffering from PTSD, "three keys to preventing psychological and moral injury in military service are in the hands of military line leaders and trainers and their seniors, who set policy and create climate. These are:

	Positive qualities of community (cohesion) of the service member’s face-to-face unit, of which stability is the most important;
	Competent, ethical, and properly supported leadership ("Auftragstaktik")
	Prolonged, realistic, progressive, state-dependent training that works for what troops and their leaders really have to do and face." You can read the rest of the article here, on the Web.