Wounded

phoebe1966

I saw this programme / documentary the other night called Wounded which was about 2 very young soldiers coming back from Afghanistan having both been hit by homemade bomb. One of them had both his legs and arm blown off and the other had both legs blown off and injury to his eyes and face. It was heartbreaking. Whilst we all read about the horrors of war, to see a documentary with first hand evidence of it was extremely harrowing. I cried all the way through. I also made my 14 year old son watch it with me. It was very gory, you saw the injuries close up and also operations in hospital. I wanted my son to watch it because he wants to be a soldier, he thinks its glamorous and like Call of Duty Xbox games. There is no way I am letting either of my sons join the Army

MsHollywood

I live a few miles from the largest Marine Base in the world. I see guys everyday with prosthetic limbs and giant scars on their heads and most of them are under 21. There is a Marine at my gym who has had his leg blown off by an IED and his prosthetic leg is really amazing! It is totally bionic, with a computer chip and everything. If he has pants on, you don;t even know he is missing a leg! Pretty cool.
My "adopted" son is over in Afghanistan right now with Army Special Forces. He has a 4 month tour and I am worried sick. Too many guys are getting killed over there right now. (not to mention maimed for life) My son is 16 and he has talked about enlisting, which scares the crap out of me but I will support him. I was in Desert Storm with the Army 20 yrs ago and the experience sucked but made me a better person. I can;t watch those documentaries though, I get too emo.

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phoebe1966

I can imagine. It was really really harrowing, but I think it should be viewed by us all to truly understand. What is amazing is the comradeship between all soldiers, they share that bond which no-one can break, I expect this is why they find integrating back into civilian life very tough.

Raven

What I find heartbreaking is seeing how the soldiers are treated when they return. Some end up homeless because it is hard to find a job and/or a place to live.

gatitosmommy

is it Camp Pendleton?