This is part of the major problem this country has right now. There is no reason that guy or anyone should do 4 tours. 1 or 2 at the max. Beyond that they should only deploy you to areas where you don't do combat and are used for supply support etc. The human brain can't take that kind of stress for that long without snapping.
Since we don't have a draft, but insist on getting into conflicts that last for 10 years we end up with a tiny group of people doing the fighting for years and years and it breaks them down.
This guy might have had other issues as well, but they need to put in place a rule that you only get 2 tours in combat and you are done. If we run out of soldiers to send we either need to end the conflict or start the draft.
Starting the draft will put a huge amount of pressure on our leaders to end the war.
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