This gulf war syndrome thing is truly unfortunate, and I've met some of the vets who have this. These are my guys, and I feel terrible about it.
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But Gulf War Syndrome is not one cause, not one illness. It is many causes, many illnesses.
I have friends who have had PTSD, and you can get it from other things than war.
It's a war zone, my body, and one which has been through a great deal.
Vets are close to my heart, okay, and it's not only because I served, okay. It's because of what they go through, okay. A lot of these people have gave their lives, a lot of them have gave their limbs, okay, you know, that's a, that's a, that's a heap, you know.
It's very strange getting out of the military, when you've lived in Iraq, and people you know are going overseas again and again. Some of them are getting injured.
At Lackland Air Force Base, they make an effort to retrain military dogs that suffer from PTSD. It's a lengthy, long process. The treatment is much the same as it would be for people, but it's a difficult road back.
I am also deeply concerned with the widespread, often undiagnosed, incidents of PTSD and the alarming suicide rates amongst our returning soldiers.
Marines dying or being seriously wounded is commonplace in combat.
There's never been anything like the so-called Vietnam Syndrome: it's mostly a fabrication.
I don't think there is one cause of Gulf War illness.