MoD follows American lead, again.

For the first time, the MoD gives indication that wounds other than blood injuries are worth investigation.
Where have they been for the past century as even the dizziest of blonds can see mental trauma in people, especially those having once been involved in violence.
Why cannot they see a correlation between the high number of former servicemen who are homeless, alcoholic or mentally ill - including PTSD?
Do they only care because the Americans care for their Vets?
Training was once so intense so that they could be reasonably sure that a soldier completing training had sufficient fibre to do what they had to do, to face the gore and unpleasantness of soldiering.
Instead, we have an ipod minded Parliament which is more interested in Political Correctness irrespective of the realities of life. Do politicians never listen to the Old Chiefs who scream that discipline has gone down with the fleet and that PC is no good at SEA?
Mild traumatic brain injury! That’s what the electorate seem to exhibit at election times.
What about the lads and lasses who served in previous conflicts?

clipped from www.telegraph.co.uk MoD surveys brain injuries in returning troops The Ministry of Defence has launched a major investigation into whether troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan have brain injuries amid fears that as many as 20,000 could be suffering damage after being exposed to high velocity explosions. The move comes after fears in the US army that as many as 20 per cent of soldiers could be suffering from the condition, which US experts have called a "signature injury" of the Iraq conflict. In July, the US army launched a programme to combat TBI and post-traumatic stress disorder in soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Nevertheless, the MoD intends to fully roll out its self-assessment programme - which is currently being trialed in Iraq and Afghanistan - in the new year.