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Cold-weather ‘fitness suit’ tested

We already have those crap PT uniforms. Why do we need windbreakers? We already have a sweatshirt and sweatpants. If the secretary of defense wants to cut down on wasteful spending, then this is it.

— alienware

Editorial: Drinking part of culture

All services struggle with this. The military can be a high-pressure environment, and sometimes one overindulges a bit to blow off steam. Force the younger ones to hide it and that compounds the problem.

— ringjamesa

Editorial: Recognize PTSD symptoms early

The fallacy about [post-traumatic stress disorder] comes into play when certain soldiers “fake the funk” and use their supposed diagnosis as a scapegoat for unnecessary confrontation or aberrant behavior. It becomes increasingly difficult to disprove the symptoms of PTSD as [genuine]. It sort of ruins it for the ones who have serious cases of it.

— acesfilter

Anti-porn groups decry exchange sale policy

A lot of officer types forget that not all people can just shut off their libido for a year to 15 months when they deploy or go remote, and still remain sane. The magazines serve as an outlet of sorts for people who would otherwise lose their mind and do something otherwise unthinkable. So either way, it’s going to be viewed, whether people like it or not.

— MACHINE666

They deprive people of alcohol, porn and sex and send them to the stresses of war, and wonder why war-zone sex assaults occur. And they try to keep you from smoking, too.

— Silver Fox

Someone should do a study to see if letting guys drink, smoke and have sex would decrease the effects of PTSD. I, for one, am a firm believer in the therapeutic effects of all three.

— Measure Man