Outside The Wire
In honor of my War Generations class (also taught by the inimitable Dr. Terry Clark), and also my own tangential experience with military culture (growing up next to Tinker Air Force Base and now close enough to Ft. Sill to make military friends), I'm following the "Outside the Wire" blog published by Army Times.
This post centers on Charles D. Whittington, Jr., a combat veteran suspended from his community college after writing a Hurt Locker-esque essay on the addictive nature of killing. "Killing is a drug to me," his essay boldly states.
And honestly, if someone read that essay aloud in my English class, I'd probably feel a little uncomfortable, too. But even more disturbing comes the realization that Whittington clearly attributes this addiction to his time spent in war and says he kept silent for three years about his problems. How many other veterans struggle with urges and emotions like these, remaining quiet out of fear of repercussions like those Whittington faces?
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