Marine Corps Under Fire
Marine Sniper Claims PTSD Caused Unlawful Behavior
As if we don't have enough to worry about while fighting a war on two fronts, Iraq and Afghanistan, the Marines have another kind of trouble brewing in Iraq other than just figuring out who the enemy is. According to the November 2, 2006 issue of the USA Today there are "troubled troops in no-win plight." This is partly a story about Chris Packley a top marksman on a Marine sniper team that returned from Fallujah in 2004 who had had enough of killing and wanted out. He eventually got his wish although not in the manner he would have chosen. He was "expelled" from the Corps and now claims that PTSD was the cause of the unlawful behavior that got him into trouble.
An Interesting And Original Defense But Will The Marines Buy It?
