At town meeting, Obama says soldiers need to be able to “decompress” more before redeployment
By APWednesday, June 30, 2010
Obama favors more rest time between combat tours
RACINE, Wis. — President Barack Obama says hard-pressed American troops need more time in between combat tours to “decompress.”
At a town meeting Wednesday in Wisconsin, he said recent efforts to boost the size of the Marine Corps are paying off in longer deployment intervals. But he said it’ll take “about a year” to boost the Army to give troops appropriate rest.
He also said his administration’s determined to get troops the medical care they need, especially for post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. He told a questioner there should be no “stigma” over PTSD, and if troops need treatment, they should seek it out.
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