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SSG Eddie Black Oregon Army National Guard
Veteran Training
www. Warrior-Resiliency. com
Police are Awesome
Women in
Combat
Typical Lecture
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Take Home Message• Get home safe
• Aggression is met with aggression
• Emotions override rational thinking
• Our behavior aligns with our deepest beliefs
• We are on the side of right and will not give up
• We are on the side of wrong and there is no turning back
• To feel ‘safe’ we try to achieve control of our situation
IN 2012, OREGON HAD 328,138 VETERANS, 2,682 OF WHOM WERE LIVING IN PRISON. !
THIS GAVE OREGON THE HIGHEST KNOWN VETERAN-IMPRISONMENT RATIO IN THE NATION , OF 817-TO-100,000.
2006 Prison
2012 Prison
0 3500 7000 10500 14000
Population
0 1000000 2000000 3000000 4000000
VET
VET
VET
Oregon Veterans in Prison
Do you ever get angry?Yes. Stupid people doing stupid things.
Whatever we learn to do, we learn by actually doing it; men come to be builders, for instance,
by building, and harp players by playing the harp. In the same way, by doing just acts we
come to be just; by doing self-controlled acts, we come to be self-controlled; by doing brave
acts, we become brave. !
Aristotle
Cowardly
Rash
CourageAristotle
Soldiers who kill in combat less likely to abuse alcohol, study finds
0%
22.5%
45%
67.5%
90%
3 Months Pre 3 Months Post
Alcohol Use Alcohol Misuse
What is wrong
with this
picture?
Reported Symptoms Reported No Symptoms
Hoge CW, Castro CA, Messer SC, et al. Combat duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, mental health problems, and barriers to care. N Engl J Med. 2004;351:13- 22.
Reported Psychological Symptoms After Deployment
PTSD
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
PTSD among Veterans
0%
25%
PTSD among Veterans
0%
25%
PTSD among Veterans
BATTLEFIELD and
Military Culture
Emotional numbing!
Reduced awareness of surroundings!
Derealization!
Depersonalization!
Reduced ability to recall details of event
Dissociative SymptomsGood Soldier QualitiesEmotional numbing Reduced awareness of surroundings Derealization Depersonalization Reduced ability to recall details of event
Trouble falling or staying asleep Increased irritability and anger outbursts Difficulty concentrating Hyper-vigilance Exaggerated startle response
Increased ArousalGood Soldier QualitiesTrouble falling or staying asleep!
Increased irritability and anger outbursts!
Difficulty concentrating!
Hyper-vigilance!
Exaggerated startle response
B Buddies VS Withdrawal
A Accountability VS Controlling
T Targeted VS Inappropriate Aggression
T Tactical Awareness VS Hyper-vigilance
L Lethally Armed VS Locked and Loaded
E Emotional Control VS Detachment
M Mission Operational Security VS Secretiveness
I Individual Responsibility VS Guilt
N Non-defensive Driving (combat) VS Aggressive Driving
D Discipline and Ordering VS Conflict
Help-Seeking Vietnam Veterans
X
Physical Aggression in Past Year
220.2
Beckam, Feldman, Kirby, Hertzberg, and Moor (1997) as cited in Taft et al. Intimate partner and general aggression perpetration among combat veterans presenting to a posttraumatic stress disorder clinic. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry (2009) vol. 79 (4) pp. 461-468
What Two Changes are Most Common for Returning Veterans?
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Violent Acts (physical)Severe Violent Acts
Couples-Therapy-Seeking Veterans
Sherman et al. Domestic Violence in Veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Who Seek Couples Therapy. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy (2006) vol. 32 (4) pp. 479-490
X
Violence (physical)Severe Violence
At least One Violent Act Reported Among Couples-Seeking-Therapy in Past Year
Sherman et al. Domestic Violence in Veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Who Seek Couples Therapy. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy (2006) vol. 32 (4) pp. 479-490
X
Percentage Reporting IPVno screening for
psychopathology
Interpersonal Violence and the Military
Sherman et al. Domestic Violence in Veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Who Seek Couples Therapy. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy (2006) vol. 32 (4) pp. 479-490
Two Populations
‘Rule of Thumb’ ‘Battle Drills’
OffenseDefense
Prior to Vietnam
Vietnam and later
0 25 50 75 100
Non Fires KILL
Lt Col Dave Grossman
The Unnatural Act of Killing Another
Three Reactions to Stressful Event Fight Flight Freeze
Random Reward/Punishment
Translation for grunts…
Pain is Memory
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The aim of military training is not just to prepare men for battle, but
to make them long for it. ~Louis Simpson
M i l i t a r y C u l t u re• Ends justify the means
• Better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6
• Better to be carried by 6 than to surrender.
• Never back down
• Hit hard, hit fast... Double Tap
• 360 SECURITY
• Weapons are an extension of our will
Excellence is an art won by training and habit. We do not act rightly because
we have virtue and excellence, but rather, we
have virtue and excellence because we act rightly.
- Aristotle
Just right
Virtue is like Goldilocks’ Porridge
The Amygdala exerts more up than the Cortex exerts down
Women sad…
Men sad…
passiveaggressive
The ‘Man Box’Paul Kivel
“Men’s Work” Strong Tough Hard
Intimidating In Control Athletic Powerful Rugged
Scares People Intimidating
Highly Sexual
Wuss
Mama’s Boy Fag
Bitch
Homo
Wimp
WeakEmotional
Powerless
Queer Impotent
Never Never
Never
Quit
CERTAINTY = EMOTION
The Hurt Locker (2008)
Rate Your Anger• Ears are hot!• Skin is red!• Gritting your teeth!
• Staring down the other person!• Balled-up fists!• Cursing
591 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 0
Anger Levels
Hi
Loawareness
Stimulus Response
Thoughts Body
Behavior
Thoughts Body
Behavior
Three Reactions to Stressful Event Fight Flight Freeze
The Trolley Paradox
A
B
Deontological
Consequentialist
Ventromedial Prefontal Cortex
‘Normal People’ Brain Lesion
Kill One Person to Save Five People
not actual ratio
Joshua Greene Professor of Psychology Harvard University
The Moral Tribes Emotion, Reason, and the Gap between Us and Them
What effect would combat and training have on moral reasoning?
Short attention spanExplosive outburst
Either/Or thinking
Other people's fault
Hopeless feelingConstant angst
Obstacles
X
A typical case
Suicide Call
Home Argument
Traffic Stop Ontario
Angry Vet at College
Stories
Did you kill anybody?
Other people want things to be like before.
Survivor’s Guilt is the only proof
there is any decency left
What is the main tool of a Warrior?
Fighter Soldier Warrior
Something!of!
ValueDANGER
W A R R I O R
What is the main tool of a Warrior?
What are you guarding soldier?
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✦ How long were you in the military? Are you still in? !
✦ What was your military occupational specialty?!
✦ How long have you been back? What is it like to be back? !
✦ Are you in contact with fellow veterans?
FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin “Police Negotiations with War Veterans: Seeing Through the Residual Fog of War”
by Douglas Etter, Liane B. McCarthy, and Michael J. Asken, Ph.D.
✦ Were you ever deployed? How long? !
✦ How many times were you deployed? !
✦ Where were you deployed? !
✦ What was it like for you? !
✦ Do you miss it?
• Use the tools you already have • identify WITH, not against • ‘you’re right, I don’t understand. Help me
understand’ • Use your rank • Don’t ‘box them in’ • Perimeter is secure, you are safe. • “Radio Someone” • 3x3 tool • Identify the veteran’s mission and work with it
Take Home Message• Get home safe • Aggression is met with aggression • Emotions override rational thinking • Our behavior aligns with our deepest beliefs • We are on the side of right and will not give up • We are on the side of wrong and there is no
turning back • To feel ‘safe’ we try to achieve control of our
situation
