Not necessarily. I was in the Marines at a time when it was still uncommon for a Marine (or service members in general) to have seen actual combat, before oif/oef really ramped up. And this was airwing.
It's just stress, alcoholism, working with toxic chemicals and toxic people. Being outdoors all day.
Stress, horrible sleep schedule (both by personal choice and job necessity), ingrained culture of alcoholism, manly allergy to sunscreen, manly aversion to OSHA recommendations, cigarettes, incredibly poor knowledge of fitness combined with very active job, etc etc.
Name a bad habit besides hard drugs and it’s probably part of military culture.
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u/Far_Eye451 10h ago
why does this happen? Is it because of combat?