SBAND Seminar Materials 2013 Free Ethics: Echoes of War The Combat Veteran | Page 17
residence
where
a
great
number
of
similarly
situated
people,
cut
off
from
the
wider
community
for
a
considerable
time,
together
lead
an
enclosed,
formally
administered
round
of
life.
As
experienced
by
service
members,
The
United
States
military
system
meets
many
of
the
criteria
set
forth
in
Goffman’
s
total
institution
model.
The
individual’
s
entire
being
is
devoured
and
controlled
in
a
total
institution
environment.
This
environment
undercuts
the
person’
s
individuality,
disregards
the
individual’
s
dignity,
and
results
in
a
regimentation
of
life
that
typically
disregards
his
or
her
desires
or
inclinations.
Short
of
going
AWOL
(Absent
Without
Leave)
or
desertion,
the
total
institution
significantly
restricts
the
options
for
military
personnel
until
their
contractual
agreement
expires
(discharge)
–
or
until
she
or
he
is
dead.61
Given
this
military
total
institution,
the
training
and
conditioning
the
military
puts
the
service
member
through
has
powerful
and
lasting
effects.
This
training
often
is
expertly
designed
to
overcome
the
service
members’
reluctance
to
commit
violent
or
aggressive
acts
in
order
to
ensure
they
will
kill
the
enemy
or
take
other
aggressive
action
when
the
need
arises.
This
is
good
for
the
service
member
because
it
helps
ensure
survival
in
combat.
But,
since
veterans
are
not
deprogrammed
as
they
leave
the
military,
this
will,
of
course,
lead
some
veterans
to
rely
on
these
violent
and
aggressive
instincts
even
after
they
have
left
the
military,
causing
terrible
problems
in
their
civilian
lives.
The
power
of
these
effects
are
so
significant
that,
through
thorough
sociological
research,
Dr.
William
Brown
found
that
there
is
very
little
dissimilarity
between
criminally-?involved
veterans
and
veterans
with
no
criminal
offenses
in
terms
of
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