ABSTRACT
The technological advances in warfare have changed many of the tactics, techniques and procedures that have historically been used to win the nation’s wars. However, the ability to mitigate the effects of combat stress on the warrior has not evolved as rapidly. Daily news from the home front, often accessed real time via Internet connectivity and international cell phone calls now add new levels of stress to the soldier who is forced to have proxies handle his or her stateside affairs. All the while they are readily cognizant of the fact that nothing is certain in their new, if temporary surroundings. This chapter attempts to explain the effects of these stresses, new and old, from the soldier’s perspective. In so doing, we consider such effects on both active duty soldiers and the citizen soldier.
