ABSTRACT
Military men and woman are trained and expected to respond with lethal ecacy when called upon to kill other humans, or be killed, without the civilian aspect of criminal punishment for the killing. Most people are not natural killers of other people; the killing has to be taught.1 With enough exposure to this kind of experience, most humans will be wounded, killed, or driven insane. e experience of war changes human biochemical and neurological activity, disrupting cerebral, biological, spiritual, interpersonal, and environmental functions.2 e warrior ideal is a state of self-control that is focused and calm under adverse conditions.3 “Part of the grace of the nervous system is that it is constantly self-regulating.”4
