Troops internalize comfort as moral failure while deployed

Evidence

One former soldier told me his reaction to arriving at Iraq’s Camp Liberty was, “This is awesome!” Like thousands of others, he found comfortable rooms, beds, and amenities that eventually included unrestricted Internet access, thanks to a favor from a KBR contractor. “It was really plush,” he said. “It was dope.” Later, he admitted, “I felt ashamed it wasn’t harder.” — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 719

Categorization

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