Do soldiers fall sick in 'normal' conditions?

[Kamikaze Pilot]

I know even the cream of soldiers of army may fall sick in extreme conditions like say Siachen.

But I am talking about places of normal climate where civilians live.

Do soldiers fall sick in 'normal' conditions like say plains where snowfall doesn't occur?

And by falling sick I mean common cold or fever etc.

 

[Hamza913]

I know even the cream of soldiers of army may fall sick in extreme conditions like say Siachen.

But I am talking about places of normal climate where civilians live.

Do soldiers fall sick in 'normal' conditions like say plains where snowfall doesn't occur?

And by falling sick I mean common cold or fever etc.

Of course, they aren't superheroes or something.

 

[Godman]

I know even the cream of soldiers of army may fall sick in extreme conditions like say Siachen.

But I am talking about places of normal climate where civilians live.

Do soldiers fall sick in 'normal' conditions like say plains where snowfall doesn't occur?

And by falling sick I mean common cold or fever etc.

Yep. But they are not really bothered unless its really extreme. A light fever can be easily dealt with Paracetamol but if the soldier can't work well he will be reassigned to easier duties.

 

[Qutb-ud-din Aybak]

I know even the cream of soldiers of army may fall sick in extreme conditions like say Siachen.

But I am talking about places of normal climate where civilians live.

Do soldiers fall sick in 'normal' conditions like say plains where snowfall doesn't occur?

And by falling sick I mean common cold or fever etc.

indian soldiers at age 20 are dying of heart attacks.

 

[Little Falcon]

I know even the cream of soldiers of army may fall sick in extreme conditions like say Siachen.

But I am talking about places of normal climate where civilians live.

Do soldiers fall sick in 'normal' conditions like say plains where snowfall doesn't occur?

And by falling sick I mean common cold or fever etc.

Yes they do, but they are prepared and have medicines to deal with it.

 

[sparten]

indian soldiers at age 20 are dying of heart attacks.

If that's the cause then they have poor induction procedures. Congenital heart defects should be detected easily with basic screening at the first physical.

 

[Neptune]

I know even the cream of soldiers of army may fall sick in extreme conditions like say Siachen.

But I am talking about places of normal climate where civilians live.

Do soldiers fall sick in 'normal' conditions like say plains where snowfall doesn't occur?

And by falling sick I mean common cold or fever etc.

Of course, after all they are humans. Aren't you @jhungary?

Depending on your workload your normal sickness can be taken seriously so that you get over it soon and it won't develop, affecting consciousness...etc

 

[jhungary]

Of course, after all they are humans. Aren't you @jhungary?

Depending on your workload your normal sickness can be taken seriously so that you get over it soon and it won't develop, affecting consciousness...etc

everyone got sick.........what kind of question is thay

A soldier's life in battle is very demanding, try live a hectic life for a month and come back to me if you are not sick or unhealthy in any kind or from. Then we can talk.

The problem is, you don't get to take off the line until your sickness affect your day to day operation, If you can still fight, then you will still be fighting, and common cold and fever usually does not affect your ability to act and react.

PS Bro, are you back here full time? How's your time in the Naval Infantry went??

 

[Neptune]

everyone got sick.........what kind of question is thay

A soldier's life in battle is very demanding, try live a hectic life for a month and come back to me if you are not sick or unhealthy in any kind or from. Then we can talk.

The problem is, you don't get to take off the line until your sickness affect your day to day operation, If you can still fight, then you will still be fighting, and common cold and fever usually does not affect your ability to act and react.

PS Bro, are you back here full time? How's your time in the Naval Infantry went??

lol man. I am back for the good looking jobs seaside. but 12 months wasn't in the navy though that thing seems to be over for the good too. i was in gendarmerie at east. Marines are at the west. How are you holding up so far

 

[gambit]

Yes, you will get sick just like civilians do. Unpredictable in occurrence and duration. If you are on flight status, you will be removed from flight assignments. Never experienced it myself but I heard bad stories on flight crews whose colds got worse because of their sinus cavities at altitude. You will not be removed from flight status since a cold/flu is usually short lived, so you will still receive flight pay for that month.

There are always plenty of things to do around the squadron, especially if it is known you have certain skills/education. There are always data to compile, from who flew how many hrs to safety reports that have been idle and nears their due dates to be submitted to HQ. If the cold/flu is bad enough, you will be excused for the day, but you will have to justify that absence on the next day, and so on. Flight surgeons are generally incorruptible. If the doc has to work, you had better be coughing bits of lung tissues at him before he will tell your CO you are too sick to be in the squadron that day. So I slightly exaggerate.

Generally speaking, though. Air Force people have it better when it comes to being sick.

 

[jhungary]

lol man. I am back for the good looking jobs seaside. but 12 months wasn't in the navy though that thing seems to be over for the good too. i was in gendarmerie at east. Marines are at the west. How are you holding up so far

lol, I was taking a break during the summber holiday, and I have decided to take a break too. My shcool works is killing me at the moment, sometimes I think actually killing people is a lot easier than trying to work out how to kill people on paper.....lol

There are quite a lot of attack in turkey recently, Have you seen any action overthere?

Yes, you will get sick just like civilians do. Unpredictable in occurrence and duration. If you are on flight status, you will be removed from flight assignments. Never experienced it myself but I heard bad stories on flight crews whose colds got worse because of their sinus cavities at altitude. You will not be removed from flight status since a cold/flu is usually short lived, so you will still receive flight pay for that month.

There are always plenty of things to do around the squadron, especially if it is known you have certain skills/education. There are always data to compile, from who flew how many hrs to safety reports that have been idle and nears their due dates to be submitted to HQ. If the cold/flu is bad enough, you will be excused for the day, but you will have to justify that absence on the next day, and so on. Flight surgeons are generally incorruptible. If the doc has to work, you had better be coughing bits of lung tissues at him before he will tell your CO you are too sick to be in the squadron that day. So I slightly exaggerate.

Generally speaking, though. Air Force people have it better when it comes to being sick.

F You, you flyboys..........lol

In the Army, you got sick and they will tell you to run lap and clean latrine, or what we called general duty. It may actually better if you go on patrol than starting to do all these General Duty crap.

Or if the risk of the day is high, and Tali decided to come pay you a visit, they will give you a blanket and your rifle and ask you to hold the line. Well, all the way until you passed out. Been there and done that.

 

[Neptune]

lol, I was taking a break during the summber holiday, and I have decided to take a break too. My shcool works is killing me at the moment, sometimes I think actually killing people is a lot easier than trying to work out how to kill people on paper.....lol

There are quite a lot of attack in turkey recently, Have you seen any action overthere?



F You, you flyboys..........lol

In the Army, you got sick and they will tell you to run lap and clean latrine, or what we called general duty. It may actually better if you go on patrol than starting to do all these General Duty crap.

Or if the risk of the day is high, and Tali decided to come pay you a visit, they will give you a blanket and your rifle and ask you to hold the line. Well, all the way until you passed out. Been there and done that.

lol..force fellas meh.

Yeah that's right unfortunately. I was drafted as a commando corporal. First times were relevantly not lousy but later they sent a pack of us to reinforce a battalion then we got the heat. Most of the time our unit was supporting the special ops boys of various agancies, forces.

Now, I assume I am done with the uniform. I think I will find a job at a seaside town here. Maybe in a hotel or a marina to look out yachts or be guide at sea. English helps here a bit

What school stuff? I mean if I recall correctly you had mentioned some NCO school at PM or so.

 

[A.P. Richelieu]

I know even the cream of soldiers of army may fall sick in extreme conditions like say Siachen.

But I am talking about places of normal climate where civilians live.

Do soldiers fall sick in 'normal' conditions like say plains where snowfall doesn't occur?

And by falling sick I mean common cold or fever etc.

Over history, most soldiers died from diseases and bad conditions, and not from battles.
Only in the 20th century, battle casualties started to become more important.

 

[jhungary]

lol..force fellas meh.

Yeah that's right unfortunately. I was drafted as a commando corporal. First times were relevantly not lousy but later they sent a pack of us to reinforce a battalion then we got the heat. Most of the time our unit was supporting the special ops boys of various agancies, forces.

Now, I assume I am done with the uniform. I think I will find a job at a seaside town here. Maybe in a hotel or a marina to look out yachts or be guide at sea. English helps here a bit

What school stuff? I mean if I recall correctly you had mentioned some NCO school at PM or so.

lol.......you know we basically did the same job when I was in the MIlitary, well, latter part of the Military, I work in a TOC (Tactical Command Center) for SF team all around South/Eastern Afghanistan and coordinate both fire and logistic suuport to those unit, basically, I will be the one you talk to on the MBITR if the SF team are in any sort of trouble and sending you out to help them hehe

That is not a bad job I suppose, well, I didn't go outside the wire so often as I was in Iraq, but the thing is, supporting SF is crazy job, I can imagine what you have done in these type of situation.

So they cut you lose with just 12 months? That's quite generous

Oh, and the NCO school felt through, did not pass the Physical, so I went back to college and trying to get my PhD. I am doing a PhD/MPhil on Strategic Studies, a lot of the time they are writing papers on how to fight a war instead of actually fighting it, I think I am the only one there that have actual combat experience, maybe one or two of them were in the Military before. But I don't think any of my classmate have actually been to war.

 

[Neptune]

lol.......you know we basically did the same job when I was in the MIlitary, well, latter part of the Military, I work in a TOC (Tactical Command Center) for SF team all around South/Eastern Afghanistan and coordinate both fire and logistic suuport to those unit, basically, I will be the one you talk to on the MBITR if the SF team are in any sort of trouble and sending you out to help them hehe

That is not a bad job I suppose, well, I didn't go outside the wire so often as I was in Iraq, but the thing is, supporting SF is crazy job, I can imagine what you have done in these type of situation.

So they cut you lose with just 12 months? That's quite generous

Oh, and the NCO school felt through, did not pass the Physical, so I went back to college and trying to get my PhD. I am doing a PhD/MPhil on Strategic Studies, a lot of the time they are writing papers on how to fight a war instead of actually fighting it, I think I am the only one there that have actual combat experience, maybe one or two of them were in the Military before. But I don't think any of my classmate have actually been to war.

Haha..I see. Get used to it man, armchairs are the new metal ribbons . You have an absolute advantage over them. The practice of human margin in war. Thats what no academic can explain. 12 months was mandatory service.
Things we did in general was civilian/detainee evacuations after SOF cleans up the houses and MBT/HE ammo supply, EOD escort...etc. On summer when snow was gone from the heights, before an operation at a nearby town kicked off, the week before it they send us to take position at peaks to secure and maintain control/presence in hills so that infiltration and enemy fire from the heights was prevented. It was mostly like that. Cold and mud, nothing near setting course on a windy day at sea I suppose. But not much for a fighting man like you meh.


Honestly it did not go as I planned before. Normally former military personnel are prohibited from joining to career programs in the military by armed forces regulations and law.

Here's the part it gets political, I was thinking maybe if I go 12 months in dirt doing the mandatory service first and then jump on promotion exams. After the coup attempt there was a lot of bluffing going on that one was ex-musketeers like me could go legal and file a lawsuit against the perpetrators to get honorable discharge or even be reactivated but that went to the rubbish as well because in the end hundreds of cases like this would hit the government one day.

Besides, seeing a real day in the office for one year was clear enough for me that I was no longer wanting to be a part of this anymore. In the end its just blood and mud. And noone's gonna get you what you deserve for that. Furthermore you lose things and people both back front and in the field. I think you know it better than I do.