Re:Anxiety, depression, and PTSD may be adaptive responses t...
by leetcrew on Friday September 04, 2020 @11:35AM
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FWIW, the US claims that they no longer give these pills to any military personnel. [0]
as for why the pilots in particular, my (fairly uneducated) guess is that pilots inherently have knowledge of more sensitive information than a typical infantry person. while the soldier probably only has knowledge of local troop movements that will be stale in a few days (most US infantry standard procedures and equipment details are public knowledge), the pilot may know classified information about the aircraft they are flying.
as for why the pilots in particular, my (fairly uneducated) guess is that pilots inherently have knowledge of more sensitive information than a typical infantry person. while the soldier probably only has knowledge of local troop movements that will be stale in a few days (most US infantry standard procedures and equipment details are public knowledge), the pilot may know classified information about the aircraft they are flying.
[0] https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/02/19/suicide-pill...