A long detailed interesting back story about Chris Kyle's killer.

Eddie Ray Routh: The Untold Story

In a response to the tragic events that occurred on February 2nd 2013; the Warfighter Foundation has conducted a comprehensive investigation that included interviews with U.S. Marines that knew and served with Eddie Ray Routh, the murderer of U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield. Additionally, there has been very little investigation into Routh’s military service and no inquiry regarding those who served with him. This is the first time Marines who knew and served with Eddie Ray Routh have been interviewed.

In order to understand the true significance of the subject matter, we must first provide an analytical assessment of Eddie Routh’s cognitive dissonance. What , if any , are the key implications that caused this individual to perform such a behavior. We can begin this assessment by breaking down Routh into several categories. The individual persona, the state / role and behavior within the United States, and finally his role as a Marine within the war in Iraq. This systematic breakdown allows for a precise characterization of not only his personality, but also allows for the identification of any “red flags” that might be claimed from Routh himself.

THE BEGINNING

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While Routh’s mental condition will no doubt play a role in the upcoming trial, the claims of PTSD are without question, false. It is important to realize that there is still no excuse for the murders committed by Eddie Routh, because he knew what he was doing was wrong. However, partial blame rest with the Military Entrance Processing Station that allowed Routh to Enlist, with Routh’s Marine Corps command for ignoring Routh’s violent behavior, and with the blatant incompetence of the V.A.

Lastly, although Routh’s parents had struggled endlessly to get Routh admitted into a psychiatric hospital, the blame falls with them for allowing their son, that they knew was mentally ill and extremely violent, to go to a shooting range without disclosing Routh’s violent and erratic behavior.

Had Chris Kyle known what we know now, he would still be alive.

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Co-Authored by Spencer Walker and Daniel Racca
Spencer Walker (deployed twice to Afghanistan and five times to Iraq) and Daniel Racca (deployed three times to Iraq) are Honorably Discharged combat veteran U.S. Marines. Both serve on the Board of Directors of the Warfighter Foundation and are the Editor-in-Chief and Managing Editor of Warfighter News.

http://warfighternews.com/2015/02/10/edd...e-untold-story/



Combat Exposure and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Portuguese Special Operation Forces Deployed in Afghanistan
Abstract

Several combat- and noncombat-related stressors have been reported in Afghanistan. There is now accumulating evidence that suggests that posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is linked to combat experiences; however, little is known about how these exposures might affect elite combat troops. This research aims to evaluate the prevalence of combat and noncombat related stressors, as well as PTSD in Portuguese Special Forces deployed in Afghanistan. Overall, participants reported high levels of exposure to combat and adverse physical conditions but also high levels of within-unit comradeship. The analysis also exposed that 2.7% of the participants reported symptoms compatible with PTSD and 8.8% with compatible partial PTSD. When the authors conducted a binary logistic regression, only the higher levels of combat exposure explained the symptoms of PTSD.

http://www.kcl.ac.uk/kcmhr/pubdb/show_abst.php?ref=389

Story also found here:

http://dailycaller.com/2015/02/12/eddie-...uth-chris-kyle/