Do you think the US military does enough to help personnel handle the stress of their jobs?

They do plenty to help. This was not a case of to much stress, this was an act of terrorism plain and simple. He was just biding his time waiting for the perfect time to strike.

After having spent 10 and a half yrs in The United States Army, serving in various stations overseas and in the U.S. I can attest first hand to the fact that the military DOES!! I repaet DOES offer to anyone who needs it counseling and assistance for stress or emotional problems that may arise. I spent my entire military career in the Air Defense Artillery. Being in a combat, front line unit for all this time presented me with unusal and difficult circumstances from time to time. I was also met and married my wife, another soldier, while serving. I went through a divorce while serving. I went to egypt, Kuwait, Bosnia, while serving, I sought counseling for depression while in Korea. I had other soldiers ask, while in basic training, " this isn't waht the commercial looked liked". Let me tell you again the counseling and facilities are available to each and every servicemember. Whether or not they choose to use the tools at hand are up to the individual. every walk of life has people that are unstable. The military is no exception. Do not blame the military for psychological problems that a person has. I am not saying that the military will not make life more difficult. What I am saying is if someone cannot handle added stress to their life it is not necessarily the military's fault. If you have never been there(OBAMA) don't speak!!!! sorry but I just couldn't help but take a jab at our country's "mouth piece".

I personally can atest to the fact that the military does not go far enough in enabling soldiers to handle job stress. Many time soldiers who try to seek help for stress are ridiculed by their peers and superior. They are often deemed as weak, wimps, babies, psychos, etc. I sought help for stress while deployed to Iraq not because I was on the brink of causing any harm to myself or others, but because I wanted to find out the cause of losing much of my hair. I wanted to know whether the hair loss was due to chemicals with which I may have come in contact, or job stress. Most of the time when you visit a stress clinic, your commanders are notified of the visit. After I had voluntarily gone to the stress clinic, I was taunted by some of the first sergeants and commanders in my battalion. It's a shame that soldiers who try to help themselves to prevent the incidents such as the one at Ft Hood, Texas and the soldier who killed personnel at the Iraq stress clinic are treated badly by their commanders and peers.