Military Will Study Brain Injuries From Iran Attack for Years: Pentagon

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Military scientists will be studying injuries sustained in Iran's ballistic missile attack on American troops for years to come, a top Pentagon official has said.

Joint Staff Surgeon Air Force Brigadier General Paul Friedrichs told reporters at a Monday briefing it was "extraordinary" that no U.S. troops were seriously injured in the January 8 attack on two Iraqi military bases hosting American soldiers.

U.S. forces initially reported no casualties, but it later emerged that at least 110 soldiers sustained traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) from the 11 impacts at the Ain al Asad base in Iraq's Anbar province. Those affected exhibited a range of symptoms, Friedrichs explained Monday, but none were classified as serious. Most have now returned to active duty.

Though normal examinations and MRI scans reveal much about TBI, Friedrichs said it is difficult to establish the extent of the injuries without taking samples from affected brains to study under microscopes, something done post-mortem.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/military-will-study-brain-injuries-from-iran-attack-for-years-pentagon/ar-BB10mNba?li=BBnbfcL

[Rorey]

1. Just headaches, y'know

[democrank]

2. Let's hope the military continues to study TBI and honestly reports their findings.

I would hate to see any of the troops with TBI have to beg for help like the Vietnam Vets with Agent Orange did.

[gratuitous]

3. I think most folks would hope that

But I fear that the military will study TBI for a little while, but then it will get disinterested and the victims will be on their own with whatever residual effects and symptoms they're suffering for however long it takes for them to resolve (if ever).

[Igel]

4. They're not studying it for the sake of those involved.

But for future knowledge and possible prevention in the future.

Boom! You look around. Ringing ears, but everybody gets up and says they're fine. No injuries.

Then a day, a week, a month later there are problems. "Just headaches" is actually more reasonable (however it pains me to say that) than "they should have diagnosed all the injuries within minutes."