• Delphia@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Its highly memeable but this is the true answer.

    The Psychological benefits of even a very short mental vacation from being deployed are hard to quantify but very real on top of the morale boost.

    I knew a guy who served in Afghanistan and he said after a particularly long and brutal time in the field an ice cold can of coke made him cry.