I worked as a Mining Engineer and, in that industry, everyone comes to terms with people being killed and maimed but I've always felt it was much different for people from the army, navy or airforce. We teach them to fight, then expect them to slot back into civilian life and be tolerant of all kinds of opposing views. It can't be easy, I remember chaps from WW2 and Korea whose personalities had been changed beyond recognition and, in writing the two Oakhaven books, I wanted to remind people that these men and women need understanding and help to adjust to a system that bans the death penalty and torture. I have always felt that in the country among country people was the best environment to allow them to readjust and rebuild relationships with their families. The colonel may not have done much about it in the first volume but he has made a start in the second. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Colonels-Ducks-Oakhaven-Best-Plans-ebook/dp/B00XPHOMAE/ref=sr_1_6?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1452518897&sr=1-6