[psyfly]

Excellent thread.

People who carry the means to inflict mortal damage (and, whether they know it or not, pretty much everyone does) need to know that there may be consequences they have not anticipated.

They also need to know that there may not be.

I see post-deployment AD members of all services (as mentioned before, such debriefing is now standard).

I also occasionally debrief LEOs who have been involved in a shots fired incident.

Reactions to taking life (or related almosts) are as varied as the personalities involved and the events experienced.

I like the comment about "appropriate amount of time" with a Mental Health Professional. That may be 15 minutes, 15 days, or 15 months.

Oh, BTW, statistics are quite useful but cannot tell you (or me) anything about what might happen to us in the future.

Best,

Will