re: Active Duty USAF Airman Self Immolates outside Israeli Embassy in Protest

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Where would his mental issues come from? That is my question.

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I can't speak for him, but my issues started when I was stationed in Hawaii. The first year was excellent but after those first 365 days, I began to become overburdened by a toxic command, toxic work environment, insane deployment schedule, and homesickness. By the time I left Hawaii in the spring of 2019 I was a broken shell of my former self. It wasn't until the end of 2019/beginning of 2020 that I had started to mentally heal from the experience.