What Is Moral Injury?
Clip: Season 30 Episode 19 | 4m 2sVideo has Closed Captions
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This clip begins with a definition of moral injury as a "wound to the soul, caused by participation in events that violate one’s deeply held sense of right and wrong."
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What Is Moral Injury?
Clip: Season 30 Episode 19 | 4m 2sVideo has Closed Captions
This clip begins with a definition of moral injury as a "wound to the soul, caused by participation in events that violate one’s deeply held sense of right and wrong."
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-[ Babbling ] ♪♪ -Can you say, "Happy Memorial Day"?
-Happy Memorial Day.
♪♪ -I have a lot of military history in my family.
And I think that that was more of a driving force than the opportunity to go to war.
-Okay.
Stop.
-Roger, I've got visual of the team.
-Roger that.
[ Speaking indistinctly ] -Are we getting in or staying out here?
-Have you determined the population at all?
Over.
-Roger.
We only got 90.
Over.
[ Speaking indistinctly ] -Roger.
Out.
♪♪ -Did you feel disillusioned in the military or with it, or you must have joined freely in the beginning?
-Yeah.
I mean, I joined when I was 19.
You don't really know anything about war, you know, just -- it's just being naive about the whole... -Mm-hmm.
-...process.
[ Children shouting playfully ] As soldiers, you're not allowed to question what's going on, but... -Mm-hmm.
-...you know, I mean, we talk, you know... -Yeah.
-...all the time.
-Mm-hmm.
-You know, "What are we doing?"
[ Shouting continues ] ♪♪ I mean, we're not there to think about that, but... -Mm-hmm.
-...you know, if you can't get behind a mission and know what you're doing 100%, you know, that causes confusion, and I think that's where a lot of the moral injury comes from.
-Mm-hmm.
-The trouble processing this stuff is because if you don't have a clear-cut mission, then what are we doing?
-Yes.
-Hey, there's a mosque right back there, too.
So you got to tell them it's that mosque over there, right?
-This one over here?
-Yeah.
That's the one Russell was shooting at over there.
[ Machine-gun fire ] ♪♪ -Seven, this is one.
Over.
-The National Guard just shot them all up.
They all dead.
♪♪ -It's the raw, primitive feeling, "I did something terribly wrong, and I just don't know whether I was justified or whether I can be forgiven."
♪♪
Almost Sunrise: Women in the Military
Clip: S30 Ep19 | 3m 1s | The directors of 'Almost Sunrise' examine women in the armed forces and the unique challen (3m 1s)
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Clip: S30 Ep19 | 4m | Tom and Anthony meet a policeman who shares that police officers have suicide rates ... (4m)
How does Almost Sunrise depict veterans?
Clip: S30 Ep19 | 1m 23s | Filmmakers Michael Collins & Marty Syjuco discuss rethinking the veteran experience. (1m 23s)
Just War and Its Relationship with Moral Injury
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Clip: S30 Ep19 | 4m 36s | Tom, Anthony, and their friend describe their perspectives on the purpose of the Iraq war. (4m 36s)
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Clip: S30 Ep19 | 3m 30s | Tom attended a "Power Breath" training, where meditation and deep breathing made space... (3m 30s)
Clip: S30 Ep19 | 1m 13s | Filmmakers Michael Collins & Marty Syjuco on the difference between moral injury and PTSD. (1m 13s)
Why did these two Iraq War veterans walk across the country?
Clip: S30 Ep19 | 1m 46s | Almost Sunrise filmmakers on the link between walking cross-country and healing from war. (1m 46s)
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Clip: S30 Ep19 | 5m 24s | Tom and Anthony meet Wolf Walker, a member of a Native American tribe on their journey. (5m 24s)
Preview: S30 Ep19 | 1m 51s | Two former soldiers take a 2,700 mile trek across America seeking redemption. (1m 51s)
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