"Death and After in Iraq"

In Cris Hedges article "Death and After in Iraq" he talks about hazing and unfair treatment of some soldier or trainees that leads them to commit suicide. The overweight or less physically capable soldier are often harassed and made to do extra physical task until they collapse of exhaustion. Other soldier may tease them and verbally abuse them day to day. Hedges talks about a marine Jess Goddell whose job it is to collect the dead bodies of soldiers and their possessions and store them until they can be processed and sent back to their homes. She tells stories of harassed soldiers that are driven to the point of shooting themselves in the head during their training because of the abuse they are put under. Some soldiers are sent to do extremely physical difficult tasks until they collapse or throw up due to exhaustion.