Helplessness

I've been reluctant to blog about this because I wanted to wait until the situation was under control. My cousin is a LCpl in the Corps, and has been going through some rough times, rough enough that he wants out. He's only 19, but he's seen more than someone at that age should have, and it's understandable that he would want to quit, however I think it's more complicated than that. He's a good young man when he listens to the right people and is given the right advice, but clearly he's not getting that right now. He's been diagnosed with Post-traumatic stress disorder, and has clearly been marked for it. His platoon judges him as an outcast and from what I've heard, his platoon staff doesn't seem to be helping much either. I've tried to contact him and talk to him about it, but our conversation was cut short and I havn't heard from him since. I told my platoon commander about it, who will be assigned to the same battalion. I hope he has greater luck getting in touch with him than I have. My platoon commander is a great man, and will undoubtably be able to help, but until I get work back from my cousin, all I can do is sit on my hands and wait. I wish I could be there to talk to him, if anything, he needs people around him to talk to. Something tells me that I'll hear from him within a few weeks, intuition, preminition, or something of the like. Till then, all I can do is just wait.

"In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the 2nd best thing you can do is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing."