"You can't concentrate on anything but that because it hurts that bad." Twenty-five years old, he has debilitating pain from a form of degenerative arthritis and bone spurs. Joseph Chroniger, who deployed to Iraq in 2007.
The heavy loads shouldered over months of duty contribute to the chronic pain suffered by soldiers like Spc. Soldiers and Marines in Iraq and Afghanistan routinely carry between 60 and 100 pounds of gear including body armor, weapons and batteries. Ronald Craig (right) and fellow soldiers of the 3rd Platoon, Combat Company, 1-32 Infantry, return from a two-week patrol in Afghanistan.Ĭourtesy of U.S.
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