Quit the Dramatics
U/MedicalWelder: This theater soldier occasionally appeared late at night and fabricated ailments. His family would be blowing up his Afghan cellphone while he was telling them he was before he appeared. His voice would shift, and he would theatrically tell his wife and family things like, “It’s okay, I’m at the aid station.”Don’t worry; everything will work out fine.
After our battalion surgeon examined him, he would find no problems. Our battalion surgeon finally moved him up to the largest US military theater hospital after he repeated this two or three times. He claimed to have an artificial disease [and].In the real world, a psychologist would be contacted by you. The military, though, isn’t as generous. In the US military, it’s known as malingering, and it’s illegal. He was expelled from the Army and deported back to the United States as retribution for his deceit.
