Former Army Sniper Struggling To Readjust To Being Near Stuff

FAYETTEVILLE, NC-Acknowledging that he was on a long and ongoing process of reintegration, former Army sniper Clint Meadows told reporters Monday that he was struggling to readjust to being near stuff. When my superiors pushed me into training as a sniper, not a single one of them warned me how tough it would be to go back to being a civilian who was really close to things," said the Iraq War veteran, adding that his marriage had become severely strained as he insisted on sleeping in a tree across the street from his home instead of in bed with his wife. I can't tell you how hard it is to have my son think I'm missing his soccer games when really I'm watching every goal through a scope from a window 500 meters away. My therapist is helping me slowly reintroduce proximity into my life, beginning with controlled exposure to furniture and then moving up to people, but I'm still at the point where I can only handle a folding chair at 30 yards. Every day is a battle; I just want to hug my wife without screaming. I tried standing next to a lamp the other night, but I had to get down on my stomach in a field just to stop the vertigo." At press time, a binoculars-wielding Meadows reportedly nodded solemnly as he was awarded a Distinguished Service Cross for marksmanship at a ceremony held half a mile away.

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