He was absolutely out of his mental stability. This kind of mental trauma is not a new situation, which is faced by the army soldiers. The wounds of the wars and injuries keep on interrupting in their lives and do not let them forget the calamities, through which they and the warriors, who fought beside them.

In June, 2005, a Chinook helicopter was shot down, in which there were 8 SEAL and 8 army aviators, who were trying to rescue four comrades, who were trapped by the Taliban forces, in Afghanistan. Waddell was at that time in the unit base of Virginia Beach.

He was asked to sort out the remaining of his dead men and it was his responsibility to identify the soldiers and to inform their families about their deaths. It was pretty much agonizing and traumatic. He was then trapped by a Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, which actually disturbed his and his family's peace of mind. In order to get out of this trauma he evacuated himself and shifted in Colorado, now he is a retired Navy officer and living a happy life.