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NewsMail Morning Edition Sat 30 Nov, 2013 Top Stories More Top Stories » Navy crew in asylum operations facing PTSD, ex-commander says The former commander of Australian forces in Afghanistan has raised fears that Navy personnel involved in operations to combat people smuggling are at risk of developing post-traumatic stress. Retired Major General John Cantwell says Navy crews can experience emotional trauma when they go to the rescue of asylum seekers who get into trouble at sea, or have to recover the bodies of drowning victims. "I do know of specific examples of sailors who have had to fish bodies out of the water, who have been unable to make a rescue because of terrible weather conditions," he told Lateline. "Those things will leave a mark. It just is a sad fact that their honourable, proud service to our nation is likely to leave a scar on them and it will affect them and it will affect their mates and affect their families." 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More » Trial begins in street murder of British soldier Abductors execute 18 men near Baghdad German policeman suspected of cannibalism website murder UN predicts HIV-AIDS could be eradicated in Asia-Pacific within 15 years Concerns over phone tapping in Fiji Business More Business » Rejection of GrainCorp takeover by ADM 'weak', Opposition says The Federal Opposition has labelled the Government's decision to reject the sale of GrainCorp to American agribusiness Archer Daniels Midland as "weak" and "pathetic". Announcing the decision this morning to reject ADM's $3.4 billion bid for the eastern grain handler, Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey said he had to take into account the national interest. "I consider that now is not the right time for a 100 per cent foreign acquisition of this key Australian business," he said, adding that it "could risk undermining public support for the foreign investment regime and ongoing foreign investment more generally". 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Retired Major General John Cantwell says Navy crews can experience emotional trauma when they go to the rescue of asylum seekers who get into trouble at sea, or have to recover the bodies of drowning victims. "I do know of specific examples of sailors who have had to fish bodies out of the water, who have been unable to make a rescue because of terrible weather conditions," he told Lateline. "Those things will leave a mark. It just is a sad fact that their honourable, proud service to our nation is likely to leave a scar on them and it will affect them and it will affect their mates and affect their families." Major General Cantwell says he has spoken to the head of the Navy, offering his services because of his own experiences with PTSD. 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