since9
Campaign Veteran
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"Survivor's guilt, depression and other emotional struggles" are common side effects of combat.
I was shot at a couple of times, and a mortar missed my crew by about 50 feet while we were sleeping. I lost four friends over a twenty-year career. That's nothing compared to what some members of the military go through while in Iraq and Afghanistan. Yet a neighbor who commands a company in the Army told me shortly after his second deployment that he loses more soldiers in the first three months after a deployment than he loses during the fifteen months while deployed.
Combat-related stress injuries are REAL, folks. If you ever feel like you want or need to chat about it, just PM me. I wouldn't be here today if it weren't for friends who walked along side me from time to time, including one friend I met on OpenCarry.org.
You aren't alone! We're all in this together, and together, we'll pull through. I won't BS you, and I won't sugar-coat things. But I WILL listen.
- Mugs
"Survivor's guilt, depression and other emotional struggles" are common side effects of combat.
I was shot at a couple of times, and a mortar missed my crew by about 50 feet while we were sleeping. I lost four friends over a twenty-year career. That's nothing compared to what some members of the military go through while in Iraq and Afghanistan. Yet a neighbor who commands a company in the Army told me shortly after his second deployment that he loses more soldiers in the first three months after a deployment than he loses during the fifteen months while deployed.
Combat-related stress injuries are REAL, folks. If you ever feel like you want or need to chat about it, just PM me. I wouldn't be here today if it weren't for friends who walked along side me from time to time, including one friend I met on OpenCarry.org.
You aren't alone! We're all in this together, and together, we'll pull through. I won't BS you, and I won't sugar-coat things. But I WILL listen.
- Mugs