How often do you connect with your battle buddies?

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I have a few that I speak to weekly. Others, I catch up with whenever we have time, so a few times a year.

Connecting with my battle buddies in the Air Force is a bit like the unpredictable world of quantum mechanics. Our interactions vary, sometimes intense and close, like electrons in a tightly bound energy level, and other times scattered and distant, like electrons transitioning to higher states. Communication keeps us connected, much like particles sharing information through entanglement. The frequency of our connections is like the probabilities in a quantum wave function, but the bond remains unbroken, offering strength and inspiration for my career aspirations.

I try to keep in touch as much as possible but I make it a priority to keep in touch with my buddies who like me suffer from PTS. Because we know what we’ve been through

Every week. It’s a bond that can never be broken. I treasure mine as family.

Online, always, in person, not often.

Since 2004, approximately 60 battle buddies of B, 1/6, 198th LIB, Americal Division, RVN 1967-68, have been located. We have a contact list with home and email addresses. We have had multiple mini-reunions over the years as well as full-scale reunions in Branson, MO; Ft. Benning, GA; Arlington, TX; Shipshewana, IN; Port Clinton, OH. We have had monthly Zoom meetings for the past two years. Several brothers also connect on Facebook.

Well, I married mine; my wife and I met in the Navy, so everyday. Otherwise, I talk with one of my Navy buddies about once every 2 weeks. We've called each other for about 3 years now since we got out. It's been really helpful in transitioning and keeping each other up to date on VA programs.

weekly

We communicate at least once a year, 11/13/67, a not so good day for Troop B 1st Squadron 9th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. We email or call each other on 11/13. We usually get together once a year for reunion with the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association or the Combat Helicopter Pilots Association. We generally keep in touch through out the year.