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This veteran's response to an ignorant comment is from the heart and spot on.
http://coli.littlethings.com/disabled-veteran-spoken-word/?utm_source=cl&utm_medium=Facebook&utm_campaign=country
http://coli.littlethings.com/disabled-veteran-spoken-word/?utm_source=cl&utm_medium=Facebook&utm_campaign=country
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Correct so those may learn!
We must teach others about what it is our veterans have gone through.
We must teach others about what it is our veterans have gone through.
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I thank you brother for your service and I thank all vets for raising their hand. No, I have actually never asked a vet what their injury is/was. That's a little bizarre...and I work in health care! (Excluding medical history obviously)
Part of what we are serving to protect is freedom of speech, including freedom of speech from the uneducated, immature and thoughtless ones too. Agree a little education may go a long way for this young cashier...hope he gets this video. It is a shame that our schools don't have a vet like this come into the schools to help educated the next generation.
Part of what we are serving to protect is freedom of speech, including freedom of speech from the uneducated, immature and thoughtless ones too. Agree a little education may go a long way for this young cashier...hope he gets this video. It is a shame that our schools don't have a vet like this come into the schools to help educated the next generation.
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PO2 Terri Myre
SGT Jim Zajc, that is a stellar idea. But unfortunately with how PC our society has become I don't know that it would ever happen. It's sad how much our children aren't being taught important things about our history, etc anymore. The rude behaviors of others also falls on children not being properly raised :(
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SGT Jim Z.
PO2 Terri Myre Very true in regards about the nation going too politically correct and I am sure if we got someone like the veteran in the video it would be more trouble then good. However, I am sure there are some others out there that can take the same message in a much more politically correct manner though I prefer the blunt and honest emotion.
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Thank you for posting this. The passion in his voice tells even more than his words. I shared it on my VFW post website ( http://www.vfw6024.org )
Landing page for vfw6204.org
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The inside scars - those most hidden, are the most destructive. Now called Moral Injury, the destruction of your sense of what is right and wrong by seemingly endless combat, is an insidious issue. Those in the Medical world can probably provide more info, but I don't think Moral Injury is even recognized by DSM V, but it is, nonetheless, a destructive issue.
Also, on top of the PTSD/MI question, there are millions of us who are suffering chronic pain, systemic illness, etc. Military service, even in peacetime is incredibly hazardous. This is something that civilians such as Sen. Tom Coburn (R-MN) don't get. Veterans have much higher rates of physical and behavioral/mental health issues than the General Public, because we are exposed to so many more hazards of every kind...
The thoughtless cannot comprehend; the foolish cannot fathom this... (Ps. 92)
Also, on top of the PTSD/MI question, there are millions of us who are suffering chronic pain, systemic illness, etc. Military service, even in peacetime is incredibly hazardous. This is something that civilians such as Sen. Tom Coburn (R-MN) don't get. Veterans have much higher rates of physical and behavioral/mental health issues than the General Public, because we are exposed to so many more hazards of every kind...
The thoughtless cannot comprehend; the foolish cannot fathom this... (Ps. 92)
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I know how he feels. I did not play in the sand box but did two tours on the Z in Korea 79/80 82/83. Sometimes I think it was worse psychologically, and my injuries are not visible. You just can not see a hurt back, TBI or PTSD, those with the hidden injuries suffer more because people doubt them.
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Interesting way to respond.
Hopefully it helps the younger generation understand.
Hopefully it helps the younger generation understand.
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