Posted on Dec 28, 2015
Of all the OEF/OIF vets here, who wishes they could go back overseas?
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Posted 10 y ago
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At times I do. I was over in that area about a year ago. In some ways it was really nice
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Though retired, if my country called on me to go back, I would more that gladly fulfill the request and the mission to the best of my abilities.
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I would love to be able to return. Deployments were easy. Life here is the hard part. I lived by two rules . 1. Don't let my team die. 2. Don't die. That's it. I also had two rules for my wife. 1. Don't bug me with shit I can't fix 4,000 miles away. 2. Don't say come home soon. Instead say come home safe at the end of the tour. With that said, I am no longer medically World Wide qualified. I still miss it though. I miss it more knowing I can never go back.
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Yes, I would go back. Life was a lot more simple when I was in country. But it want happen since I'm retired.
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Good luck! That aside, I saw another option, French Foreign Legion is taking applicants, 17 to 40 is the age limit with a 5 year first term commitment.
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Hell no. I saw blown up kids everyday that I worked and while I can see many wanting to go back because of their job, not for mine.
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SSG Joel Galford
I was one of the lucky ones who got blown up. No serious injuries, just a concussion from the shockwave. But everyday I want to go back because I feel like I could do more.
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SPC Rory J. Mattheisen
SSG Joel Galford - You got a concussion from being "blown up"? We have different definitions of blown up.
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SSG Joel Galford
Luckily didn't catch any shrapnel, just a shock wave that took me off my feet, rupture an eardrum, broke a tooth on a rock from getting leveled, 3 broke fingers, and had me bleeding from the nose from getting my bell rung. all in all in comparison to two of the guys there I came away fairly unscathed that time and 2 others. The joys of being cross trained and working with 1371's. Not a poor me moment but I count it even though I got to keep all my limbs and digits.
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