What is one word to describe your deployment?

2015-06-14T21:28:40-04:00

I know an artist who does an art therapy project with Soldiers with TBI. She uses single words on clay plaques. What is one word that describes your deployment experience? If you can, would you share why you chose that word?

Response by SFC Stephen King made Jun 14 at 2015 10:28 PM

2015-06-14T22:28:36-04:00

Knowledge

Acquired and shared

Response by SSG Keven Lahde made Jun 15 at 2015 12:21 AM

2015-06-15T00:21:07-04:00

For me it would say Rewarding. My unit might see otherwise. They are MP's and I am a Cook. So you decide and think what they might have said. Oh we did Detainee OPS too.

Response by Capt Mark Strobl made Jun 15 at 2015 12:54 AM

2015-06-15T00:54:07-04:00

"Ongoing"

Response by CAPT Kevin B. made Jun 15 at 2015 1:49 AM

2015-06-15T01:49:07-04:00

Exhaustion. That was always the big thing I felt boarding the plane home.

Response by SFC Mark Merino made Jun 15 at 2015 3:23 AM

2015-06-15T03:23:18-04:00

Painful

Response by SFC Michael Jackson, MBA made Jun 15 at 2015 4:04 AM

2015-06-15T04:04:24-04:00

Intense

Response by PO1 John Miller made Jun 15 at 2015 4:41 AM

2015-06-15T04:41:19-04:00

Monotonous.

Because I often felt like I was doing the same thing over and over again.

Response by TSgt David L. made Jun 15 at 2015 4:51 AM

2015-06-15T04:51:02-04:00

Sphincterful? Not exactly a word, however;

As an EOD Tech, Between Post-Blast investigations, UXOs, Enemy Caches, Suspect IEDs/IEDs, Snipers, Route Clearances, Suspect VBIEDs/VBIEDs, and convoys to and from as well as waiting to be ambushed/attacked during all the above, my days, and nights were mildly exciting to down right frightening.

Not that any of that is much different than many of ya'lls experiences, I found it to be satisfying to save and prevent loss of life, but Sphincterful. As in sphincter tightening... LMAO :-)

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 15 at 2015 5:04 AM

2015-06-15T05:04:20-04:00

complete (nearly)

Response by CSM Michael J. Uhlig made Jun 15 at 2015 5:50 AM

2015-06-15T05:50:55-04:00

deadly

Response by SCPO David Lockwood made Jun 15 at 2015 5:57 AM

2015-06-15T05:57:17-04:00

UUUGGGHHH!

Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 15 at 2015 7:03 AM

2015-06-15T07:03:04-04:00

MASH

Response by SFC Douglas Duckett made Jun 15 at 2015 7:52 AM

2015-06-15T07:52:35-04:00

Wasted

Response by SGT Toby Vado made Jun 15 at 2015 2:47 PM

2015-06-15T14:47:58-04:00

Alarming-in the aspect that the innate goodness of man is circumspect meaning not all are out to help each other but most prey on the innocent. It has become a "let's see what I can get from this person kind of world." Suffice it to say we should all be on our guard.

Response by PO2 Jw Chadwick made Nov 4 at 2021 8:23 PM

2021-11-04T20:23:20-04:00

Hell. The moral on the boat wasnt good, mainly it was a Command problem but like a cancer, poor attitudes infect everyone around.

Response by PO2 Jarrod Moore made Nov 11 at 2021 8:22 AM

2021-11-11T08:22:19-05:00

Eye-opening

Response by CPL Jimmy Webb made Nov 17 at 2021 7:33 PM

2021-11-17T19:33:32-05:00

Gratifying

Response by CPL Jimmy Webb made Nov 17 at 2021 7:34 PM

2021-11-17T19:34:05-05:00

Gratifying

Response by CDR Theresa Everest made Nov 17 at 2021 9:31 PM

2021-11-17T21:31:00-05:00

Overwhelming

So much ugliness and so much beauty, so much evil and so much kindness all in one place. It was overwhelming.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 17 at 2021 10:38 PM

2021-11-17T22:38:47-05:00

Eyeopening

Response by MSgt Earl King made Sep 7 at 2023 3:42 PM

2023-09-07T15:42:31-04:00

Jodi. Ain't no sense in going on Jodi done got my wife and gone!!

Response by SGT Glenn Killebrew made Oct 18 at 2023 9:07 PM

2023-10-18T21:07:40-04:00

It was a lonely time being away from family. Too much sand.

Response by SFC Eddy Weezar made Dec 4 at 2023 5:41 PM

2023-12-04T17:41:04-05:00

Awesome!