Posted on Jun 14, 2015
What is one word to describe your deployment?
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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?
Deployment
Warfare
TBI
PTSD
Combat
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Overwhelming
So much ugliness and so much beauty, so much evil and so much kindness all in one place. It was overwhelming.
So much ugliness and so much beauty, so much evil and so much kindness all in one place. It was overwhelming.
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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 :-)
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 :-)
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Monotonous.
Because I often felt like I was doing the same thing over and over again.
Because I often felt like I was doing the same thing over and over again.
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MCPO Douglas Pennington
Gratifying.
You knew that all you hard work and dedication during workups was going to pay huge dividends. You became a team, i highly motivated and talented team. Ready at a moments notice to defend this great nation that we owe so much to.
You knew that all you hard work and dedication during workups was going to pay huge dividends. You became a team, i highly motivated and talented team. Ready at a moments notice to defend this great nation that we owe so much to.
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PO3 Chooee Lee
Not too long out of boot camp assigned to HS-3 NAS Norfolk. Line Chief sent to the Leading Chief to get "Chit" for Prop Wash. What the hell, I didn't know any better.
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