Posted on Aug 31, 2015
What Is "The Case For Sticking Close To Your Veteran Community"?
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This article is more like a pep talk for those currently serving and the vets. I found it to be honest and helpful for those who want to slowly work their way back into society. It demonstrates how cruel civilians can be toward veterans. PTSD Is one of the disabilities that a lot of civilians can't, or won't try to understand. To this day, I still feel awkward around people I don't know. I don't reach out to meet them or talk to them because I feel I don't have anything in common with them. Anyway, that's me. You may be totally ok around strangers. I wish I could be. Now to the story:
A former Army captain responds to the idea that veterans should engage more with civilians:
Adrian Cole is a former Army Captain. He served two combat tours as an artillery officer in Iraq with the 101st Airborne Division, and lives in Maine.
http://taskandpurpose.com/the-case-for-sticking-close-to-your-veteran-community/
A former Army captain responds to the idea that veterans should engage more with civilians:
Adrian Cole is a former Army Captain. He served two combat tours as an artillery officer in Iraq with the 101st Airborne Division, and lives in Maine.
http://taskandpurpose.com/the-case-for-sticking-close-to-your-veteran-community/
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It's clear that people can be jerks. That's part of the human condition. Military and vets tend to stick together because we know and understand each other. The civilian world can be scary, and hanging out at a veterans organization feels safe and familiar...
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Yes Sir it does and that's what I do, LCDR Rabbi Jaron Matlow.
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I don't worry about being accepted by civilians; I am selective about which civilians I am willing to accept. I accept only those civilians that don't have their heads up their butts; the rest can take a flying leap.
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I'm convinced that's the way almost all of us vets feel, Capt Seid Waddell. I have nothing in common with them.
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SGT (Join to see), don't get me wrong; I do associate and even admire many civilians I know, but I am selective in the ones with which I associate. I have an advantage over more recent veterans because more of my contemporaries have military experience due to the draft, and many that didn't serve still respected and supported the military. These are the ones I associate with.
We also had the hippies and far-left flakes that despised us and let us know clearly how they felt. These and those like them today are the ones I have no time for.
Civilians that don't respect the military for the service we give our country condemn themselves to the outer fringes of my world, and I don't miss them a bit. We don’t fail – they do.
We also had the hippies and far-left flakes that despised us and let us know clearly how they felt. These and those like them today are the ones I have no time for.
Civilians that don't respect the military for the service we give our country condemn themselves to the outer fringes of my world, and I don't miss them a bit. We don’t fail – they do.
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My feelings and the same feelings as yours with being selective who your civilian friends are Capt Seid Waddell. Those who do know me know I'm 100% red blooded American and they better not say anything negative about our nation or veterans.
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It was a few years for me before I really started mingling with civilians. I didn't fit in I felt and I felt the connection with my military family still. It is my opinion if I would've started sooner I think my transition would have been a lot smoother.
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SPC Bill Earley, After Nam I just didn't want to be around any civilians. Nobody at work knew I was a vet until the documentary came out in 2002. I didn't want anyone to know much about me. I only did the documentary to be reunited with a guy I helped save in Vietnam.
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