What's keeping you up at night?

PO1 Ricky Allen — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 12:03:36 -0400

What's keeping you up at night? And how are you responding to this?

Response by CSM Charles Hayden made Aug 17 at 2020 12:17 PM

CSM Charles Hayden — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 12:17:29 -0400

PO1 Ricky Allen I do my virtual visit to Ohio. Actually I had to do it last night and fell asleep before virtually departing the Columbus airport.

Response by SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth made Aug 17 at 2020 12:20 PM

SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 12:20:35 -0400

I have no problem getting to sleep, my normal thing is to read for a while, then turn out the lights and go to sleep.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 17 at 2020 12:39 PM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 12:39:18 -0400

Pain, my experience with the VA so far, memories of some particular events in Afghanistan, this upcoming school semester and work balance, and more pain.

Response by Maj Kim Patterson made Aug 17 at 2020 12:49 PM

Maj Kim Patterson — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 12:49:08 -0400

PO1 Ricky Allen Trying to squeeze time in for RallyPoint

Response by Wayne Soares made Aug 17 at 2020 1:01 PM

Wayne Soares — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 13:01:26 -0400

Great post/question brother Ricky

Response by SSG Samuel Kermon made Aug 17 at 2020 1:12 PM

SSG Samuel Kermon — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 13:12:12 -0400

Nothing. I go to bed start praying and the next thing you know Iam waking up in the morning.

Response by SSgt Dan Montague made Aug 17 at 2020 2:31 PM

SSgt Dan Montague — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 14:31:48 -0400

"Nothing, I keep other people awake at night"
Gen Mattis
Sorry I couldn't resist.

Response by Lt Col Charlie Brown made Aug 17 at 2020 3:54 PM

Lt Col Charlie Brown — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 15:54:54 -0400

I usually go right to sleep. The issue when there is one, is staying asleep. Cats, allergies and sometimes noise (like thunderstorms) will wake me.

Response by SSG Steven Borders made Aug 17 at 2020 4:46 PM

SSG Steven Borders — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 16:46:20 -0400

This Virtual AT that I am on right now. Dear Lord help me get through this.

Response by PO3 Aaron Hassay made Aug 17 at 2020 7:41 PM

PO3 Aaron Hassay — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 19:41:31 -0400

I keep on finding reports about my military commands that were shut down mothballed. I am reviewing the constitution, the preamble, studying health stuff. Putting it all together.

Response by PFC Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 17 at 2020 10:31 PM

PFC Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 22:31:24 -0400

The current state of the country, the pandemic, the current state of the world. Waking up thankful I'm here another day despite shootings being up in my city of Philadelphia 36% than this time last year.

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 17 at 2020 10:32 PM

SPC Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 22:32:27 -0400

Nothing keeps me up at night except wondering who I am keeping up at night.

Response by SGM Steve Wettstein made Aug 18 at 2020 1:04 PM

SGM Steve Wettstein — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 13:04:04 -0400

PO1 Ricky Allen Back pain and migraines are my two biggies. For my back I sit in the hot tub if it's keeping me up or wakes me up because of it, also take take pain meds and muscle relaxers, to include migraine meds, I do darkness, and silence.

Response by SSG Stephen Arnold made Aug 18 at 2020 1:26 PM

SSG Stephen Arnold — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 13:26:21 -0400

Nothing. I have unspeakable peace.

Response by Pvt SanJuana Méndez made Aug 19 at 2020 3:52 AM

Pvt SanJuana Méndez — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 03:52:40 -0400

Depression & stress. Hv suffered from depression since learning hw I wz betrayed by USMC/DoD by way I was discharged. Stress has added to depression since DoD seized my joint acct (mine & my late husband's) when I blindly believed one federal agency (Dept of Veteran Affairs works hand in hand with another (Social Security), way state agency (Food Stamps) works hand in hand with federal agency (Social Security. Because V.A. failed to act on my informing them when my husband died, even tho I wzn't trying to continue getting his pension. I cn understand V.A.'s reluctance to continue sending benefits to non-service connected veteran's surviving spouse without official death certificate but I fail to understand why surviving spouse must hv death cert to stop receiving benefits. Moreover, if V.A. is agency requesting repayment of overpaid benefits, hw is it that DoD wz the one to seize my acct, ESPECIALLY in view of fact seizure occurred while V.A. wz reviewing claim?

Response by SPC Byron Skinner made Sep 7 at 2020 1:11 AM

SPC Byron Skinner — Mon, 07 Sep 2020 01:11:51 -0400

Sp4 Byron Skinner,

I would like to say my frisky wife, but she has been taken from me because after 55 years I no longer can care of her, any more, my son managed to have her put into a residential care home so he and his wife can rob all of her assets which came to over a million dollars, they could’t wait for her to die, her crime was she is living to long. He wasn’t lucky when she got the coronavirus 19 in May, a week in ICU on a ventilator and the bastards would even for two week tell me if she was dead or alive. she survives but still is not 100%. The things listed above none of those bother me.

I go to bed alone (that bothers me) about 0200 and get up about 0630. Both of us are 73 and have known each other since we were 17 and Seniors in High School. But She’s not their.

Response by SPC Robin Price-Dirks made Oct 21 at 2020 9:15 AM

SPC Robin Price-Dirks — Wed, 21 Oct 2020 09:15:15 -0400

I wake up every hour on the hour all night long, every night. I am still on watch. All the time, every day, every minute of every hour, forever....and I wasn't an 11bravo