Will you give war stories

2015-08-19T01:44:55-04:00

I think of the day I will grow old telling my kids or grandbabies about the day their old man was fighting the global war in terror! Will you tell them all or just leave it to there imagination. - Given the fact they aren't still fighting in it :(

Response by MSG David Johnson made Aug 19 at 2015 1:51 AM

2015-08-19T01:51:33-04:00

I already do war stories, but onlt the very few that are clean enough to tell.

Response by Capt Seid Waddell made Aug 19 at 2015 3:24 AM

2015-08-19T03:24:39-04:00

I do, but I clean them up first. Nobody wants to hear the raw stories unless they have been there.

Response by MSgt Brian Welch made Aug 19 at 2015 5:39 AM

2015-08-19T05:39:48-04:00

My war stories are about things I built; I'll tell them all about that...no need to tell them about anything else.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 19 at 2015 6:49 AM

2015-08-19T06:49:52-04:00

I think as time goes on, my kids will eventually ask me what I did while I was gone for 6 years of my life. If that time comes, I am pretty sure I will be bale to break it down and share my experiences with them. I typically don't talk about what I did or where I have been. The unit I am in now is an aviation unit and most of the guys here have never set foot on the battlefield outside the wire. I am a former Combat Engineer who is now a lowly supply guy, but I have seen my fair share of combat, but I rarely talk about it with this unit, they just wouldn't understand. For my kids and grandkids, I think it will be different.

Response by Sgt Tom Cunnally made Aug 19 at 2015 7:02 AM

2015-08-19T07:02:22-04:00

I have told Humor in Uniform stories to my grand kids.... but not any War Stories..

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 19 at 2015 8:45 AM

2015-08-19T08:45:04-04:00

My story has been written, read, and closed. It doesn't pain me to think of those days in OIF 1. Those days are in the past, and has shaped me into the man I am today. I do not intend to tell any more stories.

Response by SFC Michael Whipple made Aug 19 at 2015 9:03 AM

2015-08-19T09:03:44-04:00

I tell my stories to my family. I don't know if I'll get any grandkids, but my nephews and niece will hear my tales. I'll leave a lot to the imagination too.

Response by Sgt David G Duchesneau made Aug 24 at 2015 6:14 PM

2015-08-24T18:14:47-04:00

I never talked about what really happened in Vietnam other than the funny shit. But I did write a book called "UNIFORMS" which does tell about some of my experiences as a Vietnam Combat Veteran. I've heard that it's not bad reading and, among other sites, it is featured on the Marine Corps Military Writer's website.

Response by LTC Gavin Heater made Aug 24 at 2015 6:46 PM

2015-08-24T18:46:47-04:00

I prefer humor to drama for the most part. Some experiences were adventures and some were mundane. Any re telling is definitely group specific. I married very late, so my son may hear my stories, but I doubt I will be around for grandchildren.

Response by SPC James Burkett II made Aug 24 at 2015 7:49 PM

2015-08-24T19:49:37-04:00

It's hard to say where I will be when it comes time my son is old enough to ask. Will I ever tell him everything I seen and been through no. But I do know I have some funny stories I could tell. I guess the only way I would ever tell him everything is if he wanted to enlist then I would want him top have a clearer picture of the future he might face.

Response by SSG Ricardo Marcial made Aug 24 at 2015 8:02 PM

2015-08-24T20:02:18-04:00

I have stopped myself several times talking to my oldest boy now 23 about some of my experiences. I have also stopped recalling the incompetence and lack of leadership I experience, the backstabbing, the overbearing egos that got in the way of people wanting to get work done regardless of who got credit. The list of bs goes on and on. But its done, in the past, unfortunately some of still in, and some have moved on to destroy other peoples lives in the civilian world.

I'm passed all that. My son knows some of my pain, and knows some of the crazy things we did to pass the time because it just needed to be done at that time. I may never write a book about it, it's best to keep things as they are, locked away for only me and my doc when she asks the right questions.

Response by COL Ted Mc made Aug 25 at 2015 3:26 AM

2015-08-25T03:26:08-04:00

SSG Private RallyPoint Member - Staff; No.

On the other hand, I will most definitely tell them that if anyone comes around attempting to sell them on a "short, glorious, victorious, war" they should shoot the SOB immediately and worry about the consequences later.

Response by SGM Steve Wettstein made Aug 25 at 2015 5:07 AM

2015-08-25T05:07:29-04:00

SSG Private RallyPoint Member I tell my son now that he is in the Army. I don't really talk about them to others that haven't been in.

Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 25 at 2015 6:10 AM

2015-08-25T06:10:58-04:00

I'm not a big talker to start with so I don't sit around and tell war stories too much. My wife and I, both military, unfortunately do sit around an MDMP stuff each other has going on and AAR the stuff we just dealt with. I advise my Son and Son-in-Law as needed, both Military. Talking to the other family members and friends that have not served is a little tedious. They only know the news and movies. Who knows though, once I’m old and retired, I may find myself sitting around and dwelling on the wonder years of my Service in the Army. Boring everybody with my stories.

Response by SSgt Terry P. made Aug 25 at 2015 10:08 AM

2015-08-25T10:08:03-04:00

I do talk to my sons some (1 an Army SGT. the other a Marine SSG) now that they can understand better.

Response by SGT Jonathan Persons made Jan 12 at 2022 11:05 PM

2022-01-12T23:05:19-05:00

I will probably end up doing what my grandfather did with me, and that is wait until one of my nieces or nephews has returned from combat before I tell any of mine.

Then I will pull out a bottle of Scotch that I will have bought when they joined the military, and sit with them while we share a story or two. The old man saved my sanity when we shared half that bottle and got completely shitfaced while sharing stories of some of the things that we saw.