SGT Justin Singleton 533617 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>If you aren&#39;t aware, there is a group on Facebook called Dysfunctional Veterans. They have rather lively discussion and a radio show. The show and page is know for its vulgarity and &quot;dysfunctional&quot; ways. Question: Would you consider yourself a dysfunctional veteran, and how far should veterans take the &quot;fun&quot;? Would you consider yourself a Dysfunctional Veteran (DV)? 2015-03-16T17:34:36-04:00 SGT Justin Singleton 533617 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>If you aren&#39;t aware, there is a group on Facebook called Dysfunctional Veterans. They have rather lively discussion and a radio show. The show and page is know for its vulgarity and &quot;dysfunctional&quot; ways. Question: Would you consider yourself a dysfunctional veteran, and how far should veterans take the &quot;fun&quot;? Would you consider yourself a Dysfunctional Veteran (DV)? 2015-03-16T17:34:36-04:00 2015-03-16T17:34:36-04:00 CW5 Private RallyPoint Member 533671 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I don't consider myself a dysfunctional veteran, <a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="92201" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/92201-sgt-justin-singleton">SGT Justin Singleton</a>. I guess that's an interesting way for vets to poke fun - hopefully in a good-natured way - at each other. The question of how far to take the "fun" is important. I think they need to be careful not to carry it too far, lest they step into an area of being disrespectful, which is what I've read in another post on RallyPoint about the Havok Journal post. That's what the author of this blog is talking about: Veterans taking it too far and making it worse:<br /> <br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.havokjournal.com/culture/22tozero-veterans-are-making-it-worse/">http://www.havokjournal.com/culture/22tozero-veterans-are-making-it-worse/</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/010/520/qrc/suicide-rope-dpc.jpg?1443036120"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.havokjournal.com/culture/22tozero-veterans-are-making-it-worse/">#22toZero: Veterans Are Making it Worse</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">Veterans kill themselves at the rate of 22 every day, and what does the veteran community do about it? Encourage more of it.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> Response by CW5 Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 16 at 2015 6:24 PM 2015-03-16T18:24:35-04:00 2015-03-16T18:24:35-04:00 SPC Christopher Smith 533776 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I honestly resent this group, I personally believe they bring bad light to Veterans injured and not. I also feel like they help fuel the stigma that Veterans are a half a second away from harming people around them. PTSD is still very misunderstood by the majority of the civilian population, and with more and more vets looking for work, we do not need our civilian counterparts to feel anymore uncomfortable than they might already be. Response by SPC Christopher Smith made Mar 16 at 2015 7:55 PM 2015-03-16T19:55:21-04:00 2015-03-16T19:55:21-04:00 Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS 533927 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The advantage of large social media platforms like Facebook are just how wide the net gets. The disadvantage is how many "fish" the net catches.<br /><br />Much of DV is about letting loose. Unfortunately, it is essentially unmoderated. Response by Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS made Mar 16 at 2015 9:48 PM 2015-03-16T21:48:41-04:00 2015-03-16T21:48:41-04:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 534350 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>No, I am not a dysfunctional veteran. I do have a DD 214, but I am not divorced nor have bad credit. Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 17 at 2015 8:21 AM 2015-03-17T08:21:53-04:00 2015-03-17T08:21:53-04:00 SSG Leonard Johnson 535505 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Luv DV....SUCH a great conservative right wing group....I try to buy some of the products supported....Great veteran organization Response by SSG Leonard Johnson made Mar 17 at 2015 8:15 PM 2015-03-17T20:15:32-04:00 2015-03-17T20:15:32-04:00 COL Charles Williams 535838 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I see the humor... but I also don't see the humor.... To each his own. I think the moniker reflects poorly on all veterans. Response by COL Charles Williams made Mar 18 at 2015 12:07 AM 2015-03-18T00:07:10-04:00 2015-03-18T00:07:10-04:00 LCpl Private RallyPoint Member 573979 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I hang with the DV crew, they're a little far to the right politically speaking for me, but they're good people and it's all in good fun. No different then the smoke pit back at the bricks. Honestly? Considering how things work for other "minority" groups, with the creation of safe spaces to express themselves freely without concern for censure, I don't see why veterans shouldn't be able to throttle up and do likewise. We might step on some toes, but for the most part those toes walked into a room that isn't for them any way. Response by LCpl Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 6 at 2015 1:52 AM 2015-04-06T01:52:25-04:00 2015-04-06T01:52:25-04:00 SSgt Alex Robinson 845028 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Things like this irritate me. Don't make yourself or other veterans look bad. Response by SSgt Alex Robinson made Jul 26 at 2015 2:13 PM 2015-07-26T14:13:31-04:00 2015-07-26T14:13:31-04:00 SPC Private RallyPoint Member 975055 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I just joined this site and the first thing I do is look for a dysfunctional veterans page. Does anyone know if there is one on rally point? Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 18 at 2015 10:17 AM 2015-09-18T10:17:33-04:00 2015-09-18T10:17:33-04:00 MAJ Private RallyPoint Member 975834 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I had a Dysfunctional Vet patch on my motorcycle vest before they started.<br /><br />I am a member on FB and think harmless fun on the internet is fine. People with a stick up their butt don't need that FB group to have something to bitch about. Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 18 at 2015 3:01 PM 2015-09-18T15:01:42-04:00 2015-09-18T15:01:42-04:00 MAJ Ken Landgren 975852 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I would say to an extent I am dysfunctional. My short term memory is horrible. Sometimes I make myself numb instead of feeling the alternative. Response by MAJ Ken Landgren made Sep 18 at 2015 3:15 PM 2015-09-18T15:15:35-04:00 2015-09-18T15:15:35-04:00 Cpl Theril Andrews Jr. 1074109 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I think whoever created this "dysfunctional veteran" brand did not take into consideration for literal term of dysfunctional. I am a veteran and disabled through the VA and I find this DV brand of clothing and stickers repulsive. The reasoning for my repulsiveness towards this DV brand is that it labels veterans that we cannot successful assimilate back into society. I do not want a brand to define who I am so those people who were the stay back 20 feet or something to that wording; it's insulting like saying we're some type of crazed lunatics. I am honored to be a veteran and I hate that some organization or brand has to create repulsive clothing to reiterate the fact that we don't function in a normal society. I know some veterans have deep issues with society and such, but I believe broadcasting it with a shirt is a little much. This is just my opinion. Response by Cpl Theril Andrews Jr. made Oct 29 at 2015 10:40 AM 2015-10-29T10:40:37-04:00 2015-10-29T10:40:37-04:00 PO2 Spencer Wainright 1109400 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>i AM A dYSfUNCTIONAL vETERAN OF THE vIET nAM eRA...wE ARE AND oUTSPOKEN GROUP OF PISSED OFF GUYS AND GALS THAT LIKE IN THE FILM..."I'M MAD AS HELL AND I'M NOT GONNA TAKE IT ANYMORE!"<br />GOT IT? Response by PO2 Spencer Wainright made Nov 15 at 2015 7:22 AM 2015-11-15T07:22:35-05:00 2015-11-15T07:22:35-05:00 Cpl Dr Ronnie Manns 1109576 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a target="_blank" href="http://mannslogistics.wix.com/mosci">http://mannslogistics.wix.com/mosci</a>. Response by Cpl Dr Ronnie Manns made Nov 15 at 2015 10:39 AM 2015-11-15T10:39:42-05:00 2015-11-15T10:39:42-05:00 SPC Rich Stiltner 1166395 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>WINDOW LICKER FOR LIFE!!! (DV) Response by SPC Rich Stiltner made Dec 10 at 2015 6:22 PM 2015-12-10T18:22:50-05:00 2015-12-10T18:22:50-05:00 PO1 John Miller 1225800 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><br />Dysfunctional Veteran, leave me alone. I've got hats, shirts, and business cards! Response by PO1 John Miller made Jan 9 at 2016 9:02 PM 2016-01-09T21:02:19-05:00 2016-01-09T21:02:19-05:00 PO3 Michael Roush 3687849 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Navy - never again volunteer yourself, but I&#39;m gullible so I would Response by PO3 Michael Roush made Jun 5 at 2018 7:26 PM 2018-06-05T19:26:50-04:00 2018-06-05T19:26:50-04:00 PO3 Michael Roush 3687860 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>PTSD- post test subjects dying Response by PO3 Michael Roush made Jun 5 at 2018 7:30 PM 2018-06-05T19:30:13-04:00 2018-06-05T19:30:13-04:00 PO3 Michael Roush 3687878 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I wake up everyday and wonder why been going to the VA for 5 years now took me 20 some years to get the fuck in there they told me I got PTSD anxiety disorders some kind of paranoia fucking thing to tell me I live my own world I have three or four people in my head maybe more hell I don&#39;t know that started this I know what you mean I felt dysfunctional for years now they have me on his register National register so I have Persian Gulf syndrome Persian Gulf disease whatever the hell they call it I ended up with Stage 3 bladder cancerat 38 years old couldn&#39;t figure out why everything was getting worse over the years hell I&#39;m 52 years old and I&#39;m falling to fuck apart I won&#39;t even go into all of it I&#39;m fucking ragheads fucking killed me after all my shirt short-term memory real bad the other daughter test in my head and see if I have head trauma my memory is fading I&#39;m afraid one of these days I&#39;m going to walk out of my house and I&#39;m going to forget where I live or who my kids are who the fuck I already already lost me a lot of times for the VA Response by PO3 Michael Roush made Jun 5 at 2018 7:37 PM 2018-06-05T19:37:24-04:00 2018-06-05T19:37:24-04:00 PO3 Michael Roush 3687893 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Before the VA I don&#39;t know how many times I put a gun to my head Place week 3 times a week I don&#39;t know I spent so many years getting drunk and fucked up on shit I lost a lot now I&#39;m medicated and look up to God just just taking everything day by day and hoping them bastards in my head would start to get the fucking wrong I hate when they fight anyway dysfunctional that I am, MR3 roush sighning out, over Response by PO3 Michael Roush made Jun 5 at 2018 7:42 PM 2018-06-05T19:42:46-04:00 2018-06-05T19:42:46-04:00 Russell Koepke 6158254 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>All the way Response by Russell Koepke made Jul 30 at 2020 2:37 PM 2020-07-30T14:37:54-04:00 2020-07-30T14:37:54-04:00 SGT Arthur Cranston 6159731 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I think I had a LT think so has a PVT. I think I improved has I got older but at time that would fit me. Response by SGT Arthur Cranston made Jul 30 at 2020 11:22 PM 2020-07-30T23:22:10-04:00 2020-07-30T23:22:10-04:00 PO3 D H 6728363 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>After thorough reflection the answer would be yes. I am a D.V.<br />I have yet to meet a Veteran that was not dysfunctional in one form or the other to this date.<br />&quot;Liberte Par Vigilance&quot;<br />&quot;Semper Fi&quot; Response by PO3 D H made Feb 7 at 2021 6:17 PM 2021-02-07T18:17:04-05:00 2021-02-07T18:17:04-05:00 SSG James Knopp 7342902 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>What exactly is the definition of a dysfunctional veteran?<br />I think many of us who served are dysfunctional in some way. I have an issue of now being a bit obsessive compulsive in whatever I do. For 26 years I was told to check and double check to be certain things didn’t go south in the event something came up. <br />Now my family always ask me why things take so long for me to do. My response is that I don’t do things half ass. Response by SSG James Knopp made Oct 29 at 2021 9:20 PM 2021-10-29T21:20:04-04:00 2021-10-29T21:20:04-04:00 TSgt T Keogh 7440388 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I&#39;m a Disabled vet &quot;DV&quot; which is different from Dysfunctional Vet This could be confusing. Response by TSgt T Keogh made Dec 25 at 2021 12:08 PM 2021-12-25T12:08:11-05:00 2021-12-25T12:08:11-05:00 SSgt Mike Edlin 8477403 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Hell i have worn my DV hat to appointments at the VA. They liked it. Suck it up buttercups. Response by SSgt Mike Edlin made Sep 18 at 2023 4:08 PM 2023-09-18T16:08:09-04:00 2023-09-18T16:08:09-04:00 2015-03-16T17:34:36-04:00