Death of Milwaukee Air Force veteran with PTSD inspires 'Green Alert' movement

Sir this is a two way street. Some vets with unseen and some seen injuries can/are on the same level mentally as a senior citizen with Alzheimer's/dementia. In that case, a "green" alert is not a bad thing. Also if you're going to look for a thief, who is better suited to find that thief than another thief? Same with a vet. We know and recognize most of the symptoms that would be seen in each other much faster than anyone else, so if this alert went out, we could go to places where there's a heavy concentration of vets, or where a large homeless concentration of vets are (have one near me now), and hit those with the knowledge and background to relate and not berate. On the PTSD thing, I don't think there is a true vet alive who is "proud" of having that moniker next to his/her name. Once it really sink in, it's not something to be "proud" of, just something one has to accept. When you see the proud to have PTSD vets, they don't have a damn thing other than a high VA rating.

As many cops there are that are prior service, in my particular area, there are twice as many who have no clue as to being military other than a friend, family member, or bad TV shows and movies. The stigma is real, but only enhanced through BS court cases where PTSD is thrown around like candy to excuse bad behavior, tv making us look like total buffoons, and my favorite; a former Alaskan Governor blaming Obama for her son's PTSD triggering him to commit domestic violence. His DD214 was the first one I've ever seen posted online and shared openly just to show that he never saw combat, has no CIB (MOS 11B), and was a radioman in a TOC for a year. He was also charged last year with beating his own father up. Thanks Obama.

We are not "special" or "Heroes", but we shouldn't deny ourselves the chance to make it easier to help one another in any situation as long as it's honest.