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I know it's tough sometimes to hear people and companies talk about what they are doing to help veterans. Well, I just wanted to show everyone here on Rally Point that we are backing up what we are saying and we are fighting the good fight. It started out working to get our program approved but as we listened to what the veterans need we have found there are many issues that need to fixed. We have reached out to many congressmen and women across the country, to congressional candidates who are running in the upcoming election, to people high up in the VA and SAA and I am proud to say that we are finally being heard which in turn means you are being heard. Men and women who have served our country have struggled to transition long enough, it is time to take action and let the people up top know what challenges we are facing and that they are presenting to us! Individually we are weak but together we are strong! Thankyou to Steve Durgin and COL Mikel J. Burroughs with Victory for Veterans for joining us in this cause! Veterans are high value assets to companies it's time to let them see that. We are not broken, we are not sick, we are not helpless. We are determined, hard working and do it first leaders who are eager and willing to do what needs to be done to help a company succeed!
House Committee on Veterans Affairs
Posted from veterans.house.gov
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
DAV
Victory for Veterans (VFV)
Information Technology
Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)
Posted 7 y ago
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I know one problem with being a veteran in civilian life.
It could just be me but the world isn't "honest".
It is full of deceit and subterfuge committed by the very folks who hire us.
To them it is a normal way of life.. They aren't bad ..mostly.. they are just accustomed to doing business with others who operate the same way.
As an honest individual I have forever had difficulties when I find out I am being cheated or poorly treated by those who I see as my superiors.
In the military there is a chain of command and of course not everything is readily apparent to those who are a few pay grades below their superiors.
Yet as a rule the chain of accountability and expected honesty is followed in reasonable fashion.
It has always been difficult for me to move away from that. My profession requires enormous intergrity, personal accountability, and near perfection. Mistakes are easily made but any mistake is bad.
Being surrounded by those who can make fairly significant errors and blow them off is hard.
This may seem rambling but I hope it is recognizable as a difficulty other have struggled with.
It could just be me but the world isn't "honest".
It is full of deceit and subterfuge committed by the very folks who hire us.
To them it is a normal way of life.. They aren't bad ..mostly.. they are just accustomed to doing business with others who operate the same way.
As an honest individual I have forever had difficulties when I find out I am being cheated or poorly treated by those who I see as my superiors.
In the military there is a chain of command and of course not everything is readily apparent to those who are a few pay grades below their superiors.
Yet as a rule the chain of accountability and expected honesty is followed in reasonable fashion.
It has always been difficult for me to move away from that. My profession requires enormous intergrity, personal accountability, and near perfection. Mistakes are easily made but any mistake is bad.
Being surrounded by those who can make fairly significant errors and blow them off is hard.
This may seem rambling but I hope it is recognizable as a difficulty other have struggled with.
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SPC Douglas Bolton
PO3 John Wagner - Take care of the vampire! He is corrupting your integrity and resolve. You are too good of a man to give until that crap.
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PO3 John Wagner
SPC Douglas Bolton - He isn't corrupting my integrity. Challenging my fears.
My resolve never seems to falter. Once I decide on a course of action in my moral or spiritual life I can't say I have ever turned my back on it.
Every day is a test. I often fail but I keep getting back on the horse.
The tests that are the hardest to pass are the ones I give myself. I often fail but I keep going back in the end. I am not satisfied with mediocre results. When I fail again I look for opportunities to succeed. Never being satisfied with mediocrity is the grace I have been given. I learn my limitations but a man's known limitations help him to define the level of success he can be pleased with.
My resolve never seems to falter. Once I decide on a course of action in my moral or spiritual life I can't say I have ever turned my back on it.
Every day is a test. I often fail but I keep getting back on the horse.
The tests that are the hardest to pass are the ones I give myself. I often fail but I keep going back in the end. I am not satisfied with mediocre results. When I fail again I look for opportunities to succeed. Never being satisfied with mediocrity is the grace I have been given. I learn my limitations but a man's known limitations help him to define the level of success he can be pleased with.
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PO3 Jacob Jenkins it is nice to see when organizations are using their influence as a force for good.
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