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The military can provide servicemembers with many opportunities, benefits, and quality experiences. We want to hear from our veterans.
Navy plankowner in Satellite Communications. Got pulled off ships and sent to Communications Stations then told I didn’t have enough sea time to make Chief. Got great training and turned it into a great civililan career. Helped put the Internet together before it had a name.
I found that could not afford college and dropped out and decided to fulfill my military obligation rather than wait for the draft. The best offer was the Arny (only 3 years active instead of 4) wanted to go into the Engineer Corp but after taking tests the Army recruited recommended I go into military intelligence. Basic at Fort Jackson, advanced training at Fort Holibird in Maryland. Assigned to a counter intelligence office in New Orleans :). Sent to Vietnam in October 1966. I believe my unit may have been one of the last to go to Vietnam by ship (merchant marina). When I reported to the ship in SFC they advised me I had been promoted to E5 and was assigned with 3 other NCO’s to a room with a porthole :}.
Deal was if you came back with less than 3 months left on your enlistment the Army discharged you.
I extended my stay in Vietnam 30+ days and came back with less than 90 days to 90 on my enlistment and was discharged at the Okland Army base and given a ticket home.
I went to high school in Massachusetts and was in Mass when I enlisted. When I returned home I started looking a colleges. I wanted to be an engineer and the state engineering school was Lowell Tech. When I visited Lowell Tech the interview person asked where I’d been since graduating from HS. I explained I went into the Army. She asked if I had been to Vietnam. I said yes and she explained that as a Massachusetts war veteran I could attend Lowell Tech for free while collecting GI Bill benefits.
The rest was/is a great life, Married, 5 children, 12 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. 2 of our boys served, one in the Air Force one in the Army. One of our granddaughters is a Captain in the Army (a doctor, compliments of the Army).
It’s been a wonderful life with a good start from my Army experience.
Basic training at Fort Dix, NJ, Oct to Dec 1965 , then a week on leave ! AIT at Fort Ben Harrison Indianapolis IN , then sent to Korea in the 2nd Infantry Division on the DMZ for 13 months ! Came home , took 2 weeks leave, then assigned to Fort Benning GA. Sent to Vietnam for 12 months,, then discharged ! Would never trade the experience !
Basic training & tech school. Lackland AFB Tx
I would do those 26 years all over again.
I did 21 years in the USN, and also served with the USMC. I would not take a million dollars for the experiences I had, I traveled the world, saw and did things most men can only imagine, and now enjoy the benefits of retirement. On the other hand, I would not give you a single dollar to repeat any day of it…
I was really enthusiastic, loved it.
I belonged to the airforce national guard in 1952 to 1957 and I put in for a transfer to construction then the Korea war started and when we were taking training in Texas they said my transfer came thru and sent me back to Alameda Calif and they sent my outfit to Korea and we were on stand by so am I eligible for any benefits
22 years good time and bad times
Well sleep is a figment of my imagination as well as food I’ve lost my appetite one meal a day sometimes two I have anger issues as well as distrust I have lost all my trust in just about all people an I don’t associate to well I like being alone I like living my life the way I do alone with two dogs I don’t like weapons but I have to have two for food so I am not suicidal but I am homicideal I guess I am strange I don’t associate with any members of my family since I have none too speak of so go figure .
Wow thank you for your service, I totally understand I served in Iraq I watched many of my friends and two divorces, my only hope is God, I talk with him and tell him all my problems, I feel like you, I sense evil in people I see their hatre in their hearts even animals I sense wither they good or bad. I don’t know who I am anymore
I still don’t sleep well at night
I feel your pain!
Dealing with racism in the nineties was an eye opener in alaska, even though we were supposed to be on the same accord. Also getting deployed after a hardship tour even though i was told i wouldnt be going.
Thank you,for your service!
For my wife, it was being away from family.
God Bless you and your family. Also thank you for your service!
In Vietnam having rules of engagement. We would see female Vietcong running across a rice paddy with a AK47 and we could not fire unless we were fired upon,,,,, go figure
I joined at 16, sent to Germany and. Made E-5 before President Johnson had us declared surplus so we could be shipped to Vietnam as non war surplus! When wounded sent to Japan for treatment as ‘vacation ‘ when didn’t have one year of required service! Trump’s war lie fixed, but 50 plus years and US???
Thank you for your service during a difficult war. God Bless!
Too immature at 18 to appreciate any advantages offered by the USN and wasn’t qualified to do anything else. Probably kept me out of prison and gave me 1962-1966 to think over my options. Ended up as a Merchant Marine Officer and derived a decent pension after 23 years. In reflection, it could have been a helluva’ lot worse. Wasted some time, but no real harm done. USS. Ticonderoga CVA-14.
Joined USAF in July 1960. Attended basic training at Lackland, tech school at Keesler, MS.. Air Traffic Control Tower Operator. Spend 2 years at McClellan AB, CA, and 2 years at Itazuke AB, Japan. Enjoyed the service and looking back, should have stayed in for at least 20 years, instead of only 4.
It was a great way to grow up, I was 17 when I joined.
Vet Nam by fra was the toughest time of my time in the US MARINE CORPS. As a foot gunner, doing Medical Evacuations out of the jungles, was by and adrenaline rush. Lol.
I could adapt to most things that came my way,
but the toughest was the Gas Chamber exercises.
I agree that the gas chamber exercises I went through in thev Air National Guard were not fun and very stressful when they told us to take off our masks inside of the chamber..
I can agree to that.
During my career in the Navy (1954-1979) I was CTM1; COMMUNICATIONS TECHNICIAN FIRST CLASS, an E-6. To begin with, as members of the Naval Security Group, a very selective small percentage of the Navy personnel. We were graduates of a variety of classified equipment schools and a 36-week school for Navy Electronic Technicians. I graduated from that school at Treasure Island, San Francisco, CA. Then I finished my 18 month tour of duty at Hanza, Okinawa, Naval Security Group.in 1968.
I was in charge of highly classified communications system called TRSSCOM and we spent 18 months building that system. I was proud of my team for getting it fully operational up from the ground up to the day we cut the ribbon on the front door of that location.. However, the USS PUEBLO (GER2), a research ship, which was really a “spy ship”, was captured by the North Koreans
on January 26, 1968, the only US Navy ship to have ever been captured on the high seas, . We had equipment that was used by the PUEBLO and a few other ships, that compromised the mission of communications from shore to ships at sea with TRSSCOM equipment. We had just completed our installation in January 1968. We were not able to communicate with anyone since the cryptographic systems on the PUEBLO and other similar ships, were now in the hands of the North Koreans. Our entire mission came to an abrupt halt. I was at the end of my 18-month tour that June, so all my skills were useless since we no longer had any thing like TRSSCOM to maintain.. The Navy “froze” our advancement completely, and I was hoping to make Chief Petty Officer (E-7) before I retired. I took the exams each year, but even if you passed the exam, you were not promoted. because of the USS PUEBLO incident .situation. We CTs were in limbo and no place to use our skills or advance in grade.
I personally spoke with Admiral Elmo Zumwalt,. the then Chief of Naval Operations, the top naval officer in Washington, about the situation for those of is with top security clearances and “frozen” paths to promotion. He listened, but no changes were made to assist us.
Because I was a graduate of the 18-month electronic technicians school in San Francisco, they offered me a position as Staff Instructor when I finished my tour in Okinawa (1966-1968).
There was a program called “Speciality Pay” of $75,00 a month because of our electronic backgrounds. They paid it to us for a while, which was to have been for several years initially, but they just stopped paying us the specialty pay within about 18-months.
There was a law firm that supported our situation, which was also in the other branches of service, for those of us with high security clearances and backgrounds.
The people in Washington refused to reinstate our situation because of the complex skills and such that qualified us for the specialty pay would take too long to review, so they just terminated our specialty pay and said to forget it.
My advancement as a cryptographic technician ended after my tour as an instructor was over.
I later became a Navy Journalist and had my own radio program in Puerto Rico with AFRTS and I retired in 1979 with 26 years of service. After that, I became a Public Affairs Officer in the Federal Government at various locations for the next 11 years. I retired from Washingtion, DC in 1991 as a GS-12 and returned to civilian life.
I soon became a member of the Screen Actors Guild (now SAG-AFTRA) using the skills learned in that public affairs role. I was fortunate to have been on the California staff of President Ronald Reagan when he came to California for his first and second term. I was responsible for the Los Angeles press credentials when the media came to see the President when he came to visit our area .for the 40 visits he made to Point Mugu, CA for the next four years
It was 37 years of military and federal service, I had a variety of assignments and was glad to retire from the duties as a public affairs officer in 1991. Now I am an actor with SAG-AFTRA and able to work as an actor in a variety of movies, television programs and commercials..
Somehow things worked out in this life as I moved from one career to an other and finally retired in the San Francisco Bay area…
Loose lips sink ships.
In my second enlistment between 1998-1993 as a medic in the Army was overall a good experience. However, in 1992, it was decided to have a reduction of force for those who could not get promoted, so I was able to extend one additional year. As a medic, the promotion points were always at the highest level and due to the fact that I did not have a college education, I was well below that maximum. Despite being an E-4 (P), the maximum number of years at this rank dropped from thirteen years to eight years of active-duty service, which was where I was at in 1993, so I had no choice but to get out. I did get over $12,000 separation pay, so that was something to help me get started somewhere else. During my transition out of the military, I remember a representative from the VA giving a presentation to outgoing soldiers. We were informed that there was a difference between separation pay, severance pay, and VA benefits, so we were encouraged to apply for VA benefits if we felt we had any service-connected disability.
After being out for about a year, I applied for VA benefits for a botched surgery I had, which required the same surgery after I got out of the Army and at first, I was approved for 10 percent and then eventually increased to 20 percent. After getting just over $150 a month for a couple years, it stopped altogether without any warning and when I inquired about it, I never got a straight answer. Eventually, after my time to appeal this decision had passed, I was informed that our wonderful government officials in the Capital building, had approved a bill that prohibited anyone leaving the military to collect separation pay and VA benefits as well, so I had to pay back the entire $12,000 plus back before my VA benefits continued, which took several years to accomplish. My problem with our government officials is that I feel that if they do not have any experience of being in the military, they should be prohibited from voting on anything related to it because in reality, the money is not coming from their pockets, so they don’t give a crap about all of us who did not deserve this.
This is why I feel this way, a wonderful lawmaker from the state of Alabama, who has been a member to the Senate for a little over two years, Tommy Tuberville states that “there is no one more military than me.” He is now in a position to hold up military promotions on purpose because of his stand on abortion and this has been going on for several months. However, this man has not spent one single day in the military yet has a position such as this. This is why our government is so messed up and that is strictly my personal opinion.
I remember this early 90’s purge of military personnel. As a Merchant Marine officer, I remember how glad we were that we were not being “purged” as we approached retirement age. Our Coast Guard contacts were “furious” that they were being set adrift by the U.S. Government with little, if any, warning and their lives were, in many cases, being turned upside down. They felt it was a real betrayal of their commitment to the U. S. Armed Forces and it was hard to argue with them. About this same time the military began to renegotiate the promise of lifetime medical benefits to military retirees and that only exacerbated the bad feelings. Trust reigns supreme!
TBI still affects thousands of military members. Through extensive research, we have found that TBI is akin to Decompression Sickness. The IED blast waves, the shooting of the short barrel carbines in and out of rooms, the blasts from Javelins/AT-4s, and artillery fire all contribute in a cumulative effect. The solution is hyperbaric oxygen therapy, which, will not only heals those lesions but enhance your performance. The VA-issued drugs, many of which have “black warnings” of producing suicidal ideation, are NOT the answer. Please join our efforts – treatnow dot org Joe Namath cured his multiple lesions from football using Hyperbaric therapy and now is pushing for chambers in every stadium. Please spread the word as this WORKS! GOD Bless
The 82nd should be a hardship tour. The enlisted are ran through the stringer over and over. JFE, JRTC, more JFE followed by short deployments. Zero breaks all while officers move around within 12 months for “career advancement”.
I have issues with my. Well-being! Physically, mentally & spiritual! But I’m not going to give up?
glad you are not giving up…..have to sought out help thru counseling our talking with friends and family – or strangers 8-)!
Having had to join the Air Force to have a better life ! I found out the AF had it’s faults also. I struggled with alcohol before, during,and after the service. From 1976-1980 while I was boot camp I sault help for my alcohol troubles but was denied help f4om the AF with a waiver to finish boot camp. In September of 1976 I was stationed in Chanutte Illinois for tech school to train in the P.O.L. 63150 REFUELING FIELD. MY ADDICTION FOLLOWED throughout my station in Illinois. Having trouble with my pears with valence& intoxication! Then I was stationed in Myrtle Beach AFB SOUTH CAROLINA in 1977 after tech school ended. I had a number of things go wrong when I got there due to alcohol use &abuse. Rehab for drunkenness on duty, fighting& getting in trouble with my behavior & attitude! I was acting out for help but I couldn’t get a grip on what to do next! I felt I was lost ! Now I’m 65 y3ars old And have been sober for years no thanks to the USAF. THEY TRIED BUT TO MY Avail I found JESUS CHRIST when I needed him most. Now I’m thankful fosr the AF ‘s help with my addiction for the VA Rehabilitation centers! That helped me to realize my situation was not for the lack of trying,but the lack of conviction!
Thank you for sharing your story. I was also in the USAF for 18 years and struggled with depression. The USAF also tried to help with medication and counseling. While it may have done some good, I also found that my faith in Jesus Christ and a good Bible Believing Church is what I really needed. Congrats on your sobriety.
Hearts to you both!
I have the same problem alcohol addiction. I am also
65 and was in the Navy twice. The second time my drinking got me in a lot of trouble. I got thrown out with an
undesirable discharge. With the help of the Volunteers of America treatment center and God I was able to attain 18 years of sobriety. However I slipped and now go to AA meetings every night.
I accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. I had to start from scratch but this next Saturday I’ll
celebrate 90 days sober. Praise the Lord!!
So proud of you, I experienced that same thing. Along with sexual abuse. PTSD still haunts me. I quit drinking 30 years ago and God gave me my life back. I hope you will be strong.
After 9yrs 5mos & 26dys active duty, 6 & 1/2 years time in grade as E-6, 30 months in Vietnam could not be promoted due to lack of Education gave up my Career used my GI Bill and went into Texas Law Enforcement.
I truly loved the Army but did very well as a Texas Peace Officer
It was the greatest experience at 19yrs of age I think that every young teenage man should have to experiance,it thought me to be more responsible with life choice s yu make in yr young year’s that build yr confidence giving yr country yr youth to protect others less fortunate as yrself do something good for yr country,president Kennedy was adorned by the young people of America,he was loved by young and old alike,he and his brother Bobby died fór this country,when they didn’t.t have to get into politics,they were born rich,they could have just enjoyed themselves,but chose to make the country a better place for others and lost they’re lives doing what they loved
I’m from Mass,and loved the Kennedy family
Awesome for you!
Had the same injustice visited on one of the best NCO under my command. The army needed to find ways to provide alternate avenues to demonstrate proficiency than a written test.
The most problem I had in the military was my now exwife going out with other men and lied about it at frist which I could not stop and I let it get to me and I got very depressed and did things wrong, I got so I drank to much and got in trouble on the Germann econimany which got me discharged. They gave me a medical dischage, it was a honable discharge.
I am still depressed and seeing a psychiayrist at the Va hospital.
Brother , being a vietnam combat marine i use to drink a lot too and had the war on my mind. i went to church with my parents and found Jesus and got him into my life. read your Bible and except Jesus it will make a BIG different in your life. call me 910 616 0160. i will be glad to talk with you. God bless.
MSgt JD, my (Civ) CC was a p.o.s. drunk His ART counterpart a maj. was a nutzi. He wanted to demote me to e6 coz his riding pony-girl (tsgt) and me as the unit 1SG did not see i2i..he sided with her and picked on me relentlessly. I was planning to complete 30 yrs but retired after 20. It’s OK. What goes around comes around.
My parents divorced in my early teens, i stayed with my mom, so i became the man of the house of 4 sisters , by the time i turned 17 there wasnt much work around so i decided to join the army, viet nam was going on , being the only son , it took some doing to get my mom to say ok, my dad was in the merchant mariens during ww11, and transfired to the asi army when germany ended, unit in japan, he also was an only son. weighing only 130 lbs 5ft 7, thin basic was a chalange ,it seamed on each march the dis put the tallest and the longest legged guys in front, well i made it through went through hellicopter school then adt , graduated as a spc 5/ buck sergent e5, then to nam at the mid of 1971, I loved being the service it gave me the endurance to maintain anything i did, and to finish what ever started . at times i wished i stayed in to retire , but mom called me home.
Leaving my wife and two young daughters to deploy to Vietnam. However, I survived 12 mos. Flying Hueys and at 75 I’m still kicking.
Thanks for your service!
thank you for your service”
Hi
That I could do it !
I spent 10 years in the USAF, 3 good duty stations: March AFB, Kadena AB, Randoplh AFB. I probably would have stayed if it wasn’t for the complete douche bag jerk off I worked for, MSGT Coleman aka “I am a 5 foot 5 inch master sergeant and I’ll wipe you out”. Needless to say he had a serious case of Nepoleon syndrome and made it known that he was there to make everyone unhappy. Well, Mr 5 foot 5 got his, as they say Karma is a B, he ended up in Leavenworth with not a stripe left on his little sleeve!
Yo man, I was at march fab as well.
22 civil engineering.
Chuck R.
Being away from my children on deployments USN
Iceland, sea duty on the USS Northhampton, Gitmo.
Sorry dude😞That had to suck.. What’s worse, Diego Garcia, Adac or Iceland?
Gave up 17 years active service in the Air Force. The higher rank I obtained as a field grade officer exposed me more to the incompetence of senior leadership, so I chucked in another early promotion and retirement. It’s easy to see how so many current and past senior officers got their stars by being good yes men for weak presidents like Obama and Biden. No wonder the services cannot retain quality personnel or even meet recruiting goals with the lack of ethical and competent leaders.
Ain’t it the truth… I retired during Clinton Era when he was more interested in what he had going on under his desk with his aid than Americans bodies being drug through the streets of Somalia.
After that, I could no longer uphold my oath, nor would I take a bullet for the lowlife POS in the oval office.
The most challenging aspect of military service was having to move to new locations and never having enough money when on base housing wasn’t available. Also the year long isolation tour to Korea and several temporary assignments away from the family was difficult. And always money was scarce; living paycheck to paycheck didn’t allow much in way of fun for my family.
I got TB after ninety day wonders came aboard. This lead to my discharge. I had planned to make the navy my home for 20 years or more.
Best Duty Station was Shaw AFB in Sumter, SC. I would have been happy to stay there for my entire career. From there I went to the worst Duty station, Goose Bay, Labrador. When I came back, as I was mustering out, MSGT Hill tried to talk me into reupping. When I asked where I would be going, he said Houma, LA.. i said no thanks . 1956-1962.
DavidRay Hall 76-80 . Honorable! U.S.A.F. A F.B.
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.
Super Kool Experience
I would like to have a do over!👍🙏🇺🇸👀
A PRODUCT OF CATHOLIC BOARDING SCHOOL, MY AIR FORCE CAREER WAS A PIECE OF CAKE.
I enlisted in the Air Force before the Cuban missile crisis. I spent 6 years as enlisted electronics technician. I then was commissioned through OCS and trained as an electronic systems officer.
I realized that the USAF was not intended to be a country club. Sometimes you are on a good team and sometimes not so much. I was pleased and enjoyed most of my military career. Being a “Lifer” can have some difficult challenges but with my God’s help I spent 21 very good years in the Air Force. I have no regrets.
I enlisted in the U.S.Army in 1979 and retired in 1999. I had all sort of medical problems and try to get some sort of disability. These doctors act like that’s their account we as vet is getting. We deserve every thing that’s on record not just one thing.
It hunts me today and is a damn shame that I and many, many others had to deal with racism, discrimination, white supremacy and nationalism. We committed our lives to our country too. To have been treated that way is a disgusting disgrace.
And the higher-ranked did little or nothing. Discrimination and bullying must have consequences. Leaders must lead. Instead, those at the top watch which way the wind blows.
My son went through the same thing too. He was in the Navy for 8yrs and got his discharge. He wanted to make a career out of it but he said before doing something he’ll regret for the rest of his life he got out.
Being also in shape different experience and loving it And being better shape and pride and proud of what I had to do with t other to help me as being with my new friends
My husbands friends were being drafted along with him, his friends managed to pull 4F”s, however, , my husband didn’t cheat and pulled was cleared for service with flying colors. He had basic training at Ft. Gordon, GA and further training at Ft Ord, CA. After this training was completed, his unit was being sent overseas to Vietnam, however by the grace of God, him and another fella was sent home back east instead. He served out his 2 years tour of duty at Ft. Monmouth, NJ and then another 2 years active reserves, then 2 years inactive reserves and he was finally mailed his Honorable Discharge papers.after 6 years. I am proud of him that he separated from his friends and served his country honorably. We have purchased two homes via the militaries VA loan program, and I wished he would have taken up the college loan program at the time, but we had a family to support. I know he made friends while serving and he missed his family while away at basic trainings. I feel the military was fair and good to us and we support the men serving today.
Why not the female serving to
Moving around so much, you make friends and then you or they come down on orders and move away. I was stationed at Fort Campbell, Kentucky for eight straight years and watched many friends come and go.
JESUS CHRIST LOVES YOU AND HE DIED FOR OUR SINS.
The most difficult thing was separation. The adjustment to civilian life. I expected to fall back into my previous life. Everything was different. Everyone moved on and I found the change difficult. I recd an Honorable Discharge and traveled to the Philippines and Hong Kong. I had some problems in the service . All in all it was pretty good, I had difficulty with the VA. Some benefits I could not get because I was discharged before my four years was up.
Harvey has passed away 3
Years ago!!!!
He wanted me to respond for him!!!!
He told me of his adventure on the WW1 destroyer, & how
It fell apart & the RIVETS were Popping & Very Loud!!!!
It affected his hearing!!!!!!
He was a Volunteer in WE2!!!!
I am Vicki Weiss!!!!!
I submitted a claim for his
Burial & i was turned down!!!!!
I thought that veterans were
Paid for their burial expenses!!! Please check this out for me!!!!
Thank you!!!!
Vicki Weiss
Please check out why I was denied
Any burial
Expenses for
Harvey’s
Burial!!!!!
I thought that he was entitled to
Some benefits!!!!!
Others were
Denied also!!
Thank you for helping me!!!’
Vicki Weiss
Harvey M.
Weiss widow!!!!!!
Being on a ww1 destroyer!
During ww2 the destroyer
Fell apart & we had to
Get off immediately!!!!!
As told to my wife!!!!!
My service was during the time of the draft. It could have been difficult because there were a lot of veterans who did not want to be there. This was not a problem for me because I was an enlistee in the USN. I started on the bottom and worked my way up. I remember a lot of opportunities and training. If you had the drive, desire, and skills, you could make something of yourself. There were good people and not so good. It was up to you to determine who could and did direct you to the right direction. I spent 4 1/2 years in and came out an E-5. I had in country and oversea service in those years. I was uncertain what I wanted to do right up to the day I was discharged in Treasure Island, California. What I did after I was discharged is another story altogether, one I do not wish to share here. I will say it involved the military and even in my retirement I am active in the military organizations and help my fellow comrade veterans.
Being a Air Force brat, I grew up being away and having to make adjustments. But it was the mental aspect that with physical conditoing was my biggest challenge.
I very much enjoyed my peace time assignment to Ramstein AFB, Germany/HQ USAF EUROPE. I was there 1980-1982, I was able to go TDY to various other sites, Interesting enough, but I missed my family after 6 years of service outside the US.
I loved my time in the Navy. I ran into a good old boys club aboard my second ship. This caused me an almost a mental break. It did cause me to separate from the military after 10 years, We were set to make a career of it but I wouldn’t wish being treated the way I was on anyone. That was 32 years ago I wouldn’t trade my life since for anything but I was off to a great career!
The hardest part for me was the constant revolving of leadership and people constantly moving and pcs’ing. You finally get a team assembled that you really like and leadership that supports you, then they all leave and you get a new team that you got to train up and you have new leadership that may not support you as well as the previous leadership did. Then dealing with all the envy and jealousy from fellow service members because they see you moving up and getting promoted, but their not willing to put in the same work ethic it takes to become a Senior leader, so they hate on you and it shows.
I do not recall having any problems or difficult challenges while adjusting to AF life as an officer.
Marine basic training was tough but nothing compares being away from your loved ones especially when you are deployed to a war zone and where you have to be vigilant of yourself and other.
I was in college better than a C+gpa,married, wife pregnancy 6 months, from Mississippi at the time. They repro my wife”s car, she had no way to work. she had a major operation, I could”nt come home, hurted!
DEATH
You can work through it with help from the base hospital. It did for me
My worst thing was getting out then become a cavien if had chance I do it all over again
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I finally got a house with mold in basement 40,000 in undisclosed leaks damage to basement husband has critical lung issues no money to get stuck with payments for sellers presents awful I served in peace time I m hurt I can’t fix my family to be safe and healthy in my own home
Being kicked off a base for being one Black man too many. Naval Air Station Iceland October 1975 USAF.
1976
WOW
God Bless America!
Being separated from my family.