doublejj
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Hugs..........me to brotherI suffer PTSD. I'm medically retired for PTSD and TBI. 50% DoD, 60% VA.
Hugs..........me to brotherI suffer PTSD. I'm medically retired for PTSD and TBI. 50% DoD, 60% VA.
Afghanistan's actually not a desert, it's a mountainous wasteland with valleys in the middle of the mountains. We call the dirt moon dust. I only did one tour there, in the Tangi Valley.How much time did you spend in the sandbox?
How did you receive the TBI if you don't mind me asking? IED?
It's about the guy's to your left & right.....Afghanistan's actually not a desert, it's a mountainous wasteland with valleys in the middle of the mountains. We call the dirt moon dust. I only did one tour there, in the Tangi Valley.
It was a dismounted IED. I don't want to go into detail here because I don't want to discuss guys in my unit who might prefer I leave their names out of my mouth. But we got lucky. My team leader and I were like, two steps away. I had just untangled his radio from some brush while on patrol when they ambushed us.
Yeah, but then you have the 22 a day issue, Top.They didn't have PTSD when I came home from Vietnam. Nobody wanted to talk about it. Not the Army, my family, nobody. I never told anyone I was a Vietnam veteran....too much baggage
What in the fuck is wrong with you?undertones?the subject matter is not political..it's about feelzzz
Nothing. Retraining. Couldn't do shit about it.What were the repercussions of that?
I chose to go to Afghanistan. Although upon learning I was a few weeks from deploying, I used to wake up at 3am every morning, asking myself what I was doing. I was afraid I wouldn't be ready but I wanted to go.
Nice culture, the people im the tribal lands are very shady, but the ones I worked with as interpreters were awesome. We trusted them. We caught the ANA selling fuel to the Taliban, though.
I'll have to read the OP and then respond to the last.
See what the fuck I mean? They mix it with ammonium nitrate to create HME ANFO IEDs.we used to catch alot of those ANA and ANCOP mofos stealing JP 8 and sell it for more outside the wire
In Vietnam I feared the tiger pit traps.......I pulled a GI out of one once, OMG....See what the fuck I mean? They mix it with ammonium nitrate to create HME ANFO IEDs.
What was that experience like?In Vietnam I feared the tiger pit traps.......I pulled a GI out of one once, OMG....
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Fuck!!In Vietnam I feared the tiger pit traps.......I pulled a GI out of one once, OMG....
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It was horrible........my country thought it was justifiedWhat was that experience like?
Did you think Vietnam was worth it? Do you think the war was justified?