He served in the navy from 1958-62 in the German "SpaÃ-Forces that are no more". Hey, you could get a professional or even academic education. That is why the ones registered I could observe.
In order to be a VET, I gather you have to have some kind of combat experience. Which was not applicable there and then, for it was only a fun-army during the cold war.
Boy, have things changed since then.
Dad loved Pink Floyd and Classical music in his later years.
A longtime CIA officer who drugged, photographed and sexually assaulted more than two dozen women in postings around the world was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison Wednesday after an emotional hearing in which victims described being deceived by a man who appeared kind, educated and part of an agency âthat is supposed to protect the world from evil.â (...)
He served in the navy from 1958-62 in the German "SpaÃ-Forces that are no more". Hey, you could get a professional or even academic education. That is why the ones registered I could observe.
In order to be a VET, I gather you have to have some kind of combat experience. Which was not applicable there and then, for it was only a fun-army during the cold war.
Boy, have things changed since then.
Dad loved Pink Floyd and Classical music in his later years.
As OV stated, to be a veteran of the US Armed Services (any branch), must one have served & discharged honorably. There are some sub-categories of a veteran's service to recognize combat duty. In my case, I served & was discharged honorably in the US Navy from June 1973 to June 1977. The Vietnam war was in progress when I enlisted & ended two years before I was discharged. I was not deployed to a combat zone, so I'm classified as a "Vietnam Era Veteran", having served during the conflict. Those who saw combat are classified as a "Vietnam Veteran".
He served in the navy from 1958-62 - the German "SpaÃ-Forces that are no more".. hey, you could get a professional or even academic education. That is why the ones registered I could observe.
In order to be a VET, I gather you have to have some kind of combat experience. Which was not applicable there and then, for it was only a fun-army during the cold war.
Boy, have things changed since then.
That's certainly why I joined. That and trying to just go somewhere and do something. Maybe Viet Nam but, as I have told before, that was over within 6 months after I joined.
It was a way to go to California. Likely the best thing I ever started and finished.
It didn't stop me from squandering opportunities but it did help with a blurred future. It paid for some education and some health care. Once when I had given thought to quitting my Father talked me into finishing. In his quiet and oh so quirky way he taught me so much. Even more than that and much to his dismay he let me write my own version. lol
He was also a veteran. An airbase fire fighter in the Air Force.
To be a veteran you need only to have served and be discharged honorably.
I understand in so many ways.
Your Father was a military veteran?
He served in the navy from 1958-62 in the German "SpaÃ-Forces that are no more". Hey, you could get a professional or even academic education. That is why the ones registered I could observe.
In order to be a VET, I gather you have to have some kind of combat experience. Which was not applicable there and then, for it was only a fun-army during the cold war.
Boy, have things changed since then.
Dad loved Pink Floyd and Classical music in his later years.
Thank you. Forty years+ of us living with those injuries and pstd, he could be really hard sometimes. Looking back, I'm grateful he had a family; so many returning vets don't.
And on his better days the house would be filled with the sounds from his jazz collection...
So sorry to see this T. Glad he made it through but good Lord what he had to go through PTSD wise I can't even imagine.
Thank you. Forty years+ of us living with those injuries and pstd, he could be really hard sometimes. Looking back, I'm grateful he had a family; so many returning vets don't.
And on his better days the house would be filled with the sounds from his jazz collection...
My Father. A Marine Staff Sergeant in charge of a platoon of 12 men learning how to disable a Bouncing Betty Mine in 1967 in 'Nam. One young man tripped the wire. The Bomb went up approx 4 feet and exploded, killing all of the platoon, except for my Dad. He was directly underneath, shielding his head with his left arm, shrapnel exploded into his left eye, ear and arm.
He was only 32.
In Portsmouth Naval Hospital for nearly 14 months, grafts were used to place skin back on his left arm. He insisted they not amputate.
He lived with these injuries longer than he did without, dying in 2017 at the age of 81.
He was a quiet man of action not brag and taught me how to fish, camp, build a fire, make decent jerky, take a 'marine corps shower,'
and that Promises Broken are far worse than a Promise Never Made at all.
Love and miss you ol jarhead. Glad you're not witnessing what's happening now with those who couldn't bring themselves to serve in real battle.
Homelessness among women veterans is a growing national concern.Tens of thousands of women veterans are fighting a war they did not choose to wage, and many of them have had multiple traumatic experiences, not only during service but also before and after. These traumatic experiences, which can include everything from combat-related stress to childhood abuse to domestic violence, contribute to this growing crisis.
There are some55,000 homelesswomenveteransin the U.S. today, and that number is likely to grow as the number of women veterans increases overall. (The VA projects the number to grow from 1.8 million, or 8.2 percent of the total number of veterans, in 2010 to 2.1 million, or 15.2 percent of the total, in 2036.)
Research shows that trauma is a gateway to homelessness. As many as 93percentof female veterans have been exposed to some type of trauma. The high concentration of trauma among women veterans contributes to the fact that women veterans are four times more likely to become homeless than their civilian counterparts. Among homeless women veterans, 53 percent have experienced military sexual trauma (MST), compared to one in five among women veterans in general...
Thirty try to commit suicide each day, on average, reports the Army Times. Eighteen succeed, roughly five of whom receive medical care from Veterans Affairs, rated one of the best health programs in the country.
"Of the more than 30,000 suicides in this country each year, fully 20 percent of them are acts by veterans,'' said VA Secretary Eric Shinseki at a VA-sponsored suicide prevention conference in January, Inter Press Service reported.
The Times noted that "In general, VA officials said, women attempt suicide more often, but men are more likely to succeed in the attempt."
The report cites access to health care and age — younger veterans are less likely to try — as two major factors in the suicide rate, and notes that the VA is seeking to strengthen its suicide prevention programs.
