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giles

giles

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Hedgelj said:
My youngest actively wants to join. However my oldest child could use the discipline and focused attention.
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It is all Kody had ever wanted to do. After the fire he really wanted to serve. He has been depressed about being deaf and not being able to. But starting to turn around and use it as fuel to accel. Been fun shaping him to use negatives as fuel. I hope he stays in this direction.
 
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"J"

"J"

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giles said:
Pretty much what I did. I had a talk last year sometime with someone, or maybe on here, about how most veterans weren't this chest thumping hero. We were just people out of options and wanting change. So we made a change. Even if we claimed we did it for the country, deep down it was just something we told ourselves.
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When I graduated, the economy was in the shitter. Especially NE Ohio due to the steel industry collapsing. Wasn’t a job out there that didn’t have a couple dozen folks applying for and having much more experience than a fresh from high school grad. Made it a couple years and a few jobs that were 90 day wonders. Work 80-89 days and then get laid off. Day 90 you were in their union.
Definition of insanity was a perfect definition for what was happening. Went down, took the test, enlisted and never looked back. Making a living and learning a trade was my motivation for what I did. The pride in country came along that path, as I matured.
 
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"J"

"J"

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Quantum673

Quantum673

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J said:
For everyone who uses the VA prescription services…… It’s a small percentage, but always good to have the info.

www.military.com

250,000 VA Patients Are at Risk of Receiving Wrong Medication Due to Electronic Health Records Issue

A VA official testifying at a hearing stressed that the department has not found any instances of patients being harmed by drug interactions specifically caused by the data issues.
www.military.com www.military.com
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I do use them. Thanks for the heads up. I will double check my next shipment.
 
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Blackhawk Down playing in the TV. Movie gets me every time. Chills. I was at Fort Leonard Wood when it went down. Last week or so of Basic. Drill Sargent came in and smoked the shit out of us. He was in that unit before they made him a D.I. After we were well smoked he told us what had happened the night before. It was on a weekend. He was the only one on duty. Sombering moment forever etched in my memory and I was on the other side of the world from where it happened. Probably the worst we got smoked for all of basic training and it was in the last days we had left. Usually they are easing up a bit at this point. I'll never forget the emotions he had all at the same time. Not like Drill Sargents show you their personal side or their emotions. That morning was different. He took out every bit of pisstivity he had on us.
 
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I haven't been an NCO for 18 years. My neck tightened on one side pulling my head to a slight sideways lean and my knife hand twitched. . Somebody bring me a fucking tape!

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