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Military news…
An Army soldier who helped secure the Kabul airport during the withdrawal from Afghanistan by training other soldiers how to use a Toyota technical’s anti-aircraft gun — after they’d traded two cans of dipping tobacco for it — was recently promoted.
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The sailors aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard had no idea what to do when a fire broke out aboard their vessel last year.
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Tinker Air Force Base is trying something new: setting aside reserved parking spaces for junior enlisted airmen.
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U.S. troops based in Syria came under a “deliberate and coordinated attack” from an unspecified enemy on Wednesday. No Americans were reported injured, save for the myth that the Forever War ended with the close of the U.S. war in Afghanistan.
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“As someone who’s been issuing the damn things for over a decade, they can’t go soon enough.” That’s from an anonymous Army employee who’s had his fill of issuing Common Access Cards, the identification card used across the military.
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If complaining is an art form — and it most certainly is — then the U.S. military is the Juilliard School of Bitching.
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Here is another excerpt from my upcoming book, Signs of Hope for the Military: In and out of the Trenches of Life.
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Sometimes the Answers Are Right Under Your Nose
There was one aspect of basic training that made the times hard for a soldier. That was when it came to making your bed for inspection.
We had regular inspections by our drill sergeant. When he came through the barracks, he carried a quarter in his hand. When he passed your bunk he would drop the quarter on the bed. If the quarter didn’t bounce, he tore the bed up and told you to try again.
I had some real stressful times of making beds at first. I usually failed. But then I learned some tricks about tucking in the sheets, and even the blanket. There was a double tuck you could do that made the bed tight and quarters bounced on it easily.
There were some guys who never caught on to the tricks that were right in front of them. They were too proud to ask others for help.
I have seen that in life after the military. People struggling to keep up with the world, because they are too proud to seek help.
Are you one of those who could benefit from outside help, but have never taken advantage of it?
I have compiled a very extensive military appendix for your use. It is in the back of this book. Feel free to search through it for help in almost every possible way a veteran or current soldier may need.
It is not “giving in,” to seek help. It is finally agreeing that what you are doing may not be working for you, and you want to find other ways to cope in this unfriendly world.
Many of the sources have proven to reach out to those who suffer with anxiety, fear, depression, and hopelessness.
Don’t hide in your own self-pity. Take that first most important step and seek help today. Go to the back of this book and find the right sources for your needs.
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This is not all of the chapter. You will have to get the book to see the rest. 🙂
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Speaking about beds…here is a bed check on how you are doing. How is you days been going? Too many days where dark clouds come? Too many days of not wanting to go to sleep?
FEAR NOT!!
There are over 13,260 fellow veterans subscribe to this site who have your back.
However, if it is just too much for you now, GET HELP!
Here is a toll free mber to call 24/7. There are highly qualified counselors there to help you, and they will not hang up until they know you are OK.
1-800-273-8255…texting 838255.
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Remember:
You are never alone.
You are never forsaken.
You are never unloved.
And above all…never, ever, give up!
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