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Vietnam Veterans Can’t Open up About their Time There

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Military news…

US, South Korea and Japan flex missile-defense muscles after North’s latest ICBM test

The United States, South Korea and Japan rehearsed their seaborne missile defense in international

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Navy sends destroyer through Taiwan Strait less than a week after Chinese exercises

A Navy guided-missile destroyer steamed through the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, less than a week after Chinese forces concluded a three-day exercise in the area to protest meetings between Taiwan’s president and U.S. politicians.

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Sweden announces arrival of US Marines taking part in huge NATO partner exercise

U.S. Marines crossed the Norwegian border into Sweden on Tuesday to join one of Scandinavia’s largest military drills in decades, involving troops from more than a dozen countries.

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Are US special operations forces in Ukraine? Yes, but not in combat
Details are sparse

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One of the Most Prolific Pro-Russia Propaganda Channels Is Run by a US Navy Veteran Living in Washington

Sarah Bils is a 37-year-old woman in Oak Harbor, Washington, who served at the U.S. Naval Air Station on Whidbey Island until November of 2022. Bils’ identity was first uncovered by users on Twitter and Reddit, and first reported by an advocacy site mainly posting about the war known as Malcontent News.

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The hardest people for me to interview for my upcoming book, Signs of Hope for the Military: In and Out of the trenches of Life, are the Vietnam soldiers. They bury their thoughts and refuse to share them.

I had a few open up a little, but it was very difficult to pry it out of them.

Many soldiers lost buddies and that broke them down immensely. They talk about how they shouldn’t be here, because their buddies are not.

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I have an interview coming up in the book that will knock your socks off. He is a Vietnam veteran and had openly fully to his time in vietnam. This one interview should be enough for you to buy the book.

He was wounded three times, and still went back to more times to Vietnam. You only had to go one time, and he went three.

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Checking in on you. How are you doing? Is everything going OK, or are you fighting back memories?

FEAR NOT!

There are over 15,219 Veterans on this site who have your back.

If you are battling mentally, but you are losing, GET HELP!!

Here is a toll free number that you can 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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US, Philippines to Announce New Sites for U.S. Military as Soon as Possible

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Military news…

‘Gallantry’: Biden Presents Medal of Honor to Retired Army Col. Paris Davis for His Heroics in Vietnam

“It’s not much used these days,” Biden said at the White House, just moments before he bestowed the former Special Forces commander with the Medal of Honor. “But I can think of no better word [gallantry] to describe Paris.”
From Stars & Stripes »

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Russia Supplies Iran With Cyber Weapons as Military Cooperation Grows

The potential for cyberwarfare collaboration comes after Iran has, according to U.S. and Iranian officials, sold Russia drones for use in Ukraine, agreed to provide short-range missiles to Moscow, and shipped tank and artillery rounds to the battlefield. 

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US, Philippines to Announce New Sites for U.S. Military as Soon as Possible

EDCA allows U.S. access to Philippine bases for joint training, pre-positioning of equipment and building of facilities such as runways, fuel storage, and military housing, but it is not a permanent presence.

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The VA Is Hiring at Record Numbers. A Federal Workers’ Union Says It’s Not Enough

The Department of Veterans Affairs has hired nearly 24,000 new employees this fiscal year, including 1,200 in the past two months to process claims filed under landmark toxic exposure legislation.

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NATO is getting bigger, but little will change for US troops, experts say
Putin will soon share another 810 miles of his border with a NATO member.

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US, South Korean marines resume amphibious training after five-year lull

Dozens of U.S. Marines and their South Korean counterparts took part in an amphibious landing drill Wednesday near South Korea’s port city of Pohang, the largest exercise of its kind in five years.

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I am in the final stages of finishing my upcoming book, Signs of Hope for the Military: In and Out of the Trenches of Life. Come back often to see the progress. Better yet.. go to the top of this page and click on subscribe. When you do all future posts will come directly to your inbox.

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Checking in on you. How are you doing? Is everything going OK, or are you fighting back memories?

FEAR NOT!

There are over 15,219 Veterans on this site who have your back.

If you are battling mentally, but you are losing, GET HELP!!

Here is a toll free number that you can 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.

+Now there is an easier way to get help. Just dial 988, and you will have help ready for you.

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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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If You Are Suffering From Military wounds or PTSD, Get help!

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Military news…

Rockets fired at coalition compound in Syria after US fighter jets strike Iran-linked targets
Rocket fire that targeted U.S. and coalition forces in Syria on Friday was the latest in a series of retaliations that included U.S. airstrikes a day earlier on Iran-linked sites and a drone attack that killed an American contractor and wounded other U.S. personnel, defense officials said

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Russia ‘largely stalled’ in Bakhmut, shifting focus, UK says

The top commander of Ukraine’s military said Saturday that his forces were pushing back against Russian troops in the long and grinding battle for the town of Bakhmut, and British military intelligence says Russia appears to be moving to a defensive strategy in eastern Ukraine.

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A totally different fight’: How the Army is preparing its ‘most modern’ brigade for a mission in Europe
The Mojave Desert training stop was meant to prepare the 3rd Infantry Division’s 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team to deploy in late summer to Europe, where they will be tasked with assuring security for NATO allies and serving as a deterrent against a Russian incursion into NATO territory.

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Families, veterans gather on Iwo Jima to remember crucial WWII fightOf 70,000 Marines that fought there, more than 6,800 were killed and 19,000 were wounded. On the Japanese side, about 18,000 were killed. Only 216 were captured.

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Nearly 300,000 Women Served During the Iraq War. Two Decades Later, They Remain ‘the Invisible Veterans.’

The increase in women soldiers, and the visibility of their service, led to policy changes over the next 20 years.

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I have been struggling lately. I have been diagnosed with severe multilevel degenerative disc disease, and facet arthrosis throughout the lumbar spine. The pain is very hard to handle. I am taking some meds to help, but the pain is still there.

I have been referred to an orthopedic doctor. Waiting to get his call to schedule.

I went to acupuncture, but the doctor there decided that my problem was too big for him to handle.

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I know that my back problems are from a jeep accident I had in the military. I was thrown from the jeep back first onto a big boulder. The impact was so hard I lost consciousness. I woke up in a medic tent screaming in pain. They rushed to get me some morphine. That helped.

I have had three back surgeries through the years and still deal with a lot of pain.

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Why do I whine? It is because I encourage all my brothers and sisters in the military to reach out for help. So many veterans end their lives because they are tired of the pain.

Seek help if you need it!!

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I am down to my last three interviews for my upcoming book, Signs of hope for the Military: In ans Out of the Trenches of life.

Those interviews are:

    1. Charles Strange- a Gold Star father 2.

    Milton Hoch- a Vietnam veteran.

    3. A submariner who was on a nuclear sub.

These three interviews will be exciting. The Vietnam interview will be riveting, and most interesting.

Keep coming back to check the latest on these and other news on the book. better yet…go to the top of this page and click on subscribe. When you do ll future posts will go directly to your mailbox.

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Checking in on you. How are you doing? Is everything going OK, or are you fighting back memories?

FEAR NOT!

There are over 15,219 Veterans on this site who have your back.

If you are battling mentally, but you are losing, GET HELP!!

Here is a toll free number that you can 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.

______________________________________________________________

Remember:


You are never alone.


You are never forsaken.


You are never unloved.


And above all…never, ever, give up.

+Now there is an easier way to get help. Just dial 988, and you will have help ready for you.

_______________________________________________________________

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