How many combat vets on this page have fallen between the cracks,

>>34521557
Bump for you, thank you for your service, anon.
I'll see if I can get my 2 brothers in here, but they probably won't have the time until later in the day.

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>>34521718
Thx for the bump probably should have waited until night /k/, but I'm certain the thread will prevail with some good substance in between the shitposts, trolls, and welfare queen posts.

I was not in the armed forces, but many family members were. Here is the story of my cousin:

>1st cavalry, present during the storming of Falujah
>Injured in combat, severe back pain, hearing loss, and PTSD
>They extended his tour while he was deployed
>When he returned, due to some technicality, the VA wouldn't give him much help
>Became reliant on drugs and alcohol. Totally self medicating.
>After years of fighting them, the VA finally decides to start seeing him
>The new shrink puts him on the maximum dose of 4 different mood altering drugs.
>0to60.jpg
>He wigs out, pushes away friends, family, and girlfriend
>Kills himself later that week

It definitely changed how my family viewed the armed forces.

Bumping for the vets.

>>34521557
Here's a tip for all you overeacting prima donna welfare queen vets: get fucking over yourselves. you went half wya around the world to kill Iraqi children and now you're crying muh pstd gibs me dats waah I actually have to get a real job. pathetic. if I was a combat vet I would not have pstd because I'm not a little bitch fucking faggot like you

ps you're worse than niggers. I hope you overdose on vicodin

>>34521858
Did you even think about what you wrote, or are you always like this?

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>>34521858
>imagine being this assmad

>>34521557
Boo hoo I'm a fucking loser so I join the military but I'm still a fucking loser boo hoo, grow up faggot.

>>34521847
Thanks for sharing, sorry about your cousin. I think most of us have had friends kill themselves or OD on meds since getting out. I firmly believe many of those suicides were the VA experimenting on which drug to use, fucking up their brain chemistry. Alcohol and marijuana are my crutch, I've been hooked on Xanax before and it was hell on earth coming off them.

>>34521858
Your opinions like your life is only worth what you're willing to do with them. At a glance I can see your little outburst here is the extent of what your capable of.

>>34521557
I dunno, I did what was expected of me when I came home and not what I wanted. About my only regret. If anyone is going through a tough time after coming home from a long deployment I'd recommend spending a huge chuck a time away from videogames and internet while trying to get a routine going that's healthy and productive.

Yeah getting out is really interesting. I joined the Army when I was 19, right out of high school. Obviously things are different because I'm just a kid. Looking back, shit would've been a lot different if I actually had led an adult life prior to joining up.

>>34521950
Agreed

>>34521927
You're welcome. Stay strong /k/ommando, you're no good dead. Best wishes

>>34521847

I know people here aren't huge Vice news fans but they did a story not long ago about Vets and how the VA just kills them with pills.

It had me tearing up, seeing these grown men who signed up for their country, just totally abandoned. Here shove this cocktail of 10 different pills down your fucking throat it'll make you feel nothing and want to die, thanks for your service.

>>34521858

>overreacting prima donna

You'd get your fucking eyes pushed into your skull saying that to someones face you stupid sack of human garbage. I don't care what the circumstances were, I don't care if he pushed papers his whole life.

>>34521858
Pretty much this

>>34521557
Never has a group of Warriors whined and bitched so much. Grandfather was in WW2 with 10th mountain and I never once heard him whine about his life. He got a job, made friends, sired a family all while being well respected. Same goes for all of his military pals. Man up and move forward you cunt.

>>34521858
Agreed

>>34521950
>your capable of.
>your

yeah I can see what you're capable of too, bi wonder you were in the infantry ahahahahahahhahahahhaha fucking retarded vet cuntbag

>>34521557
>Be a fuck up
>Join da army
>Still a fuck up
>Leave da army
>Still a fuck up

The only difference between you and other fuck ups is that you became cannon fodder for a brief while, which fooled you into thinking you weren't a fuck up.

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>>34521858
Here your (you) you magnificent bastard.

>>34521993
Empty words from an Internet badass. Get over it and get back to work. Pussy

>>34522023

>war with defined sides and men fighting each-other in uniforms
>is the same as....
>war with one defined side fighting a faceless enemy in a sandbowl who will dress kids up as bombs

Yes totally the fucking same.

>>34522023
You think the WWII generation just came home, made babies, and got work? That's some naive bullshit, a pretty Hollywood recreation of what happened. Hundreds of Thousands of WWII vets suffered from substance abuse, mental illness, PTS, ended up in pysch wards, killed themselves, etc...I hate this bullshit image people have of WWII vets being perfect. It holds no water historically, unless you've been hand fed post WWII history

>>34522047

I'm the pussy ?

You wouldn't dare speak to a vet the way you do on the internet, and if you say "hurr durr yeah I would" you're a fucking liar. Everyone around you that's a normal functioning human will think you're a dumb cocksucker.

seems like you're the pussy m8

>>34522023
yep yep 100% agree they need to man up and stop sucking off the state and being pathetic. I don't understand why the GOP have a hard on for a bunch of welfare queens. Makes me SICK

>>34521993
>You'd get your fucking eyes pushed into your skull saying that to someones face you stupid sack of human garbage. I don't care what the circumstances were, I don't care if he pushed papers his whole life.

PTSD from pushing papers? sounds about right

>sift through papers
>get paper cut
>get purple heart
>claim ptsd
>murica

>>34522041
what's it like being low energy?

also thanks for the gibsmedats, and remember when you're on facebook you're not allowed to talk like you are now, not because it's impossible, but because you're a pussy. ayy lmao.

>>34522077
>Man up
From a person who has no idea what the assimilation process is like. How the fuck do you not feel like an assclown way outside of your lane of experience shitposting like that? I mean do you lack self awareness of how little experience you have outside of your little bubble?

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>>34521557
>was wounded ten years ago in Iraq (IED)
>spent 1 month at LRMC (U.S. Military hospital in Germany)
>spent nine months in the states doing physical rehab
>medically retired before I could legally drink
>got addicted to opiates since WTU/VA practically through them at us
>spent about 2-3 living in pill and liquor bottles
>had a DUI seven years ago (sort of wake up)
>kicked the opiates, still pretty heavily depend on booze
>do good these days, just finished my BA
>moving on to my Masters to become a librarian
>approaching liver failure, so I have to stop drinking soon

Life is looking up these, and I truly hate the pity-party I wrapped myself in for far too long. I was planning on being a lifer, and was distressed when I had no immediate back-up plan. Nonetheless, I've largely grown past that identity, and rarely mention my past service in public anymore.

First step for me was building a new identity, one not rooted in my military service. Still think about it all the time, but in a much more introverted way.

>>34522094
It's like you're begging for your feels to be understood. The only difference between you and some EMO teen right now is where you buy your clothes from.

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>>34521557
(1/?)
Arguably me, but i'm still in.

Multiple deployments across my belt, Afghanistan, iraq.

Killed and saw people be killed. Seen Hundreds of dead bodies.

I'll start where it probably should, with a prologue.

Was in a recce unit in the(British) Army, always got attached people attached to us, EOD techs, Linguists, ECMs, Intelligence people, you get the idea.

Had the one of the best comms experts ever.
Went on live fire exercise with her and with a forign nation that i will not state.
Knew her fair few years, actually knew her pretty well, one of my mates.
She stayed back at base to organise comms whilst we went out and did shit.
Came back off ex, found her in the MO's tent on a stretcher, sobbing against the wall
MO has no idea what happened to her she just came in, started crying
I talk to her, she opens up to me with MO and nurse in hearing distance
She was raped, i knew the guy who did it, being in a Recce Unit you get a funny memory, she's been friendly, and just friendly towards him before we set out
Tell her she's got to make a statement to the RPs
I went out to the base to find him, stupidly i had my trusty sig loaded and strapped
Find the prick
Get yaned onto the floor the same time as he did
RSM, the eternal prick that he was stopped me, he didn't see shit though, didn't do anything he wouldn't have done
Mate gets PAP10'd (medical discharge)

I felt guilty, if i'd stayed back or if she came with then there would be a good chance this would have never happened

Remember this, this will affect me later on.

Get in some Crowbags attached to battalion
Linguist/Humint Hayleigh
ECM tech Kelsey

both girls, both good looking, recce being the most experienced platoon i train them up, give them skills, they become little sisters to me.

Started dating a friend who i went to school with, She was nice, she liked Horses, dogs, vidya, bit tomboyish, but geeze she had a rack, an arrse and eyes to die for

Cont

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>>34522130
Lol I don't give a fuck if you understand my feels son. This thread was for people to share their experiences, I knew some /b/ tier edgelords would slime through and shit it up. This is 4clan, I know where the fuck I am

>>34522056
Sounds like you're trying to make excuses why it's ok for you to feel sorry for yourself. Well, looks like it's working out great! By all means keep doing when you're doing and enjoy the life you've made

>>34522129
Holy shit! Are you telling me once you stopped letting a job define you as a man and realized life isn't easy you were able to move forward and make the best of shit?

Congratulations on separating yourself from all of the fucktards that let a job and experience at that job rule their existence.

wew lads this thread went to shit in the blink of an eye
sad to see that there are still people denying PTSD, especially on this board
i reckon half of you are trolling faggots and the other half are so fucking sheltered the closest they ever came to stress was doing their taxes

>>34522142
I'm surprised you realize that. You still haven't figured out how to stop crying and seeking out attention from people. Maybe if you took a break from begging for pity and looking for handouts you'd be able to move on and be a decent human being.

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>>34522144
I'm not looking for excuses anon, I'm just educating you on the REALITY of what happened post WWII that they don't show you in Band of Brothers or whatever silly Hollywood bullshit they use to create new soldiers, without showing how realistic the outcome can be. Take it at the door or leave it faggot, I give a fuckall

>>34522129
Glad you're doing good, the identity crisis is a big fucking part of it. Not really being grounded in anything, being stuck in between.

>>3452206oytroo22wsw2sws2wwssssw23
Average age of a soldier in WW2 was like, 26. By that time in life you've probably seen a fewwswl loved ones pass on, probably have seen some weird shit before, and depending on where you live you might have seen someone die in front of you, and went into the service knowing that they were going to be facing hundreds of thousands of people who would want to be killing them.
Average age of a soldier who died in Iraq was like, 25 or younger I think, likely grew up in the subs where they were sheltered from evil, and probably only went to a couple funerals for ol' grandpa and grandma, never seen someone die in front of them, and probably thought that they were just there to secure areas for the development of democracy and freedom (lul).
Fuck off

>>34522171
Or it's got some people in it that are just sick and tired of hearing what are supposed to be manly men whining and complaining. You bitches make the rest of the world think our military is full of cry baby dick suckers.

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>>34522177
>Decent human being
>As he shits on anonymous vets trying to share experiences on an image board for Cambodians
I'm sure you're a shining beacon of human virtue, morality, and being tough.

>>34522092
I have no idea what you're getting at, I'm not going to waste me time trying to make sense of that convoluted shit you just posted. Maybe you should have learned to read before joining the army

>>34522182
You're not educating shit. The proof of the functionality of the WW2 vets is in the productivity and culture of the 50 and 60s. The middle class was booming and quality of life for the massive middle class was best in the world. What we've got now is a pale comparison. A big part of that is you fucking chucks coming back and wanting everyone to spoon feed you.. Either deal with your shit and move on or suck start a shotgun. Either way this country is better off.

>>34521557
What a sad generation we live in where even soldiers want to be special snowflakes. Just take a nap or go outside and do whatever you want because you're not a milcuck anymore. It's not that bad.

>B-but muh PTSD from kids lighting fireworks

Grow a pair.

>>34522094
You have no idea what I've been through either cunt.

>you don't understand me
>I am alone
>I deserve money for my suffering

Just add in safe spaces in there and you're literally a social justice warrior in different clothes. As I said before man up you pathetic sack of shit, so I don't have to waste me body fluids spitting in you when you inevitably end up on the street corner

>>34522210
Literally none of that is what the OP stated. Quit fucking projecting and go shit up another thread

>>34522206
>Suck start a shotgun
Edgy bro

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>>34522191
i've never served and am not american
you have more veteran suicides than combat deaths
if you think that's okay then you should join the former ones or grow some basic empathy and common sense
i bet you tell people suffering from depression just to be happy as well

>>34522199
Shits on vets.. like they're some snowflake class. It was a job that you CHOSE to do you twat. I can understand The Vietnam era guys having issues they were forced. You took the job with some delusion of liberation and being a hero. Found out it was real shit that was pretty shitty and it hurt your feelings. Who's fucking fault is that? I don't give a fuck how old you were.

>>34522142
>Lol I don't give a fuck if you understand my feels son

All I want

that's because "civilian life" today in the west is completely meaningless. ask yourself, what purpose do you have in life? working some shitty boring job so you can buy a faster PC and watch porn and play videogames on that awesome widescreen ultrasharp monitor? fucking some depressed whore every other week? stuffing your face with stimulating drugs and fast food? in the end its all just temporary entertainment to keep the brain occupied by stimulating it artificially. no wonder you get depressed and want to die.

these problems weren't widespread in the past. soldiers from WWII even germans who fought in stalingrad and came back to germany after 20 years of the gulag lived well into their 90's and had happy lives, because they had a purpose: family / children. read anything from the people who fought in the wars of the past and all they do is talk about their family, their wives and their children. that's the only purpose and motivation they needed.

it's always been like that, because reproducing is the only thing that is hardwired in every human brain, everything else is just air.

>>34522223
Dude NOBODY said any shit like that ITT. The thread literally started out with a dude wanting people to share stories and it quickly devolved into
FUCKING PUSSIES I WORK FOR A LIVING WHY CAN'T YOU WORK AND NOT BE WELFARE QUEEN SNOWFLAKES REEEE.
Like holy shit nobody was looking for gibs, it literally said NO SYMPATHY in the OP, but you autists find the need to inject your toxic bullshit into EVERYTHING, even shit you have 0 fucking experience in.

>>34521858
All y'all niggas fell for the bait.

>>34522216
Edgy? More vets have died from suicide than enemy fire. You vets are too busy blowing berettas to fight jihadists. Then you want people to treat you like heroes? A good portion of you drink yourselves into oblivion then blow your fucking brains out. Nothing heroic about that. Pathetic

>>34522199
>vets

yes because vets are some untouchable uncritical bunch of god-men who do no wrong. A vet with an ego eh? What a change

>>34522234
It's this way for everyone. In no way are ex mil the only ones suffering from a lack of purpose. Vets are no different than civilians. They just got roped into a dirtier job with less pay than most of the other suckers.

Reminder that likelihood of experiencing PTSD and IQ are inversely correlated. Maybe don't join a combat unit if your monkey brain can't handle the stress.

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>>34522023
Yeah, you're right, like my great uncle who watched people get chopped up by planes crashing into the deck of an aircraft carrier in Midway. He came home and beat a guy half to death, then walked into a train. Totally fine, just moved on like it was nothing.

Or my other great uncle, who was at Pelilieu, and Iwo. When he came to visit (i.e. sleep under a roof for once) we had to throw out all the finger nail polish remover and rubbing alcohol, because he was such a raving alcoholic he'd drink it just so he wouldn't remember that Airfield or killing a man who snuck into his foxhole with his bare hands.

Or the guy at my church who walked with a limp his hole life, but nobody knew why. Turns out he was a bazooka man in Germany, and a piece of shrapnel nearly tore of his leg and tore the head off of his buddy. He broke down and cried when he told me that story, a story no one had ever heard.

No, they were totally fine, just great.

>>34522284
I know, everyone with PTSD is a low iq fucking chimp dressed up as a soldier

>>34522259
Why the fuck do you insufferable faggots keep projecting this hateful image you have of us, when nobody is saying that shit ITT? It's like the term Vet triggers you fuckers on here...goddamn son quit projecting. If you don't have a common experience, just move along. Shitting up the whole thread with DUDE KYS really takes away from the board as a whole. Go to /b/ if you want to be an edgelord

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>>34522223

>>34522289
someones been watching The Pacific lmao was your grandpa also called Sledgehammer?

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>>34522297
Stop giving them (you)s you fucking idiot, the literally only do this shit to rile people like you up.

>>34522297
Also, I was on /b/ on memorial day this year, and aside from super obvious trolls they were cool as shit and thought my story was fascinating. Which should tell you that the people you keep responding to are literally just trying to get a response.

>>34522289
Fact: There have been more Americans killed on my side of town in the past 10 years than have been killed by enemy combatants in Afghanistan... people get killed all over.

The ones that aren't whiny cunts move forward.

>>34522297
This is a weapons board. Not a hugs and feels board for whiny ex mil.

>>34522340
The board has always been the honorary military board newfag. You have to go back sweetie

>>34522343
Because Vets are entitled to a Board for them! They deserve it! They fought for your freedom!

>>34522343
Kek

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>>34522335
You need to move, anon.

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>>34521858
i know it's b8 but it still made me angery

The people posting in this thread make me sick. These "prima donnas" you guys are shit talking are out there doing the worst job in the world, for low pay, and they are being jewed out of the basic Healthcare they were promised. Disgusting. And they did it because they felt pride knowing they were helping their country, peotect in the pleebs such as yourselves.

And look at how you thank them. Fucking sick. You guys deserve to be shot

>>34522363
Am I encroaching on your safe space? Do you believe I've typographically raped you?

>>34522375
They chose to do the job... worst job in the world? I think someone being forced into sexual slavery may have a point of contention on that.

>>34522352
Vets haven't fought for freedom since 1865

>>34522130

Stop being a stupid trolling faggot, I surely hope that's what you're doing because normal function brains aren't this retarded.

OP even purposely stated he didn't want sympathy he wanted to share stories with other anons with similar problems. These people are likely the only ones who can truly understand how he feels so maybe you should take a long walk of a short cliff you dumb cocksucker.

>>34522375
>These "prima donnas" you guys are shit talking are out there doing the worst job in the world, for low pay
You mean, exactly what they volunteered for?

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>>34522378
No you dumb nigger, that's a lot of dead people. I'm concerned for your well being.

>>34522389
You know you have a really strong argument when you have to fall back on semantics... like I said, kill yourself

That one anon who keeps sadistically replying to people with vitriol, might have more issues than the vets lol. If that guy isn't trolling he's surely some sort of sociopath or sadist, because comes off like a miserable individual who wants others to share in his misery. Sociopaths/narcissist are a plague to society

>>34522182
>Stuck in between
You're not stuck in between anything. You're a civilian or you're not. If you're confused go look at your DD-214. The military is a job, not a fucking ethnic group.

>>34522404
Is love to see how you can make this into me arguing the meaning of words with this. Please explain your position...

P.S I'm not positive you understand what you're saying

>>34522206

You do know that not every male served in WW2 and not every male that served saw horrific combat and death. Just because PTSD wasn't well understood or documented doesn't mean nobody had it.

Also just because someone can still function during normal life doesn't mean they aren't totally fucked up.

I think you're the one who needs to eat some lead you fucking disrespectful piece of shit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUumA6VZh8Q

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>>34522137
cont (2/?)
NOVEMBER 2013

HERRICK XIX AFGHANISTAN,
Battalion gets called up

Dating her was going pretty well, but getting deployed put a spanner in the works

Stupidly, i didn't tell her i was going, i didn't want her to worry, I simply ceased to answer calls and texts

Deployment went well up until march 2014. We'd withdraw a couple months later so we were mopping up the last taliban strongholds up and down the sangin valley

We were mainly providing support to ANA units whilst they did the work.

This last stronghold was especially and unnaturally strong, one battalion of regulars and another Commando battalion had taken heavy casualties
Most of our heavy kit had been shipped back
After 3 days non stop fighting we needed to link up with our relief force. Shit had gone sour, and we knew it, the only thing that kept me alive was my section and the thought of getting back to that girl.
In my head i had come up with a whole life.
The highlight of my week is when my parents would write me, the girl was mentioned, she'd go round my parents house, help them out, you know, they told her i was doing an embassy job in nepal.

22 MAR '14
We were sent ahead of the Battalions in a composite Recce platoon
3 ANACs in front of me, kelsey behind me, and hayliegh behind her, rest of platoon.
Come up to these crossroads with buildings on the far side
I stop to scan the buildings with my optics couldn't see shit due to heat refraction
Kelsey takes my spot "waddaya see general patton?" she aksed my with this damn grin that haunts me, she took my spot in the staggered column
get within 100m of buildings
Next to a shingle berm, I see movement on the rooftops, i call contact front
Hear crunch
Entire berm explodes
One by one the people disappear under this thick dust
Point man, 2nd, 3rd
Kelsey disappears
The mustard cloud of dust turned a tint of claret
Its began to encapsulate me, everything went dark

Cont.

>>34522400
>>34522400
It's South Chicago. All kinds of fuckers living and dying here. I have people here I need to care for so I need to stay.I appreciate your concern, thank you.

>>34522234

>working some shitty boring job so you can buy a faster PC and watch porn and play videogames on that awesome widescreen ultrasharp monitor

... yes ?

>>34522444
If they can function in normal life they are in fact not totally fucked up.

>>34522427
Or he/she is tired of a group of people that volunteered for something bitching about said something while begging for hand outs.

>>34522462
It's literally a bunch of nigs with being fueled by stupid fucking Drill music, beefing over twitter, killing each other over a single fucking block so they can sale their shit tier bottom shelf marijuana and heron. Don't act like it's some honorable thing to live in Chicago my dude i mean holy fuck.

>>34522444
shut your fucking pie hold before I fucking smack it

>>34522475

>being able to mask the pain and horror so people around you can be happy

You have no fucking idea what you're talking about and you and I should both be glad we never have to feel the way these guys feel.

>hurr durr I'm so TOUGH I wouldn't BITCH OUT

I can almost guarantee unless you're a psychopath with zero empathy or feelings you get fucked up, and since you're probably a limpwristed keyboard warrior faggot, you'd die alone in a hole crying.

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>>34522485
Well doesn't Xe realize that the thread has nothing to do with that and you're projecting way out of proportion to the intended OP? It was never for bitching, just shared experience. Nobody is asking for cries, or gibs, that shit is all in your fucked up head anon. Now go murder a dog or do whatever the fuck it is miserable people like you do

>>34521858
This.
Unless you we conscripted you have no right to be pussy.

>>34522519

>sign up for whatever reason
>do job
>see/hear/feel/smell/taste horrible shit you can't imagine
>go home and cannot forget horrible shit
>hurr durr what a pussy

People can't possibly actually think this way, can they ? How fucking sheltered do you have to be ?

>>34522518
The entire OP is a fuck up complaining that life is hard. How is this not a biitch fest for vets?

>>34522494
It's not so horrible that I'm on a weapons board trying to create a support group or looking for handouts or a way to get hired without actually being qualified. Fact remains more Americans died in Chicago over the past decade than were killed by enemy combatants in Afghanistan. Chicago isn't the worst place and by that logic Afghanistan isn't either.

>>34522540
> How fucking sheltered do you have to be ?
By facing the world around me and not being a pussy.
Unless you were picked from a pool of regulard dudes and went through hell and back than you have no right to "ptsd".

>>34522540
No, feel free to remember it. Most people encountering horrors do remember it. Often in fact. Just don't let it own you. Don't let yourself believe millions of people from all walks of life aren't going through the same or worse shit.

>>34522540
Did someone put a gun to your head and told you to go and step on the first IED half away across the globe?
Please fuck the right off.

>>34522549
There was literally one fucking line where he stated his experiences, that was it. It even said no sympathy in the OP. You fuckers come in here projecting, and acting like insecure idiots. I don't get it

>>34522556
You've never been shot at or been on a 15 month deployment, then came back to the "world around you". So how the fuck do you even get off being so pompous when you share NONE of that experience? Stupid as fug anon

>>34522540
>sign up for whatever reason
You see here is your problem,you chose to sign up .
Its being called getting over your head you dumb shit,you think war is a video game?

>>34522581
You've never been forced to rape your mother and watched yourn5 year old sister have her hands cut off. Some child in Africa did though. Since that kid had a different thing happen your thing means nothing now. Slick logic huh?

Fuck the African kid didn't volunteer for that shit so fuck you

>>34522581
oh bitch please you know shit about anyone here.

>>34521557
Now I've only been out for a couple years, but I already see some of my old friends struggling to find happiness in the civilian world, and I honestly don't get it.
A lot of them have turned to drugs. Why? Because they can. Same reason why they quit caring about their health and gain a lot of weight.

And that's the wrong attitude to have.

When I got out, I looked at people I went to high school with and realized they were still doing exactly what they were 5 years ago. That was my motivation to want to continue to make something of myself. I started going to school and I got a job working security. In the process I've realized that most civilians are fat fucking lazy pieces of shit. I may have lost hope for a lot of humanity, but I've gained hope in myself because these subpar standards for everything I've come across makes it easy as hell to stand out with literally even the slightest bit of effort.

Unless you're like full blown PTSD'd, I really don't see why so many vets have problems adapting.

>>34522598
>Anon who's never been in combat, asking an anon who has if he thinks war is like a video game or something
>Man up
That's pretty much this thread summed up, and the state of /k/ as a whole

>>34522581
You can f*ck right off

People get PTSD from spousal violence, car crashes, accidents, sexual assault, disasters, etc

I don't see them crying and having their own representation in the government to waste tax dollars on them

>>34522617
thank you for your cervix

>>34522624
>>34522608
This wasn't a PTSD/African General thread. Are you people fucking chicks? Who the fuck even argues like this? It was a thread for fucked up vets to share experiences, nothing more nothing less. HOW the fuck you dingus' turned it into EVERYONE HAS PTSD tumblr tier shit is beyond me. Save that shit for Huffpost, I'm here for the crazy ass vet stories

>>34522610
The slightest bit of effort and all the programs that make it easy as fuck for ex mil to get jobs and promotions. I'm glad you're doing well after you've come back but don't think ex mil doesn't have it easy in civilian life these days

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>>34522551
Chicago is literally the worst place my man. And Afghanistan sucks balls dude, it's hot as fuck AND cold as shit, the people are backwards and barely literate and kill each other over nothing...

Wait I just described Chicago, didn't I?

Jokes aside, OP isn't asking for sympathy or gimme dats, he just wants to hear other guys who did the same thing he did talk about the things they all did. I don't think anyone's saying that they're not appreciated or that they need more from the Government or the people at large.

But seriously man, do try to get out of Chicago. Shit's scary, yo.

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>>34522452

>>34522649
You're here to perpetuate the poor bet bullshit and act like you fuckers are special for having a job that is literally not as bad as millions of people's everyday lives

>>34522556

Prove yourself as a sheltered retard by saying "i'll just face the horrors of war" like it's seeing a car accident or being in a car accident.

>>34522566

Everyone is different and everyone has seen/experienced different shit. It's kind of ridiculous to say "just don't let it bother you"

>>34522571

So we can only feel bad for soldiers when they're forced into combat.

What kind of fucking faggot are you.

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>>34522452
>>34522137
cont (3/?)

inside the darkness i felt like i was being ragdolled about, i landed on my right side with a crunch

I came to, and looked at the people in front of me

Point man was gone, totally gone, he was just a blast pattern of blood
2nd guy was turned into giblets
3rd guy had his limbs torn from him
Kelsey was sitting on the ground, dumbstruck
I staggered and stumbled to my feet, it felt like i was fighting a strong wind
I popped her drag tag, her ECM gear had been totally trashed
The berm was now a ditch like crater
I threw her in, when i looked down on her i noticed she was missing her arm
I couldn't hear shit,
hayliegh had been hit too, she had blood on her cheek and brow
I popped kelseys med kit and drew the CAT, applying it, i took out my sharpie, applied the time from my now smashed watch
I went out to where i kelsey had been, her arm had been a good 15m from where she was
I picked it up and started walking back, at this point there pitters of dust, an ambush
i dropped kelseys arm in her lap like it was nothing, my ears popped as a round snapped by me
We advanced on the buildings, Ahead of me an ANAC running down this ditch
He took a round to the face and dropped into a bundle of limbs
We advanced on them, took their positions, they counterattacked twice
When hayliegh caught up she looked at me in horror

I felt heavy, tired, weak, my hearing went again, my entire world went black for the second time that day.

When i came to it was 13 days later, i'd been in surgery and kept under since

I couldn't see shit, a nurse explained to me i had temporarily lost my sight, in the event she was lying i stole a set of scissors.

starting bottom to top
Blunt force trauma to knee
Burns down my left side
Lacerated kidney and liver with heavy internal bleeding
Cracked ribs
Broken collar
Dislocated shoulder
lost 4 teeth
Perforated ear drum
Torn ocular nerve
That was just the IED

I also took a scrape from a bullet in the neck

Cont.

>>34522675
LOL OK ANON IF YOU SAY SO. Holy fuck this is worse than arguing with liberals on Jewbook. Are you a chick? I'm serious just trying to get a better picture of what you folks look like that find the need to keep raging/projecting ITT

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>>34522624
On an semi related note I think we as a people need to figure out someway to convince people that non combat related PTSD is extremely serious and just as important.

>mom gets into a car wreck that nearly rips her arm off it's so violent
>has to be so doped up she doesn't know she's on planet Earth to be transported
>6 months after recovery, still breaks down crying and hyperventilating after being in a car for 5 minutes
>tell her she's got text book PTSD and needs to seek help
>No anon, you and your father have PTSD from being in the wars, I'm just a little jittery
>mfw I don't even have PTSD

>>34522723
Don't reply to that stupid twat straight up. She's retarded. Literally got triggered by vets wanting to share stories and turned the whole thread into shitsmearing about Africa and spousal PTSD. Woman in charge of logic or anything...NOT EVEN ONCE. Take my belt off and beat that bitch into oblivion, hate fuck her skull

>>34522137
>>34522452
>>34522691
Nobody fucking cares you illiterate snaggletooth bong.

>>34522431
>The military is a job, not a fucking ethnic group.

For me personally it was also a lifestyle, one that literally guided and defined my whole life. No facet of life was untouched by the responsibilities of being a soldier.

I joined at 17, had had a couple jobs before but nothing like being in the army. My friends were all soldiers, I knew my buddies families better than I knew my own.

It was by no means all good, but it instilled a purpose and place that I belonged to, which was very satisfying for me.

Call me a pansy or whatever, but that is the truth.

Trying to regain that sense in purpose with the new occupation I'm pursuing.

>>34522762
Speak for yourself i want to see how this ends

>>34522691

>this fucking shit
>lol just get over it pussy

People are so fucking retarded I swear to god.

Thanks for sharing man, thank you for your service and I hope you're doing alright. I mean that whole heartily. This thread has made me sick with all its fucking faggotry.

Respect your servicemen and women.

>>34522762

Fucking KILL YOURSELF PROMPTLY.

>>34522802
>Respect your service men and women
Literally why? They don't deserve respect for being in a uniform. The military doesn't do fuck all for the civilian world, there's no default reason to show any respect to them. I'll judge vets based on their attitude and most of them are the most entitled whiny cunts you can find.

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>>34522691
>>34522452
>>34522137

Kelsey visited me in my blindness, i took me a minute for the nurse to convince me she was there, she lost her voice.

It took me a week for me to regain my sight, I could "see" light through my bandage, under a crack in the door, and round the corner of a corridor, any speck of light was agony. Every time a nurse came in they had to announce themselves after i nearly clocked one when she was trying to wake me up

Took me another fortnight to get back on my feet, i felt heavy, and lower the the ground.

I discharged myself and tried to get back to unit, they gave me a "career break", my mate who was a royal engineer gave me a job working for his firm, it was a good setup and it gave me the opportunity to go to university to get qualified.
The work was great but the university sucked arse, i went one day and decided i had enough. It was a good 28 days though.

I returned to unit, and they gave me an administrative role as the units training officer, i was on painkillers about once a week, they were so strong that when i took them my whole body got pins and needles and my eyes saw static

I returned to shape in no time at all

Year later in 2015 i be to be friends with that girl again, whilst i was away she fell into a relationship with someone else.
He was a right cunt, i clocked him the moment i saw him.
At one point he told me something about soldiers being too dumb and getting what they deserved, i then gave him the opportunity to go outside and get what he deserved. Telling him the story about my mate who had been raped on duty,
The relationship failed after she confessed to him that she had feelings for me, he was only using her for sex anyway.
She also got finished her part time degree to by a psychologist or psychiatrist or some shit like that.

>>34522753
I'm not a women

>beating women

Yes that's what you PTSD ridden vets do best- beat your spouse. Pathetic

Jesus Ch*st I can read you vets like a book.

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>>34522753
No. I'm taking the opportunity to talk about something serious from someone blatantly trolling. The only one triggered here is you man, you keep feeding them and goading them on. Are you drunk? It's like 4 in the afternoon.

And now you've created this absurd straw man and are fantasizing about taking violent sexual revenge on said straw man. You know it's just some dude on his phone bored to tears at work or something, right? Take it easy my man, it's just the nature of the beast.

I know it's frustrating, but remember that this is 4chan, and people do awful shit for the lulz.
>>34522881
Here's what we should be addressing, if we're going to address anything at all. Why are there parts of the veteran community that do dumb shit and piss off other Americans? And we've all seen it, hell, I took a former Lance Corporal outside and chewed his ass at a hotel once. He told the receptionist that the flag they were flying was fucked up, which it was, and then came back 30 minutes later talking about how he didn't sacrifice so much overseas for the flag to be disrespected, and how he should smack her for not changing it.

Why do they act this way? Why do they think it's acceptable? What can we do as a community to stop this? I know we policed our own while we were in, so how do we do it now? How do we unfuck the fuck ups who give us a bad name?

That's what we should address.

>>34522802
Can your tounge get any more up his arsehole you fucking brown nosing little fucking faggot

>>34521557
Try this thread again in about 4 hours OP, and I'll tell you about all the weird sex, spelunking, brawling and insanity I did after I got out. Night /k/ is slower and it probably won't turn into such a shit show. Probably.

>>34522934
If I beat you more and more, maybe you'll forget when daddy diddled you and you can man up?

>>34522935
>Are you drunk? It's like 4 in the afternoon.

Yeah of course he drunk and filled with painkillers at 4 in the afternoon the poor babby has PTSD and is not man enough to face it

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>>34522881
>The military doesn't do fuck all for the civilian world,
the British forces do, they do civilian construction projects, distribute aid, assist in natrual disasters...

In the UK they handle EOD which is kind regular from the bombing they had in ww2

I spoke with a british soldier once and he was telling me he was a fucking army construction worker, and how he used to get sent to far flung corners of the world to build schools and hospitals

>>34522901
My respect, hope you'll be able to leave that shit behind.
Stupid question, but were they able to save Kelsey's arm?

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>>34522975
I'm not drunk anon GAWWWWD. Can't you be nice now we're 129 posts deep of shitposting

>>34522137
>>34522452
>>34522691
>>34522901

We started dating and things were good, i'd got a job desk jockeying in whitehall doing stuff i'm not at liberty to discuss

I had some good mates who were PMCs, one who i'd known all my life was the brother of a woman who i'd been heavily encouraged by my family to get into a relationship with.
Another, a guy who i'd been through training with.

They went off the grid for a whilst doing PSD work in iraq which wasn't uncommon for them

I had a tea and medals ceremony coming up, and i was going to invite the girl as my plus one, was going to seal the deal at the event, make it official

However i got a call to go down to a morgue to ID some bodies.

I turned up and they were said friends.
The guy who i'd known for something 20 years his entire front of body was burnt away,
the guy who i went to training with they could only recover his leg and torso

I put these two in touch, they probably would have never met

They filmed their deaths on helmet cam, their client survived and paid dearly to have my friends retrieved.

then i asked if i could see the footage, which i did, it solidified my hate for sunnis

I proceeded to go to the local shithole pub, my eye ached the entire walk there, i took 4 times the "do not exceed dose" of painkillers which you're definitely not supposed to drink on.

I got as drunk as i could, i tried to get the girl to come and meet me, i needed a little comfort, but i couldn't get an answer so i went round her house.

I knocked on her door and rung her bell, but the light in her room was on, so in my infinite wisdom i lobbed a brick through it
Her brother and father come out to "sort me out"

Daily reminder that you can support vets and still hate everything about the military and war

>>34521557
Wrong time of day to try and start one of these threads. Day /k/ is nothing but an echo chamber of fat NEETS projecting and putting down vets knowing there won't be any repercussions. These are the same people who walk around in surplus army fatigues acting like they're hot shit.

Wait until about 11 P.M. When the raging tards fall asleep, and you'll hear some truly interesting stories. Might even hear from someone overseas.

>>34523106
I don't support the war, but i support the people who fight it so we don't have to

>>34523122
>The destitute third world farmers in Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc. etc. would've invaded America if not for our troops
Really made me think. But really, you're an ignorant retard.

>>34523158
so you're telling me the government wouldn't initiate conscription to fight wars overseas in order to secure foreign policy? Oh like vietnam?

You know they seem to think that conscripts have higher levels of PTSD because they enter into wars unwillingly

>>34522951

I dunno, can your own head get further up your own ass you annoying cunt ?

My comment was because all I saw for half this thread was retards acting like war aint' no biggie 'lol what a pussy git over it.'

Fuck you and fuck anyone like you.

I'm just fucking bored.

Civilians bore the shit out of me. I feel the compelling urge to go out and socialize, be normal, to the point where I want it, aside from the natural need to not be in complete solitude. Then, I go hang out with people. I have to try to not be obvious the entire time that I'm checking my clock, zoning out. It's a huge relief when I get in my truck and drive home, no words, music blaring. I feel bad for even saying that because they're good people, but I just can't enjoy it. I've barely got anything in common with them. And obviously I'm way closer with the guys from my platoon. I could try and network out to other vets locally, but I'm not sure how I'd filter out the guys who rant on Facebook and have a grunt style shirt for each day of the week. I'm not the guy wearing vet clothes with decals all over the truck.

Anyone else know this feel? Besides that, doing great.

>>34523059
>>34522901
>>34522691
>>34522452
>>34522137

I rosted her bother and father out and went back to the pub, there her father sent two of his friends after me

I managed to floor one of them before the other one got me round the back of the head, i didn't remember anything after that

She made a video on facebook about me, how i was violent ect, a load of other false accusations.

The whopper was she tried to out me as a walt (stolen valour), it made its rounds around the town, i couldn't walk the street without being harassed. All may civilian friends who had never served disowned me apart from one

A week later i had the tea and medals ceremony, and got into the local papers, clearing my name, i went from being verbally harassed to being harassed by people who wanted to by me drinks, my friends came back to me, but they betrayed me.

Thats when it started, i began to think, what if I had done this? would they still be alive? I started sleeping two or three hours a night, 4 if i'm lucky or drink myself to sleep.

I should also state in 2014 i lost two friends
One was our terp, he locked himself in a portapotty, dowsed himself in oil and ignited himself
I haven't sat on a toilet and not thought about him since

Second one was worse.
American friend, he started to get PTSD
He became really soft, he never wanted to hurt anyone again
His wife started openly cheating on him as he was no longer a man
She began to openly domestically abuse him, he got a protection order
She then tried to divorce him
She bought a gun with the intent to scare him to sign the papers
His training kicked in however and snapped the pistol from her unloading half a mag in her face
His son came downstairs on hearing the ruckus, he apologised to his son and shot himself, leaving 5 kids without parents, the youngest was only 2 years old

>>34523263

>His son came downstairs on hearing the ruckus, he apologised to his son and shot himself, leaving 5 kids without parents, the youngest was only 2 years old

Jesus.

>>34523263
fuckin a anon. that's some real heavy shit.

how are Hayleigh and Kelsey now?

>>34522753
Do you need some time in your safe space? We understand that younnever learned how to control your emotions like a normal human being but it's OK you went through so much! Here take this check. Its funds from people that actually work. Those nasty people will never understand the depth of your pain. Tell me about how the bad people hurt your feelings and I'll make it easy for you to get a job you have no clue how to do and stroke your ego.

>>34522137
>>34522452
>>34522691
>>34522901
>>34523081
>>34523263

cont.

get sent back to battalion due to the whole brick through window ordeal

Was off duty one day, when me and my 2IC were walking past an alleyway
we heard screams, we ran towards them
There was some cunt with his trousers down, knife in hand above a girl
It bought back the memories where my mate was raped and discharged and we were denied revenge
she must have only been about 14 maybe 15
We fucked that prick up 4 years of hate and rage unleashed on him, police came but "they didn't see shit"
Cunt got stabbed whilst in custody

I began to go downward from there. I started acting up ect.


Fast forward FEB 16
Ran into an ex girlfriend in the supermarket
My first, we got on well and i was engaged to her for a while, then she got a job working for BAE systems as a trainee naval architect, and i got deployed
She invited me round for a valentines day meal
Went well
Got her into bed, she looked fucking stunning
We start foreplay, but at that point it was 2 years, so i was a bit overwhelmed
She then tried to get ontop
I had to tell her to stop
She asks me whats the matter, and we pillow talk all of the above, she's in tears over the whole thing, but me, i'm fine, just a grim face, to me its just shit happens
thats when i realised i was gone, or at least the me i had been
me and my ex regularly go on dates, but don't do anything physical. I can't stand people touching me.

I ran into that damnable woman a couple months back she sat opposite me on a train, which i hate doing anyway, ans she sat opposite me, i began to breath heavy and feel sick so i had to get off at the nearest stop and wait an hour for the train after.

the time before that i was having drinks with kelsey and she nearly clocked her if she hadn't ran.

>>34522935
This guy is the only ex mil side person here's that not a moron.

Most of these snowflakes have so little self control they fuckin spin out if someone doesn't thank them for their service and grab their tiny dick..

I'm active duty. The first sergeant I had at my unit was like a second dad to me. He gave tough love but he was always looking out for his crew. We were on a training exercise last year when we almost rolled our lav. I was in the turret with him when our driver turned off the road in a bad spot and the lav slide sideways in the sand until the right side dug in and it started to teeter over.

It settle back on the suspension ever so much. We called the rest of the troop back and they tied lines to us so we could evacuate.

Everyone was fine physically but it fucked up my Sargent pretty bad. He had flash backs to Afghanistan where his tank had hit an IED and it blew off his drivers legs at the knees. He pulled him out of the drivers hole and put tourniquets on both his legs. His heart stopped twice when the helicopter was on its way, and both times sarg managed to get it going again. He still is all fucked up and jittery now.

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>>34522054
>no vday heroes in 1973
Don't forget being revered as heroes vs baby killing raycisssts

>>34522935
>That's what we should address
Exactly this. Unfortunately the predominant attitude among mil vets is what you just described.

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>>34523263
>I threw a brick through her window and beat the fuck out of her dad and brother in a drunken rage
>She made a video saying I'm violent but that's not true

>>34522137
>>34522452
>>34522691
>>34522901
>>34523081
>>34523426
So to sum up

My heart rate jumps when i'm at traffic lights or static in my car as there could be an ambush
I skirt walls
I always sit with my back against a wall
I can't sit on a shitter without thinking of the above,
I don't get more than 4 hours sleep unless i drink
I haven't spoke to my younger brother in 3 years despite seeing him weekly
I hate crowded spaces
I Hate public transport
I avoid ditches,
I hate sunnis
I feel naked without a lid, plates and weapon
I can't sleep in silence or white noise
I hate urban spaces without people in as its an IED/ambush indicator
I work 70 hours a week to keep occupied
Sunsets and cold breeze remind me of this entire saga
I avoid certain places i associate with the saga
I can't see Psych people as thats what that damnable woman did
I can't tell my parents as they're high ranking staff officers
Haven't had penetrative sex is 3 years
I stopped shooting but i still collect

Before I go to bed each night, I have any free time, or even reminded just so slightly of any of the above (which in turn leads me to think about the rest of it), and that’s it, my day’s ruined.

I spend about 4 hours getting to sleep each night, you name it I’ve tried it, pills don’t work, they just send me into a deeper sleep. I only feel tired after I get shit drunk, but my tolerance keeps on going up.

I have no sex drive or libido, apart from the odd TJ, HJ, or BJ, but it has to be quick

I wake up most nights in a cold sweat, thinking it was all just a bad dream, but its not, I spend hours looking into the mirror at what I have become, proving that this is not in fact a dream.
It all seems to make it all so surreal.

But on the Up
Got promoted
Ex GF and i are getting there to make our relationship intimate again
Cutting down on the alcohol
The thoughts are getting less pronounced lately

I'm thinking about writing a book, one a biographical thing and maybe another just for fun

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''And behold a great red dragon,.'' Rev 12:3

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>>34523705
Satans 7 heads
'',..A Great Red Dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads,.''' Rev 12:3

https://skyview.gsfc.nasa.gov/current/cgi/query.pl
Coordinates: 13 48 1.0, -8 28 20.5"
IRAS micron 100

>>34523705
>>34523715
What's this? Jupiter's spot?

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>>34523768
armageddon

>>34523009
She lost her arm below the elbow, she really doesn't like those prosthetic arms that look kind like a regular one, she instead goes for the arm that looks like it belongs on a T800 series

>>34523306
He was a good guy, i was convinced it was a prank until the moment i arrived at the funeral.

His second eldest son and I keep in touch, he was pretty traumatised by the whole ordeal, i've been visiting him for a week a year.

>>34523339
Kelsey was deeply shaken by it, she lost her voice and now she rarely speeks, she lost interest in all her hobbies apart from fitness and movies, i usually head round hers and we'll go for a run and watch a movie together,

Hayliegh came out of it pretty well, all things considered, she also picked up a piece of frag that damaged her womb, so she's going to have trouble having kids, she's currently in a relationship with my cousin, we regularly talk about our problems

my boys love them because they can talk to them about there stuff without having to go through all that macho bullshit

Its kind of a shame as they're both good looking girls

>>34523661
I never denied it, but she did twist the story that i had a cricket bat to beat up her brother and father, that i was abusive towards her, that i was dating other women at the same time, that i was narcissistic

She even said i voted BNP...

>>34523778
Oh don't be a coy little shit. You know what I was asking.

>>34522144
You do realize this is story time and not sympathy time right you stupid fucking dunce?

Read the OP then post ffs summer

>>34523686
Absolutely go for it on the book, I'd read it then recommend it

>>34523519
>Don't forget being revered as heroes vs baby killing raycisssts

Exactly this, fuck bleeding heart liberals.

>>34523686
Thank you for your service, Brit anon, I'm thanful for the sacrifices of both you and your brothers and sisters in arms. I'm sorry to hear about everything that happened to you, even though I know I won't ever truly understand. Hopefully in time you and your ex will tie the knot and have a happy life together, and by the sounds of it everything else is improving too.

You've said you've cut down on alcohol, and I'm glad to hear that. I'd hate for you to fall victim to liver failure, or a lethal concoction of pills and liquor, etc.

If you ever write a book, I'd be glad to read it, and I, too, would recommend it, I'm sure.

Good luck and godspeed, Brit anon.

t. US Army cadet who wishes he was half as strong as you
>fuck that sounded sappy, but dammit it's true

>This fucking thread
It amazes me how anti-military 4chan is. It's not even just /k/, it's pretty much every board. A user base who regularly blames duh Jooz for anything they don't like, calls all Western women sluts because they won't date them, and has a high anti-social following have the audacity to tell another human being they are worthless because they served in the military. I've never served myself, but it's pretty appalling to me.

I just wanted to read stories from vets man. Was that too much to ask for?

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>>34523825
your the shit

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>>34522394

This.

>>34522427
Lel get rekt. Society hurts ur feefees huh honey bunny?

>>34524267
>cult of the lost cause

kek

>>34523686
Im sorry anon

I hope you can get back on your feet and on track with your life soon

>>34523686
write the book.
Even if you never submit it for publication, the act of writing it will be therapeutic.

>>34522047
you literally shit talked anyone who came back from combat, said you would be fine without having done it, and probably haven't accomplished anything in civilian life besides become good at lying to people (sales fag)

high chance you're a self-important leach on society who believes making money is contributan

>>34522254

I hope you mouth off to the wrong person one day and they beat you within an inch of your life. Then maybe half an hour later when the paramedics scoop your crippled body from the gutter you'll get to reflect on how much of a dumb faggot you are.

>>34522254
just ignore him
likely had a vet as an older brother or dad who Killed themselves

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Snke9v4S2rU

Highly recommend everybody with PTSD watch Jordan Peterson

Hell, everybody should watch this guy.

>>34524218
/k/ is very anti war because its stupid.
We like guns not killing people just because someone said so.

>>34524598
/k/ is a weapons board which are meant to be used for killing humans.

It is not a guns board retard

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>>34524598

Git the fuck out of here you cunt.

>>34524598
>/k/ is very anti war
>therefore we must be anti-military and say that soldiers deserve PTSD because that's what they signed up for
This is strange logic. You can not like war without being an asshole to those who served.

>>34523431
Took me too long to realize that Top was looking out for us always, even though he rode us relentlessly.

Was happy to run into my 1SG before I was medically retired, and thanked him for looking out for us.

Our CSM was a true piece of shit careerist, but my NCO chain from Top to our buck sergeants looked after us.

The one thing that made me want to reenlist was how enlisted found ways to look after enlisted.

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>>34522137
>>34522452
>>34522691
>>34522901
>>34523081
>>34523263
>>34523426
>>34523686
>>34523791
Write the book please

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ITT:
> VET TELL FUCKING HORROR STORIES & HOW LIFE GOT SO BAD
> FUCK THE VETS REEEEEEEEEEEEEE WELFARE QUEENS

> this fucking thread
I wouldn't mine 4chan closing sometimes so the antisocial subhuman scum can no longer share their stupid ideas

>>34523430
>>34523598
I honestly don't think it is that prevalent. I know plenty of vets, and am one myself, and most of us are scraggly laid back dudes that only bring up the military when there's a funny story to tell.

I don't tell people that I watched a guy I knew and trained with get shot to pieces a few feet away from me, or that I've been in 7 IED blasts and have at least 2 TBIs, or that I shot a 17 y/o jihadists in the face and his eye popped out a little. They don't need to know that shit, it's not their issue or concern.

I know that many of my friends and fellow veterans feel the same way. I'm truly honored to have worn the uniform, and proud to have served with the men I served with, my opinion on the justness and moral correctness of the wars notwithstanding.

It boggles my mind that some veterans act like entitled shitbags that need to be asspatted and worshipped every second. This attitude of, "I'm better than you," was acceptable when we were in the enclosed society of the military, but some guys just can't shut it off apparently. It doesn't help that companies like Grunt Style have commercialized the douche bag, entitled attitude, making it seem desirable and acceptable.

I'll say it again though, I don't think that anyone in this thread is looking for sympathy or accolades. I don't think the majority of veterans are looking for that either. There's a extremely vocal minority, and we as a collective need to figure out how to shut them the fuck up. It's a disgrace, to the flag, the uniform, and the men and women who have died and suffered wearing it.

God bless you mother fuckers, I'm gonna go smoke a bowl and play vidya now.

>>34525195
>I'll say it again though, I don't think that anyone in this thread is looking for sympathy or accolades.
People have been saying this the entire thread, but the autists just aren't having it. The military is such a touchy subject on 4chan for some fucking reason.

>>34523232
I'm right there with you. Came back home, dropped out of college and stopped hanging out with my old friends. I felt lonelier with them than I did on my own; started finding every excuse to avoid going out with them, and even when I did, I'd duck out early out of sheer disinterest.

It was like they were friends with person that didn't exist, and there was no way in the world I could convey the depth of that meaning to them.

Started working at a quick lube while I figure out what's next; ran into a few vets that can talk about service without getting too into it. It's nice because I still get the psychological benefit of wearing a uniform at work (and leaving that shit behind me when I change after my shift), and I get to work with a small team of good guys. I let them talk me into getting a handgun & a CC license; gonna head to the range every few weeks with them and shoot the shit.

It's been about four years since my last deployment, and I feel like I'm finally just starting to reintegrate. For anyone going through the shit: It takes time, and it happens at its own pace. Try to find what you loved about it; being in, or being over there, and cultivate an outlet for that part of yourself. Be patient, and remember what they say about idle hands.

>>34525886
>remember what they say about idle hands.
They masturbate a lot? I mean, that was the best part of the military, the constant and uninterrupted masturbation.

> deployed to afghanistan at 19
> FOB was infamous for heavy IDF
> literally on my first day off after being in country roughly 30 days go to the market and as we're walking home hear a barely audible thud in the distance
> give me friends a "wat" look
>IDF alarm goes off, C-RAM goes off
> Mortar/rocket fly over my head landing further into the fob
> 100% made the movie noise of a mortar whistle coming in
> crowd mentality takes over and one of my friends runs into an empty conex filled with like old kitchen equipment
> think to myself this is not going to do shit for us if a rounds land nearby

I certainly don't have PTSD and honestly think some people who claim to are pussies, but I'll tell you what, if I hear an IDF alarm like someone playing it on their phone it makes me perk up fast.

Been out since '11. Work security while in school. I turned into an alcoholic and gained a shit ton of weight. Drink 1/2 a bottle of wild turkey a day. Wish I never got injured, planned on being a lifer.

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>>34526052
>killing Muslims
>ever a bad thing
The enemy of my enemy is my friend, anon.

>>34521557
you'll never be normal again. not really sure of anyone is anyway

>>34521557
can you find structure in your work?

>>34525663
Neckbeards

>>34521847
the american government loves it when citizens kill each other or themselves, they have numerous programs in place to ensure that happens.

Why is anyone's guess.

>>34522056
a larger percentage of the population were combat vets, that surely helped them out at least a little bit. It certainly wouldn't be uncommon.

If you signed up to be a soldier, you voluntarily chose to be fucked up. You chose to kill people so you no longer get the right to expect mental welfare. Don't expect sympathy and especially not gibs me dats.

If you were conscripted it's a different story.

>>34526127
You ever buy something due to brand loyalty or amazing marketing but the product wasn't what you expected? No refunds on military contracts brosef

>>34526127
Part of that signature is a fuckton of gimmiedats

>>34526127
I almost got a free fedora just by reading this

Yeah yeah yeah, you're out of your big boy daycare now. Welcome to the real world, get with the fucking program.

>>34521858
Aren't you supposed to be sitting alone at summer school right now?

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>PTSD and traumatic brain injury
Every day I debate not going on a bender. I can't remember most things, and I feel myself slowly losing control. VAs answer is to heavily medicate, I debate every day about moving into the woods until my mind slips off and I die from eating poison plants.

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>>34521858
Do yourself and the world a favor: kill yourself.

>>34523686
I'd buy that book anon. Thank you for your service.

>>34524608
>>34524626
>>34524645
Are we edgy teen central now?
What a bunch of cunters holy shit go back to playing cod

>>34523686

Thanks for sharing, Britbro. and thank you for your service.

>>34523686
Write a book then kill yourself for having non existent vocabulary.

>>34529439
Why don't you re write it for him then? Mr critic edge-lord
Your time limit is 3 hours
Each post / chapter must be formatted exactly as
You have to do it under the influence of alcohol to simulate the emotions he was going through

Then we can criticise your fucking vocabulary you whiny cunt.

Deployed three times to Afghanistan. 1st: My best mate got killed while he was right next to me.

2nd: Came across a convoy under fire. The lead Humvee had been hit with an IED. The ten of us cleared the building where the shots were coming from. Only four of us were unharmed. No casualties apart from two guys in the Humvee.

3rd: Engaged in a firefight. I was firing around a wall. I half stepped out, went to move but hesitated. I took 3 hits. One in the chest which was stopped by body armour. One in the right hip and one passed through the muscle on my inner thigh.

I drank a lot when I returned. You change but no one else does. None of my friends understood and all moved on. I met my now wife while standing on a bridge and contemplating whether to throw myself off. "You're not going to kill yourself right?" She had said jokingly. I laughed and got drunk with her. I don't even remember having sex with her the first time. She helped me more than she knows.

The hardest thing is knowing that you are never fully present. There will always be a part of you back there.

>>34529851
>She helped me more than she knows.
why haven't you told him

>>34529756
t.illiterate "vet"

>>34529851
Should have jumped.
Fucking larpers

>>34530006
>>34529756
> Being this butthurt over vets
Did daddy beat you when he got back from nam?

>>34522023
You need to actually read up on some history.
A metric unholy fuckton of vets came back from WW2 with problems, offed themselves/ self medicated until they drunk drove into a tree, etc.
Read up on the Battle of Athens, Georgia in 1946. Once they overthrew the corrupt Sheriff and freed the county from his cronies, and had fair elections again - the sheriff that replaced corrupt fuckwad was one of the leaders of the Veteran movement there (and a vet himself)
He described his job from 47' through to the late 50's as pretty much fighting drunk vets every weekend, a DUI death at the very least monthly. There was a whole class of vets who sorta got left behind

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>>34521858
t. Rejected from MEPS for talking excitedly to the doctor about how "pumped" he was to "waste raghead villagers" while his asshole was being inspected for hernias.

Real edgy buddy. I'm sure you're a hard man and you have no emotions cuz feelings are for fags.

>>34526124
WW2 vets had it worse in quite a few ways. A shitton of them drank themselves to death or blew their brains out - Suicide reached alarming heights in the 1950's. There was less access and a higher stigma towards counseling and Psychiatry.
The one plus is they had a competent VA. Our current government uses the VA to siphon in foreigners with doctorates from degree mills. The system should have been reformed long ago.

>>34526223
Jobs offer benefits and "gimmedats" as well, and the military (in theory) is supposed to have a say in who it does and doesn't accept into it's ranks.
You sign the dotted line, you expect those services rendered, just like they expect you to do your duty, no matter how benign or pointless it may be.

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>>34521858

ITT 'vets' coming in to be worshiped for their cervix

>>34530069
And alcohol poisoning and suicides galore

>>34521858
kek at everyone flaming at this. he's right you know

>>34521993
AAAAAAAAAAAAA I WILL HURT YOU I TAKE 4CHAN SERIOUSLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAA

>>34522075
Address
let's get this over with.

damn, haven't seen a good cringe thread in a while

>>34521993
>>34521896
>>34521858
What the fuck did you just fucking say about me, you little bitch? I’ll have you know I graduated top of my class in the Navy Seals, and I’ve been involved in numerous secret raids on Al-Quaeda, and I have over 300 confirmed kills. I am trained in gorilla warfare and I’m the top sniper in the entire US armed forces. You are nothing to me but just another target. I will wipe you the fuck out with precision the likes of which has never been seen before on this Earth, mark my fucking words. You think you can get away with saying that shit to me over the Internet? Think again, fucker. As we speak I am contacting my secret network of spies across the USA and your IP is being traced right now so you better prepare for the storm, maggot. The storm that wipes out the pathetic little thing you call your life. You’re fucking dead, kid. I can be anywhere, anytime, and I can kill you in over seven hundred ways, and that’s just with my bare hands. Not only am I extensively trained in unarmed combat, but I have access to the entire arsenal of the United States Marine Corps and I will use it to its full extent to wipe your miserable ass off the face of the continent, you little shit. If only you could have known what unholy retribution your little “clever” comment was about to bring down upon you, maybe you would have held your fucking tongue. But you couldn’t, you didn’t, and now you’re paying the price, you goddamn idiot. I will shit fury all over you and you will drown in it. You’re fucking dead, kiddo.

>>34521557

I can kinda understand Vietnam/Afghanistan vets, but you`re just a pussy

>>34521858

basically, modern soldiers are bunch of welfare pussies who were probably too autistic for civilian life anyway. Man up and stop making nigger-tier excuses

>>34522206
>The proof of the functionality of the WW2 vets is in the productivity and culture of the 50 and 60s. The middle class was booming and quality of life for the massive middle class was best in the world.

>this had nothing to do with having the only intact industrial base in the world.

I know it's bait, but c'mon man. Try harder. Where are all the russia comparisons?

>>34522608
>>34522609
>>34522624
Why do I feel like this is all the same person?

>>34522129
Cannabis > Alcohol

Good on you for kicking the opiates. Shit is a killer and is hard as fuck to walk away from.

>>34522159
Brainwashing is a helluva drug. You definitely haven't managed to overcome yours.

>>34522394
Truth

>>34522462
>Preferring to intentionally live in one of the most violent places in the US rather than cut ties with the idiot coons (of whatever ethnicity) in his life and take the actual valuable humans with him to a place of safety and prosperity.

Moron.

>>34522610
The weight gain issue is largely due to a failure to teach vets about basic nutrition and the fostering of the Alpha-male competitive culture.

I.E.
>Eat 4000-6000 calories per day
>engage in eating/drinking competitions with mates
>PT 5-7 days a week
>Run/march EVERYWHERE
>Hump heavy-ass pack over hill and dale while on deployment
>Return to the world
>Stop doing daily PT
>Sedentary job (by comparison if not in fact)
>Still eats 4000 calories per day
>Still drinks beer like it's water
>Wonders why he gains weight and his health goes to shit

There needs to be a 6 month deprogramming course to unfuck vets so that they're capable of acting like civilians again.

>>34526065
No.

The enemy of my enemy is just that. Never think that an enemy will love you just because you helped him to crush another of his enemies.

>>34530151
ALL Russians from the WWII era had PTSD. Living under a communism will do that to you. Why do you think they all drank so much Vodka?

>>34529929
I'm married to a woman

>>34530010
That's what happened

>>34523686
Where you from britbro, would buy you a pint and the book

>>34522270
No that's the thing. In the military you get given a sense of purpose. Fuck it's stamped into you. The entire point of bootcamp is to remold you you into someone with a sense of duty.

The conditioning soldiers receive leaves them extra helpless in finding their way in the wild west of the consumerist lifestyle. Combine that with being older when they get out without a relevant skillset and potential physical and mental issues from the job and no support system outside the military and you have someone destined to fail.

In comparison going to college instead won't end up with you coming out brainwashed and trained in useless skills. Well, not the same way...

>All these people fishing for (yous)
These bros are hurting, and the best you can do is attack them personally for being human?

I've seen a lot of disappointing shit on this board; but this just really sad.

>>34522129
Grats on beating the opiod addiction man, and best of luck with your masters.

>waaah why are soldiers human
Are we raided by scientologist

>>34521557
Not normal before service.
Not normal in service.
Not normal after service.
Thankful that jumping out of airplanes and shooting people in the face is an actual job.
Now needs someone to throw grenades at me for the rest of my life to feel normal.
Feels bad man.

>>34521847
With how much pain and suffering these people are going through and the endless landslide of VA horror stories, why not so to hell with government healthcare and pony up the cash for private sector? "But I don't have the cash" Then rack up massive amounts of debt and gamble that getting quicker/better treatment will put you in a better position for employment. What's the alternative? Endless suffering and an early death at your own hands, but hey you got cheaper healthcare and antipsychotics that put you in an early grave.

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>>34522452
>>34522691
>>34522901
>>34523081
>>34523263
>>34523426
>>34523686
there is no peace from this evil.jpg

>>34530580
There's a new directive called "veteran's choice," where the Government will pay for vets to go to a doctor of their choosing. It's a bit of a pain in the ass, but for me it was better than driving nearly 4 hours to the nearest VA facility every time I got the sniffles or a back ache.

Bitching about the VA, which is underfunded and understaffed, is not a valid excuse anymore honestly. I go to a dentist, a general practitioner, and a pain management clinic (injury from military aggravated by civilian work) all in my home town, free of charge.

>>34521557
oh look, a troubled "vet" story.
in popular media that means one of three types.
1) a superhero 2) a PTSD crazed psycho 3) a poor hapless/homeless indigent incapable of helping oneself...and that's it.

>>34522023
On top of all the responses about WWII vets, have you ever seen a fucking picture of the inside of a trench during the Great War? Up to their cocks in dead men, grinning like fucking whackjobs because they'd BECOME whackjobs at some point between having their brainpan rattled by artillery, being gassed, and watching someone die on the ends of their bayonets. Also, everything smelled like death and feet.

>>34521557
What were your reasons for signing up, to all the vets in this thread?
Why did you originally do it?

>>34530793
Be brit
We have local infantry and local armoured regiments, so if you want to be infantry or cavalry you either have a choice, join your local regiment, or join the guards who recruit nationally.

Why does this matter?

It means you can sign on and get into a regiment with your friends.

In my platoon alone theres, 7 people who share my hometown with me, two of them who i'd never known, or known eachother before they came to unit, they live within 800m of me.

We're the pride of the county, there's even a fucking train that's named after my regiment, in every village and town there's a memorial to the fallen, and most of the names have the initials of my regiments forebears on it.

Only one of my 14 or so friends at school didn't join the army.

So there was a lot of pride in passing selection and being in the regiment.

That and my family has a reputation to live up to

My ancestors have all been soldiers since the english civil war, and a captain of a cavalry squadron in the army of the eastern association. Arguably more because they were knights.

So i couldn't exactly let may family traditions that have been around longer than the US have go down the pan because i liked the idea of oil rigging

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>>34521858

>>34530793
I couldn't sit at home and dick around while other Americans fought and bled without me. It wasn't a "for freedom" thing, or a "muh honor" thing, it was just, I don't know, "Men in England still abed will feel their manhoods cheapened," type thing I guess.

I don't think I would have been okay with myself if I hadn't gone and served during wartime, regardless of my personal feelings about the conflict. If I hadn't gone, the war wouldn't have stopped, but I know for sure that I saved someone's life.

>>34531952
I should add, I guess, that I actively did save someone who was wounded. I dragged him behind cover after he was shot, and treated his wounds well enough that the medic looked at him, gave him some morphine and told me I'd done a good job.

My platoon did Route Clearance, and we found more IEDs than anyone had, ever. Now that does mean that more IEDs were being placed, but it also means we stopped those bombs from blowing up other soldiers, civilians, and Iraqi civil personnel. It was a good job.

The worst feeling you'll ever have is hearing a det go off somewhere behind you. It's gut wrenching. That's the only thing that ever bothered me though.

Well that and we got ambushed in the middle of a town just as a dust storm blew in, so we had to sit there and get shot at like assholes. 3 simultaneous dets on 3 trucks, one was disabled, 2 had minor damage, and just as they opened up the storm that had been crawling up our ass for the last hour caught us. They kept shooting, but we had to sit with our thumbs up our asses because we couldn't see anything to shoot at. This was my first patrol as a gunner too, I'd been a driver but had started to develop tunnel vision. I was fucking pissed. I still get a little mad about it to be honest.

>>34529851
This reads like bad fan fiction
>Only four of us were unharmed
>There were no casualties
Anyone who is mil knows what a casualty is.

It's funny how all these retarded stories in here are full of action movie type shit but myself and almost all of the vets I know had boring ass uneventful deployments to the same places.

>>34532263
Well maybe we weren't all POGs like you anon. Though out of my 2 deployments I only sporadically encountered combat, and nobody wants to hear about the time I set a personal best for jerking off 13 times in a day because I was so bored, or that we put mop heads on our heads and did a full length, fully edited metal music video using tripod legs and barrels as guitars.

Nobody wants to hear that for 98% of the time we rode around for 13-16 hours a day talking about asinine shit and trying not to fall asleep. That shits boring.

>>34532826
>Maybe we weren't all POGs
I was still combat arms though, and spent more time outside the COB than most of the infantry fags.

Your dumb shit excuse still doesn't change the fact that you don't even know basic definitions of words and it outed you as a LARPing fag.

>>34521858
>>34521896
Edgy samefag

>>34522023
>things that never happened: the post

Now with a side of dull edge

>>34532854
What was your MOS? And I'm not the anon you replied to you fucking idiot, I'm just jerking your chain.

>>34532854
Note that I
>>34532826
Said I did 2 deployments and
>>34529851
This guy claims 3.

I did one in Iraq, 2009-10, and one in Afghanistan, 2012-13. Iraq was with 1st EN BN, Afghanistan was with 2nd EN BN, my home unit. We got attached to the 1st for some dumb fuck "modular Army" experiment.

>>34532854
I was 11b and I've only heard COB as Close Of Business. Bases were known as FOBs, COPs, LSA, etc...but never heard then referred to as COB. Is that some Muhreen shit?

>>34533156
12B 1st Cavalry Division
>>34533275
COB Adder, Contingency Operating Base

>>34533324
I've heard of adder or been there isn't it near BIAP off RTE Irish? Pretty sure we dropped detainees off there

>>34521974
I don't know man, I enlisted at 22. Before that I had done some college, worked a variety of odd jobs, and moved myself across the country. Lots of real life experience before military. I'm an Mq-9 sensor operator, in full time orders in the ANG so I live in my apartment in town and basically am a civilian who goes to work 4-5 days a week and helps kill people on the other side of the world. The divide is really fucked up. I can't really talk about work with anyone I meet, so making civilian friends is hard, and most people I work with are even older than I am.

I'm still in, but living this dual life is mentally taxing sometimes. I don't mind the killing, but there are other things I've seen that have really fucked with me, and to just go home and try to do normal people things like shopping at a regular grocery store after seeing some shit at work that day really really fucks with me

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>>34523791
Godspeed dude. Thanks for everything, the world has less cunts around thanks to you. We in Brazil need a person like you. That is literally the strongest and most saddening story I have ever heard. If you ever need someone anonymous to talk to, send an e-mail my way: [email protected] . I hope to talk more with you, and I hope you carry on with a good and prosperous life. I hope to one day be at least 1/8 of the man you are.

>>34533692
*Read

>>34530101
he's not, he's some squeaker trying to flex his muscles on /k/.

>>34530092
ITT: Unlikeable edgelords

>>34522023
your grandad was probably a drunk who beat his wife and cried himself to sleep at night.

>>34533324
Essayons motherfucker. RCP?

>>34521557
Been out of the army for the past 3 years. Deployed to Afghanistan twice with the 4th infantry division. Can't adjust to civilian life, I have my GI bill but I don't want to go back to school. I pretty much live in a beer can

>>34522054
Brother speaks truth.
You cant compare walking into a village and not knowing if the shit smelling 8 year old is gonna pick up is daddys AK knockoff and shoot you in the back when you pass by and what the allies went through in WW2. People literally losing their shit when you march triumphantly into town and throwing free food, drink and lodging at you. Never heard a thank you for "liberating" a few shacks from locals.

>>34522182
Hacksaw Ridge did a good job of portraying WWI vets who had "Shell Shock" (PTSD).

>>34522129
Congrats anon, you're a semi-functional human being. There are lots of people that can't even pull that off and most of them didn't get blown up by an IED.

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>Here shove this cocktail of 10 different pills down your fucking throat it'll make you feel nothing and want to die

>the american government loves it when citizens kill each other or themselves, they have numerous programs in place to ensure that happens. Why is anyone's guess.

For the government, it's better than the alternative. Ask my uncle, an 80-something Korea vet. He built a house and raised a family on government welfare. Never had a job since the 1950s. Gov't got wise and doesn't want more of these fuckers living. Hang in there combat vet anons.

>>34521847
Makes you wish all that money going to the VA is donated to a rehab centers instead.

Fucking VA.

>>34521858
In this day and age, up to my fuckin elbows in millennials, I honestly can't be sure this isn't bait. Go suck your mamma's clam, never served. Coward. 4F skidmark shitstain. You had your chance, and you blew it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqPRwq3QJsk

>>34538973
unless you are over 35 you can shove that millennial thing your your arsenal.

>>34522305
This asshole is just an asshole. Totally disregarding your story because it contradicts his false understanding of the world

Keep moving, people. Nothing to see here

>>34530689
>the Great War?

I remember reading some of the letters/diary regarding and from a great great grand uncle who was in the WWI and the shit he went through when he got back. He effectively was living in a country town where concepts like PTSD and depression were a meme. When he couldn't just "get over it" they treated him like a crazy person. He got fired and the union just let it slide and he effectively just became a shameful secret of the family who kept him shut away in a bedroom and as far as other family members were concerned treated him like he didnt exist.

>>34524195
Fuck I hate you cadets. Stop telling everyone you're a cadet. Nobody cares until you're commissioned.

>>34521858
agree with this

>>34523791
Why the fuck was your ex such a bitch?

>american friend, had to kill his wife when she pointed a gun at him to get him to sign divorce papers, proceeded to kill himself

Wait, haven't you told this story before already? i was about to call your story telling bullshit sob story but i think i heard that before.

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>>34540889
>Why the fuck was your ex such a bitch?
I should probably state that my ex and the girl i dated are separate people.

I suspect she has/had bipolar, she self harmed at one point, and had severe daddy issues, her father would ground her constantly, prevent her from going out ect. He even tried to prevent her going on to higher education as it was his intention for her to be a housewife.

She's more of a bitch than you know,
She attends my local pub despite having a choice of pubs that are closer to her
And up until i deleted facebook she was always tagging my friends in shit and doing those "5 years ago today" bullshit despite them not talking to her since they found out the truth.
She also

>american friend, had to kill his wife when she pointed a gun at him to get him to sign divorce papers, proceeded to kill himself

I wouldn't say he Had to kill her, he just did it instinctively, which ironically is what he was afraid of doing. I think i've told it before, but that time i don't think in was as detail.

>>34541017
This somewhat worries me...

>>34541194
>She also
she also what

I was looking forward to hearing fucked up and interesting stories, but all i got was a 200 post argument of: "No you're wrong"
"No you're wrong"
"No you're wrong times 2"
"You're going to say such a shitty comeback? Wow. You suck"
"I don't suck, I'm the best. You probably never even tried sucking, so how can you know what not sucking is"
"Do you know where you are?"
"I know where I am. I am an expert from having known where I am multiple times before"
"I bet you don't actually know"
"No! I totally do"

Pls respond

>>34521858
This

Why so many POGs have PTSD from their tours assembling air conditioners?
Come back to me when you've been through Stalingrad or Iwo Jima you pussies

>>34541459
did you even read the thread?

>>34523686
Definitely write the book, anon.
I would most definitely buy it

>>34541452
There is the bong's story, but besides that nothing

>>34541452
I've got a few stories, but this thread is on it's way out and I can't be assed to make a new one. Somebody wants to make a War Stories thread and I'll post some of the ridiculous shit we did.

>>34541233
She's now in a relationship. He's alright to be fair, i knew him from being a regular at the pub

>>34522075
Boomer-tier desu

>>34522206
>"productivity and culture"
>Western civilization dismantled
Great job

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>>34523686
tell more more mate!

>>34545228
Specifically what?

>>34545424
Anything.
Hobbies, thoughts, memories other stories.

>>34523686
Thank you for sharing anon. Best of luck to you.

>>34545544
see >>34531101
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apart from that not much to add, went to a regular school, lived in a small village, would probably be considered middle class.
Got good grades, in sixth form, did Geography, history, politics & foreign affairs, Biochemistry and sociology, in addition to an engineering B technical. got sought out by a couple of good universities.
Decide that i need to maintain our soldiering dynasty, repay my debt to society and do the county proud. I Signed on as other ranks.
Was with my girlfriend for 3 years (since 16) when i passed out of training, proposed to her there.
She got a job at BAE as a trainee naval architect, i got posted to Gibraltar and we just fell apart.
Got into recce platoon, so we were in the fight most of the time.
Got deployed a a couple of times and then your primed for what happened. Killed people, saw others killed, it became routine.

Hobbies include
Hiking, mountain climbing, gun collecting, cars, i only ever shoot as an excuse to have 121's. the hobby i'm best at is getting blind drunk.

May as well tell a nicer story about that damnable woman.

I remember it was winter, cold, snow like frosting on a cake in our town with cobbled high street, jumping from shop to shop for something. I didn't feel cold in the slightest.
Another time we went for a stroll in the woods, green and godrays everywhere, we stopped by a pond, it was placid and peaceful, the water was like glass and we could see goldfish.
The last time we took as stroll through the town at night, we walked past the cathedral, its marble and stone frontally lit, a cool breeze lay on the air, this was the last time i would see her until the fateful herrick XIX

Those were three perfect moments, and as much as i hate her now, i can't help but feel privileged that those moments happened, no matter how much sorrow they bring back.

>>34521875
He's probably the troll that started the thread. Some people just have odd ways of entertaining themselves. He practically mapped out the course of the thread in the last sentence.

>>34545544
>>34546479
If i could tell her one thing theres one thing that i would tell her and that would be:

Thank you, if i wouldn't have had those perfect moments, then i wouldn't have thought about our life beyond Herrick, then i wouldn't have had anything to live for, there would have been no glimpse of light when things got dark. I would have without a doubt pushed off My mortal coil and drowned in my own blood on that MERT bird.

But i think if i would have died, then perhaps i would have died with my faith, now i'm not so sure, i guess i Know god exists, i know that as a fact, I don't know why, i just do.
But do i "believe" in god? In war, it takes men to do evil to stop greater evils. And maybe that self sacrifice makes good men. But in war it takes men to save other men, there are no miracles. Only the horrors of death.

I further suppose that in war, there is no objective wrong or right. Because in your own mind you are the good guy. Consider being Taliban, consider being raised in an islamic country that had fought everyone, living in near perpetual poverty. You know nothing different.

Not that i sympathize with them, but i understand them. They're not my enemy, but they are my adversary, if i wouldn't have killed them then i would have allowed them to kill my friends, which i think would have been the greater evil, as i'm pretty sure the pinnacle of the bible is the betrayal of Jesus by the one he thought was his friend.

Then again i can't feel anything but hate toward ISIS, loosing two friends who collectively I've known longer than I've lived, i can't help but pursue vengeance. These would be the only people i would consider to be my natural enemy. they have no excuse. They betray their own faith, their own countrymen, they have no ethic or moral code. They fight only for their fame.