First off I want to say thank you for coming into a community that has a fair amount of veterans. Thank you for your service past and present. I want to let you know I in this forum among other have your 6. To some of us it's not lip service. We truly want to help. And I'll say if you haven't taken advantage of your benefits from service you need to. We as veterans and service members are so used to serving others and putting their needs above our own that we forget to take care of ourselves. So I'll say if you haven't filed with the VA you need to. It is imperative. Also if you have and you need help with trying to up your ratings check out Combat Craig on YouTube a very good source of infor for helping you. I'm a combat disabled veteran who recently medically retired from the Army so I will try to help as well.
Past that I want you to know you have value here and if you have knowledge that can benefit others please share. I'm always a student and willing to learn and I'm sure can benefit from that knowledge transfer. As always thank you and welcome to your new home.
I apologize my friends! In all of the time we've been associated I have never expressed my gratitude fully. Thank you all so much for your service Freedom Protectors! You've all become like a second family of sorts. 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
My Hats off to all veterans that serviced this great Country God Bless America
Once I get my final awards Meritorious Service Medal and Purple Heart I’ll update my generals rack 🤣🤣🤣. It’s bad when I make Sergeant majors look bad.
A mere 3 years active duty for me.
First year was shore command at Naval Station San Diego.
2nd and 3rd years were aboard USS Independence CV-62. First response to invasion of Kuwait (First on station - Desert Shield).
A modest rack. Nobody ever said to me, "Nice rack!" 😉😅
I appreciate all who sacrificed, lost and survived to live with the scars of service for our country. Including but not limited to: military, law enforcement, border protection, fire/EMT etc… You are all Patriots in arms. I salute you 🫡
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SIMA San Diego 2X : 3yrs, 2yrs
Supervisor of Ship Building SD 2yrs
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USS Samuel Gompers AD37 1yr
USS Cape Cod AD43 2X : 6yrs, 6yrs