Let me extend my thanks for your work on Veteran issues. Perhaps in the future you can pass along an excellent forum for Veterans and their supporters called The Veterans Benefits Network (YT won't allow me to give the url)
easily found using Google; using key phrases like: VBN, or Veterans Benefits Network. The forum is often monitored by extremely well qualified individuals who currently work for, or are retired from the VA. This forum was essential in my gaining a 100% disability rating.
I would love to work with the homeless, I just have to get a car. We are struggling with onw car, 5 children. I know how it is to raise that many children, but I do not agree with Gov. Palin. She does not care about us. She cares about herself. I would never make my daughter and whomever got her pregnant marry just because of an higher paying job.
USMC 5 yrs - I helped special ops take crap to Honduras, where they'd sneak into Nicaragua and mine harbors, blow things/people up in order to destabilize the government & make it more "open" to external (American) business interests - not much to be proud about really. I turned down a 35k bonus and got out. Don't regret joining (naive f**k), but sure as hell don't regret getting out. Being in the service is like being a paid thug. You're not serving the country, you're serving the country club.
Yup, I - got out in '91. It would've been a 5yr re-up with something like 9k up front and the rest of the 35k spread out over the other 4 years. The guys I knew that took it got hammered for nearly 1/2 in taxes so it was sort of only worth 20k or so. That's still a lot, but I decided to go to school instead, plus I really liked California. It took me years to de-program.
"I wouldn't necessarily say the draft, Calli, however, 1 year of required service in the Army or Marine Corps would definately straighten some of our youth out."
Yea getting the youth blown up will really straighten us out. We're just voting in record numbers- nothing mature and responsible about that *rolls eyes*
1 year isn't enough time for somebody to get deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan, if that's what you're implying. It is, however, enough time to teach a young person and instill discipline in them, showing them how hard life can actually be when you can't just "leave" a job when you want to.
Sure, it's not 100% for 100% of our 18 year olds, but it'll change peoples lives like it did mine. I have a good life today because of the Marine Corps.
A lot of Air Force get switched to the army because of MOS changes. However, they do have a right to contract termination before a switch is made, and it's usually given clear to the individual.
I have a LOT of family in the Air Force, officers and enlisted.
I'm recently retired after 23 Years in the military. I am disabled from serving in various conflicts during my tenure,even in campains not known to the main stream news media. I would like to take time to say thanks to my brothers for the teamwork and keeping the dream alive. For my brothers that continue the fight, you are not forgotten. I would like to say to all who has been there, when you are home but the pain coninues,just take one day at a time it's OK now. God bless.
I thought I was watching Rosanne Barr in a Dean Martin Roast and not the Republican Convention!Sarah has Rosanne's voice down! Sarah had nothing to bring to the Republican table except for making manic ignorant digs at Obama.Sarah,you turned me Democrat!Tell me how Evangelicals can have sex with their husbands business partner?So basically the Evangelicals are saying "Do what I say,and not what I do".That sounds like the extremist Muslims!Scary!!!!!Republicans,you insult anyone with a brain!
turisas; NO WAY are you a Vet. No way did you serve!!
I served 6 years in the US Navy (69-75), and wanted every single dollar of the GI Bill that was part of my benefits package I EARNED through my service, sacrifice and blood. To be sure, these are the feelings of all of my Brothers and Sisters in Uniform no matter when/where they served.
Bullshit. I served with weapons 3/5, USMC. I got out as a corporal with 75% disability, because I was injured in Iraq. I expect nothing more than what the government gives me. I served 3 years, and I served recently, where government policies on what is given has changed. I put my GI bill to use and ended up (stopping at) a bachelor's degree in political science and criminal justice.
The way I see it, we have the best compared to every other country in the world. Stop complaining.
the hypocrits who shout the loudest that we should support the troops are generally the people who care the least about the post-sevice welfare of that man or woman. ask these neocons if theyre willing to pay a higher capital gains tax or inheritance tax to fund vets benefits.
How about the people who say they support or troops yet will not Vote to Get Politicians to bring them home and allow them to be subjected to repeated Tours in Combat?
callieland wrote: "ask these neocons if they're willing to pay a higher capital gains tax or inheritance tax to fund vets' benefits."
The answer, as you well know, is always NO. Sad, but true. Yellow ribbon magnets on cars and American flags, usually made-in-China, are all the "support" some people are willing to give our troops.
A soldier volunteers yes, but with the knowledge that his command will take care of him. This is not happening. The command is having to send soldiers to repeated combat tours 4 to 5 times over and thus a large majority of soldiers are Developing PTSD. The VA is not equipped to handle PTSD. The basic problem is there is not enough soldiers enlisting because they don't want to fight this war and soldiers who signed up in the first place will have to make up for that. Someone has to fight it.
my personal wet dream will be when they re-institute the draft. maybe then, more young people will disengage from their myspace profile and start giving a shit!!! it'll be a big fat wake-up call.
dude i'm an ex-marine and i would wish that shit on NO ONE! but we have a generation of people who give not the slightest care as to what goes on in their country and the world at large. they cannot identify our own country on a globe. its sad. we NEED the youth to freakin ENGAGE the dialogue. thats what i'm saying. i dont want people younger than me to die. i want them to care!!!!!
I wouldn't necessarily say the draft, Calli, however, 1 year of required service in the Army or Marine Corps would definately straighten some of our youth out.
I wanted to add that PTSD is the result of repeated combat tours. Its a type of stress illness and its very common among soldiers today. One of the major issues is that the VA is just not equipped to handle the illness but the Command is all to willing to subject soldiers to repeated tours. Even the battle hardened soldier will develop symptoms of PTSD on their 2nd combat tour. The stress of combat coupled with the stress of knowing when you finally leave you will come back. Think about it.
yes and no....It'a a Guilt Trip associated to survival.
PTSD is an emotional illness that develops as a result of a terribly frightening, life-threatening, or otherwise highly unsafe experience. Those are the broad explanations to a varying degree as is PTSD.
The triggering activity does not have to be "Repeated".
Wouldn't it be good if they weren't sent to fight for private corporations in the first place?
McCain will continue the need for veterans to be cared for by continuing the terrible foreign policies of Bush and sending young soldiers to invade other countries and put them in harms way unnecessarily!
I just gave my wii to an injured vet. No PTSD, just a hurt back. If you arn't happy with how our government is treating vets, don't just vote the problem away, do something else about it!
That's a pretty hard ass way of looking at it. Their lives are worth more than cheap oil and a halfbaked scheme by PNAC for world domination. They are there to protect and defend not to be used and abused.
It's a wake up call for us to tap private corporations and those people who are willing to volunteer their service for homeless vets.
voiceforveterans 1 month ago
Let me extend my thanks for your work on Veteran issues. Perhaps in the future you can pass along an excellent forum for Veterans and their supporters called The Veterans Benefits Network (YT won't allow me to give the url)
easily found using Google; using key phrases like: VBN, or Veterans Benefits Network. The forum is often monitored by extremely well qualified individuals who currently work for, or are retired from the VA. This forum was essential in my gaining a 100% disability rating.
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wakeloqesi 3 years ago
I would love to work with the homeless, I just have to get a car. We are struggling with onw car, 5 children. I know how it is to raise that many children, but I do not agree with Gov. Palin. She does not care about us. She cares about herself. I would never make my daughter and whomever got her pregnant marry just because of an higher paying job.
33ithink 3 years ago
USMC 5 yrs - I helped special ops take crap to Honduras, where they'd sneak into Nicaragua and mine harbors, blow things/people up in order to destabilize the government & make it more "open" to external (American) business interests - not much to be proud about really. I turned down a 35k bonus and got out. Don't regret joining (naive f**k), but sure as hell don't regret getting out. Being in the service is like being a paid thug. You're not serving the country, you're serving the country club.
skullpepper 3 years ago
35k bonus? When the Marine Corps starts giving bonuses, that'll be news to me.
turisas1234 3 years ago
Yup, I - got out in '91. It would've been a 5yr re-up with something like 9k up front and the rest of the 35k spread out over the other 4 years. The guys I knew that took it got hammered for nearly 1/2 in taxes so it was sort of only worth 20k or so. That's still a lot, but I decided to go to school instead, plus I really liked California. It took me years to de-program.
skullpepper 3 years ago
"I wouldn't necessarily say the draft, Calli, however, 1 year of required service in the Army or Marine Corps would definately straighten some of our youth out."
Yea getting the youth blown up will really straighten us out. We're just voting in record numbers- nothing mature and responsible about that *rolls eyes*
soupsoup12 3 years ago
1 year isn't enough time for somebody to get deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan, if that's what you're implying. It is, however, enough time to teach a young person and instill discipline in them, showing them how hard life can actually be when you can't just "leave" a job when you want to.
Sure, it's not 100% for 100% of our 18 year olds, but it'll change peoples lives like it did mine. I have a good life today because of the Marine Corps.
turisas1234 3 years ago
he says he was in he airforce and at 8:15he says "as an army guy" so which is he??
MALCB15 3 years ago
A lot of Air Force get switched to the army because of MOS changes. However, they do have a right to contract termination before a switch is made, and it's usually given clear to the individual.
I have a LOT of family in the Air Force, officers and enlisted.
turisas1234 3 years ago
Pardon me, 65%.
turisas1234 3 years ago
I'm recently retired after 23 Years in the military. I am disabled from serving in various conflicts during my tenure,even in campains not known to the main stream news media. I would like to take time to say thanks to my brothers for the teamwork and keeping the dream alive. For my brothers that continue the fight, you are not forgotten. I would like to say to all who has been there, when you are home but the pain coninues,just take one day at a time it's OK now. God bless.
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I thought I was watching Rosanne Barr in a Dean Martin Roast and not the Republican Convention!Sarah has Rosanne's voice down! Sarah had nothing to bring to the Republican table except for making manic ignorant digs at Obama.Sarah,you turned me Democrat!Tell me how Evangelicals can have sex with their husbands business partner?So basically the Evangelicals are saying "Do what I say,and not what I do".That sounds like the extremist Muslims!Scary!!!!!Republicans,you insult anyone with a brain!
lily409 3 years ago
National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, 1-800-VET-HELP!
loveyoutodeathbut 3 years ago 3
Thanks for the link, Loveyou, but is there a website I can go to? I'm always willing to help out fellow Marines in their hard times.
turisas1234 3 years ago
I'm an Iraq veteran, but I don't expect anything special from the government, nor handouts.
Then again, some guys had it tougher than me, especially Vietnam vets.
turisas1234 3 years ago
turisas; NO WAY are you a Vet. No way did you serve!!
I served 6 years in the US Navy (69-75), and wanted every single dollar of the GI Bill that was part of my benefits package I EARNED through my service, sacrifice and blood. To be sure, these are the feelings of all of my Brothers and Sisters in Uniform no matter when/where they served.
You phake phighters make me sick!!
theseeker88 3 years ago
Bullshit. I served with weapons 3/5, USMC. I got out as a corporal with 75% disability, because I was injured in Iraq. I expect nothing more than what the government gives me. I served 3 years, and I served recently, where government policies on what is given has changed. I put my GI bill to use and ended up (stopping at) a bachelor's degree in political science and criminal justice.
The way I see it, we have the best compared to every other country in the world. Stop complaining.
turisas1234 3 years ago
the hypocrits who shout the loudest that we should support the troops are generally the people who care the least about the post-sevice welfare of that man or woman. ask these neocons if theyre willing to pay a higher capital gains tax or inheritance tax to fund vets benefits.
callieland 3 years ago 2
callieland,
How about the people who say they support or troops yet will not Vote to Get Politicians to bring them home and allow them to be subjected to repeated Tours in Combat?
Are not they Hypocrites as well?
ubuibiok 3 years ago
callieland wrote: "ask these neocons if they're willing to pay a higher capital gains tax or inheritance tax to fund vets' benefits."
The answer, as you well know, is always NO. Sad, but true. Yellow ribbon magnets on cars and American flags, usually made-in-China, are all the "support" some people are willing to give our troops.
blacknosugarnocream 3 years ago
lets hope the leftovers go to the homeless.
budhasac 3 years ago
My father tried to open a homeless shelter for vets and many people said "not in my backyard." My dad passed away over a year ago but not his dream.
flatsignedbooks 3 years ago 3
flatsignedbooks mate i for one think your dad was a damm good man for trying to do something for your country's vets!
grahamkeithtodd 3 years ago
A soldier volunteers yes, but with the knowledge that his command will take care of him. This is not happening. The command is having to send soldiers to repeated combat tours 4 to 5 times over and thus a large majority of soldiers are Developing PTSD. The VA is not equipped to handle PTSD. The basic problem is there is not enough soldiers enlisting because they don't want to fight this war and soldiers who signed up in the first place will have to make up for that. Someone has to fight it.
alphashade 3 years ago 2
my personal wet dream will be when they re-institute the draft. maybe then, more young people will disengage from their myspace profile and start giving a shit!!! it'll be a big fat wake-up call.
callieland 3 years ago
Yeah and war is the answer - smart!
mrjamesdavies 3 years ago
dude i'm an ex-marine and i would wish that shit on NO ONE! but we have a generation of people who give not the slightest care as to what goes on in their country and the world at large. they cannot identify our own country on a globe. its sad. we NEED the youth to freakin ENGAGE the dialogue. thats what i'm saying. i dont want people younger than me to die. i want them to care!!!!!
callieland 3 years ago 5
I wouldn't necessarily say the draft, Calli, however, 1 year of required service in the Army or Marine Corps would definately straighten some of our youth out.
turisas1234 3 years ago
I wanted to add that PTSD is the result of repeated combat tours. Its a type of stress illness and its very common among soldiers today. One of the major issues is that the VA is just not equipped to handle the illness but the Command is all to willing to subject soldiers to repeated tours. Even the battle hardened soldier will develop symptoms of PTSD on their 2nd combat tour. The stress of combat coupled with the stress of knowing when you finally leave you will come back. Think about it.
alphashade 3 years ago 2
yes and no....It'a a Guilt Trip associated to survival.
PTSD is an emotional illness that develops as a result of a terribly frightening, life-threatening, or otherwise highly unsafe experience. Those are the broad explanations to a varying degree as is PTSD.
The triggering activity does not have to be "Repeated".
ubuibiok 3 years ago
It's just sad that we have to have a presidential race for these people to even act like they care about anything or anyone but them selves.
loki3692 3 years ago 2
I was unable to read the quotes that were displayed in the video, especially the parts in red. can someone reply to this comment with the quotes
HAPrime 3 years ago
Wouldn't it be good if they weren't sent to fight for private corporations in the first place?
McCain will continue the need for veterans to be cared for by continuing the terrible foreign policies of Bush and sending young soldiers to invade other countries and put them in harms way unnecessarily!
drukenhard 3 years ago 6
u forget that it is volentary they had the coice to join the army no one forced them they new the risk and they took it
crimsonalchemist12 3 years ago
that still doesn't give the government the right to abandon soldiers once they return home....PTSD???
WavesAndRocks 3 years ago 2
I just gave my wii to an injured vet. No PTSD, just a hurt back. If you arn't happy with how our government is treating vets, don't just vote the problem away, do something else about it!
snakeyesx21 3 years ago 2
i know but they way u made it out to be in ur first paragraph made it seem like they were tricked into going or drafted
crimsonalchemist12 3 years ago
That's a pretty hard ass way of looking at it. Their lives are worth more than cheap oil and a halfbaked scheme by PNAC for world domination. They are there to protect and defend not to be used and abused.
beornborg 3 years ago
tell that to John McCain you stupid fuck.
jaif4 3 years ago
Is that Emperor Palpatine at the beginning of the video?
alnewberry 3 years ago