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Post by TRTerror on Jul 27, 2024 16:48:58 GMT -5
Got a Gal friend that was in Iraq and the Stan. Supply Sergeant..REMF. Somehow she has rolled that into 100 % Disability. PTSD. How do Supply Sergeants get this level ? She's never been shot , not even shot at.. WTF
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Post by ferris1248 on Jul 27, 2024 19:13:50 GMT -5
Screw you for even questioning it. You weren't there. You have no idea what she went through.
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Post by PolarsStepdad on Jul 27, 2024 19:24:57 GMT -5
My boss is a no nonsense kinda guy. Retired Master Chief. Another coworker gets $600/month for "heartburn. He didn't have it before he went into the Airforce. My boss gives him absolute hell for bilking the tax payers. My buddy's knees, hips, and ankles are shot. 13 years of jumping out of Airplanes and some pretty nasty battles and injuries. He gets squat. "Not service related". Sometimes it makes no sense. But PTSD is very real and the wounds and severity vary greatly from person to person. Most are a bit reserved about coming forward because of the stigma involved with it. So if someone says they have it I will take their word for it
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Post by richm on Jul 27, 2024 19:45:34 GMT -5
My dad has ptsd. He cant sleep, every noise puts him into fight or flight. No idea what happened to him over there but, yes, it is real.
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Post by Mango Man on Jul 27, 2024 19:48:57 GMT -5
Got a Gal friend that was in Iraq and the Stan. Supply Sergeant..REMF. Somehow she has rolled that into 100 % Disability. PTSD. How do Supply Sergeants get this level ? She's never been shot , not even shot at.. WTF Sometimes, you should think a bit before you create a thread.
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Post by ferris1248 on Jul 27, 2024 19:49:09 GMT -5
My boss is a no nonsense kinda guy. Retired Master Chief. Another coworker gets $600/month for "heartburn. He didn't have it before he went into the Airforce. My boss gives him absolute hell for bilking the tax payers. My buddy's knees, hips, and ankles are shot. 13 years of jumping out of Airplanes and some pretty nasty battles and injuries. He gets squat. "Not service related". Sometimes it makes no sense. But PTSD is very real and the wounds and severity vary greatly from person to person. Most are a bit reserved about coming forward because of the stigma involved with it. So if someone says they have it I will take their word for it Your buddy is going about whatever he is doing in the wrong way. He's certainly eligible. What state does he live in? Has he gone to an American Legion and spoke to their veteran's advocate?
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Post by kingme on Jul 27, 2024 19:50:42 GMT -5
Had a uncle that had it after the Vietnam war, he was basically a vegetable. Never said a word when I was around him. He was on the front lines, can't imagine what he witnessed.
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Post by illinoisfisherman on Jul 27, 2024 20:09:48 GMT -5
Veterans that were in conflicts and were injured either mentally or physically need the support of the entire country.
I had several Vietnam veteran friends that were completely lost. Their damage was mostly mental.
Two of them were marines that were involved in defending against the “Tet Offensive” (?) I believe. They told me of stories about being rolled around in their dugout positions by the bombing of our own planes. The enemy was close to overrunning them and they bombed very close to their positions. I don’t believe PTSD was spoken about much back then in the early 70’s but these two definitely had problems. One became very quiet and reclusive. The other actually committed suicide.
We owe a debt to every serviceman that has ever served our country. Some debts we can’t even begin to repay.
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Post by toldya on Jul 27, 2024 20:55:58 GMT -5
I was in the Army. Was officially sworn in 4 days after turning 17 . Served 3 years and had 30 days leave saved so I was still 19 when I got out. Vietnam era but wasn't in Vietnam. Mostly partied and served in Germany . Rose to the rank of E-4 and E-5 was pretty well a given if I would have reenlisted.
I could hardly wait to get out. Had nightmares that I was still in. Can only imagine what others must have gone through .
But to slight the OP for asking a question doesn't seem fair to me. There is a certain amount of fraud in any government program ,and getting one's ass jumped for inquiring probably helps keep a lot of programs from being watched as much as they should be.
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Post by richm on Jul 28, 2024 7:10:13 GMT -5
I was in the Army. Was officially sworn in 4 days after turning 17 . Served 3 years and had 30 days leave saved so I was still 19 when I got out. Vietnam era but wasn't in Vietnam. Mostly partied and served in Germany . Rose to the rank of E-4 and E-5 was pretty well a given if I would have reenlisted. I could hardly wait to get out. Had nightmares that I was still in. Can only imagine what others must have gone through . But to slight the OP for asking a question doesn't seem fair to me. There is a certain amount of fraud in any government program ,and getting one's ass jumped for inquiring probably helps keep a lot of programs from being watched as much as they should be. I have a nephew - he was in hummers and ran over IED's several times, also the biggest guy in the squad so he was the first one in the door when they went door to door. Headaches, etc. They gave him 50% and then the red tape to get 75% or 100% was astronomical. Basically, they kept jerking him around til he quit applying.
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Post by illinoisfisherman on Jul 28, 2024 7:20:34 GMT -5
Unfortunately the military brass and administrators seem to have a history of doing wrong by our servicemen.
My father often told the story of how he was “busted down in rank” just prior to the end of his “hitch” from sergeant to corporal for “being too nice to the Japanese prisoners. He figured that the reason that happened to him and a bunch of his buddies was that it drastically reduced his “muster out pay”. Also he suffered many years from malaria that he caught in the Pacific. He never had a sliver of help from the VA.
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Post by ferris1248 on Jul 28, 2024 8:18:56 GMT -5
The VA was a low level department that was underfunded and overwhelmed by the influx of WW II vets.
They really didn't get their act together until the 1990s, in my opinion, and even today have issues. Most people I speak with who have had issues with the VA just gave up due to obstacles thrown up by the VA and themselves. I've spoke to a large number of vets who had given up on the VA helping them and convinced them to go other routes. So far each of them came away with far more than they expected.
OTOH, I know a lot of vets who have been helped tremendously by them.
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Post by gardawg on Jul 28, 2024 8:46:06 GMT -5
military folk are not the only ones to suffer from PTSD ...
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Post by TRTerror on Jul 28, 2024 9:16:29 GMT -5
OK..Now that the Knee Jerk reply's are done and some of y'all have puffed out your chests showing me how I was wrong to even bring that up... My question again is how a REMF Supply Sargent even gets 100 % Disability. I can see Front line troops , Medical folks ect. getting it but how does somebody that never fired a shot and never got shot at and was miles behind the lines even get this amount of disability...? I'm thinkin SCAM , and I'd bet a lot of it happens. Just like some folks consider all vets to be Heros..I don't think so but let your emotions rule your life. Am I a Hero ? I spent 3 years drinking beer in Germany.. Yup I'm a Hero. Sure lowers the Bar for the True Heros...but you be you. I can't ask her too many questions just yet cause I'm hoping to get in her pants real soon...
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Post by illinoisfisherman on Jul 28, 2024 9:43:06 GMT -5
You are a baaaad man👍😊
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