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Denial of post traumatic stress disorder shows disrespect for the military and the true cost of their service. These men and women have had too much asked of them, and deserve all the support we can provide.
That is the absolute worst thing a signifigant other can do to someone in my opinion.Many of these suicides aren't about the deployments. They occur after the serviceman has come home to find his life turned upside down because he married an unsupportive cheater.
And do you think an apology is going to be useful to me in some way?
Is it going to somehow help my situation?
An apology from a stranger on the internet?
There is nothing illegal going on here. Everything is legal and aboveboard.
If you try to make trouble for us in any way, in ANY WAY, I will find you and make you sorry.
Do you hear me, Rev?
Stay the **** out of our lives.
This is none of your affair.
Many of these suicides aren't about the deployments. They occur after the serviceman has come home to find his life turned upside down because he married an unsupportive cheater.
The whole "PTSD" excuse is largely a sham for sympathy. To state that it is simply because of the deployment is erroneous and it does no favor to those who actually suffer from PTSD.
Denial of post traumatic stress disorder shows disrespect for the military and the true cost of their service. These men and women have had too much asked of them, and deserve all the support we can provide.
I'm pretty sure Gunny's been in the USMC longer than I've been alive.
Not unless you are 17.
I know quite a few people who collect money for PTSD from the Viet Nam War,I would say that 60%, never heard a shot fired in the war,mostly Navy and Air Force people and collect full disability from a B.S.story.I always thought it was a bunch of B.S.
About 15 yrs ago my wife,kept bugging me to talk to the V.A. about PTSD and I kept playing it off.My life had been overdrive all the time,just a wild and crazy guy,anything on the edge,the adrenaline rush,trying to recapture that old feeling of a fire fight.Fast bikes, fast cars,always packen heat.
Finally read a brochure on PTSD and about 90% of the symptoms I could relate to, in the way i lived.
Life is an adventure.:doh
Two reasons.
1. That it was factually lacking. I simply asked for clarification. As her explaination did not follow how it usually goes. All she had to say was "yeah waiver". The fact that she dodged that and almost sent me his name is a clue.
2. To show that there was much more to the proccess than a judges order. I showed you the relevant regulation, and stated that a waiver would be required after the case is settled.
Oh and I really do not care. :lol: this is a discussion board. I had info, I argued it. :mrgreen:
I hope he does well in the Army. Though I am still curious why if "he did not want to go" but had a choice of branches, he chose the Army....
Someone can`t face reality here.... Rev, you did fine.
I disagree with you completely. She is absolutely facing reality, she's living reality. Whether or not she got the technical process right is irrelevant. I think it was pretty clear where the whole "judges order" thing and the "choice" her kid was given collided. Continually picking at her given the personal strain she was under worrying about her son's future was not in any way forcing her to deal with "reality."
Rev only got part of it right, he just posted information he knew and applied to a situation he knew little about. He continually picked and picked at her even after she said she wasn't divulging any more info on the situation. CC backed up her story and I have personal, recent experience in similar situations. A waiver can be obtained to join the service even if you have a conviction. I can't recall the federal regulation that authorizes this, but the long and short of it is that even if you have a felony, the Army can review the case and request a waiver based upon the Secretary of Defense's current guidance for accepting waivers for enlistment.
In this case her son could have gotten a waiver approved and gotten a deferment that allowed him to enlist. It's extremely plausible. While he still has to tell them about everything (expunged, deferred, "sealed", or otherwise) technically the deferment helps the recruiter and him get a waiver to enlist.
Bottom line, according to the Army, you can in fact enlist with a felony conviction.
Army.com Frequently Asked Questions: Can I Join the Army with a Felony?
I agree. And I can tell that she realized this as well, hence her regret for talking about it once she thought someone might try to derail his chances at staying out of jail. Her reality is that her child has been in trouble, and now the system has hold of him. If you know Ten, I think the last thing she wanted was to have to watch her son make this decision...jail or military.I really hesitated at say anything at all. I was a prison guard, and spent 4 years in the military. Her son is at risk.... Thats the reality.
I went in to the military in the mid-80's as an "at risk" type individual (teenager, arrested for MIP, arrested for evading arrest, peace disturbance, assault). The military was a great opportunity for me to grow up. But not every parent or person for that matter views the military as a "great opportunity." In this case it sounds like a lesser of two evils from Ten's perspective. I could be wrong, but I think I'm close.The military is a great opportunity for her son.
Neither do I. What I think is going on here is her son is in a bad spot of his own making and she is trying her best to deal with it. In my mind the military is the best option for this young man for many reasons, but nothing I can say here will help her reconcile that. She knows what is involved by this point and I think she has indicated she is behind her son 100%, she's just scared because it's out of her control.I don`t think anyone is trying to harm him here.
I absolutely agree.Its opportunity knocking. The judge , prosecutor, and whoever else came up with the idea of letting the kid grow up, did him a great service. Jail or prison seldom changes anyone for the better.
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Moderator's Warning: Guys, this is over and no longer part of the discussion. 10 wants it that way and I do. Next one to bring it up gets consequences. Let's just stay on the topic at hand.
I do not require any of that...
1. was there a waiver.
2. what does the court papers say. where in the court decision does it say military or jail.....
thats it, no need for fear, no need for you to reveal names or nothing.....
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