Do you know who I am?
By Gray
I served as a Military Intelligence Officer in Light Infantry units, and later as a Counter Intelligence Officer
I’m a vet. The Army has always done me right. Oh, there are some tough times and “This is so damned stupid!” moments, but in the end, they’ve done me right.
Through the death of my family, the Army cared for me. I will never forget the kindness of my officers and my fellow soldiers.
The only way I could repay it was to later support and care for a young soldier whose mom died.
The military is made of your neighbors, your brothers, your sisters, dads, moms, sons and daughters. Would they mistreat someone physically, emotionally, or mentally wounded?
Would your family? Would you?
This is for all the Joshua and Gray of the world. To all the veterans..God bless each one of you and God bless America.
I wish for people to share my story, Gray story, and all us vets stories in order to help vets.
Go to a Vet center or the VA hospital, and volunteer, we all need help from people that truly care.
Thank you to one and all who have read my story, thank god for any one that I have helped with my story, and thank god for people like Grays’.
Joshua Poulsen
I pray lord today you help vets, and help americans unite in a common cause to provide one another with love and caring heart. To give us peace lord.
Thank you sugali, our “journey” continues. Little Cooper turned two years old on Sunday. It was a bitter sweet celebration. He was only three months old when his daddy was cut down by that Taliban sniper.
@mssc54: You are more than welcome Sir.
Thank you to you too mssc54. I can only imagine the pain you and the family went through and are going through..A salute to Buddy and a hug to Cooper. God Bless
Thank you to all the other vets.
http://mssc54.wordpress.com/our-american-hero/
http://mssc54.wordpress.com/buddy/
Gray,
I knew I could win you over. LOL.
I relay am happy how many story are getting out there. Thank you every one for your support,
Joshua Poulsen
Hooray for our vets! Let’s support all of them!
Josh,
Thank you for sharing “The Prayer,” I hope it is the one thing we can all do for the Vets…:)
Ah, Josh…. That’s really, really good. You’re winning me and my black heart over….
I love this Gray,
“Don’t pity us. Support us.”
your right, support is what we need, not pity.
A prayer for vets
Dear Lord,
Today we honor our veterans,
worthy men and women
who gave their best
when they were called upon
to serve and protect their country.
We pray that you will bless them, Lord,
for their unselfish service
in the continual struggle
to preserve our freedoms, our safety,
and our country’s heritage, for all of us.
Bless them abundantly
for the hardships they faced,
for the sacrifices they made
for their many different contributions
to America’s victories
over tyranny and oppression.
We respect them, we thank them,
we honor them, we are proud of them,
and we pray that you will watch over
these special people
and bless them with peace and happiness.
In Jesus’ name we pray; Amen.
By Joanna Fuchs
Gray,
I think that the majority of us will always be here to give support in whatever way, form we know how. Just like most Vets who find difficulty after going through whatever traumatic experiences there was, we civilian find it difficult to comprehend nor know fully how to extend our support. Maybe, we meet halfway on common grounds. (This is just my opinion)
There are a lot of support groups out there willing to go an extra mile for each of you. The honor and respect will always be there.
http://www.vetvoice.com is an excellent site to be.
Yeah, that’s good. I was afraid it was going to show vets and current servicemembers as objects of pity (I hate that)….
But it didn’t. it was respectful and it really hit the point that has been bothering me for quite a while:
“Don’t pity us. Support us.”
K’…. Thanks for that.
God Bless All of Them!