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Originally posted by sbctinfantry
☼ I have two kids and another about to be born.
☼ I have a wife who is out of work due to pregnancy complications.
we are already sharing a house with my inlaws because we could no longer afford our house after taking a 66% pay cut medically retiring.
Originally posted by Tnewguy
reply to post by Thurisaz
You have no idea. Once you're our, you're of no use to them. Hell, even when you're in, you're just a number. What makes you think that you'll mean anything more than a number after you are done with your service. Granted, medically wise, I can't complain for myself. It looks like the VA is really trying on that end.
But as far as going to war for your country to fight for another country's freedom (we all know that we are not fighting for us) but that's a whole other thread. Once you are out, you are out. If you had service connected injuries. The VA will help. If you get out and have nothing wrong with you, you just get your GI Bill (if you paid into it), your VA home loan, and a couple years of Exchange and Commissary privilege.
Originally posted by sbctinfantry
Originally posted by Tnewguy
reply to post by Thurisaz
You have no idea. Once you're our, you're of no use to them. Hell, even when you're in, you're just a number. What makes you think that you'll mean anything more than a number after you are done with your service. Granted, medically wise, I can't complain for myself. It looks like the VA is really trying on that end.
But as far as going to war for your country to fight for another country's freedom (we all know that we are not fighting for us) but that's a whole other thread. Once you are out, you are out. If you had service connected injuries. The VA will help. If you get out and have nothing wrong with you, you just get your GI Bill (if you paid into it), your VA home loan, and a couple years of Exchange and Commissary privilege.
It was tough to accept this part of the whole process.
Once you are injured, you go from a productive and meaninful contributor to your unit to someone who is extra weight.
You are treated differently, even by your friends. In a combat MOS, you're not wanted for your typing WPM. You're not wanted for your ability to use Microsoft Excel. You're wanted to lift, carry, pull, shoot and communicate.
If you don't have that, you are an outcast even among the best of colleagues.
Originally posted by The Old American
One question: how did you develop the liver problems?
I couldn't personally care less how you spend your food stamps. If you want to squander it, that's your business.
/TOA
Originally posted by hadriana I'm not a Christian. I don't want to go to a church for 'food.' I want to take care of my SELF and my OWN.
Originally posted by ThinkingCap
Originally posted by gougitousakusha
your gonna die an early death of colon cancer with that diet anyway... who cares. sounds like you should be planting some veggies in your yardedit on 14-8-2011 by gougitousakusha because: (no reason given)
not trying to be overly rude, just a vegetarians POV, sorry if it seems rude. Im on SSDI myself with a few of the same things you where diagnosed with. dosnt stop me from buying a 1.5TB HD for 60$ every now and then though...edit on 14-8-2011 by gougitousakusha because: (no reason given)
Beef and Broccoli - Okay? Don't judge the man because he's got great taste in red meat - with that list of aches and pains, he can eat whatever he wants. Not trying to overly rude but...
Bacon beats Tofu - Every Time
Originally posted by BIGPoJo
Do you load those groceries into a Bentley or a Escalade?
Originally posted by BIGPoJo
Do you load those groceries into a Bentley or a Escalade?