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marble falls

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1. If the last refuge of a scoundrel is patriotism, what kind of person uses PTSD as a refuge? For the record ...

Reply to Demovictory9 (Original post)

Thu Dec 28, 2023, 08:47 AM

Dec 2023

... I am a Navy vet, my son an Army. He spent five years in Iraq including 13 months 'stop loss' and came back with PTSD after being shot in the chest by a sniper (he was wearing his vest) and in an up-armored Humvee at the machine gun that got totaled by an IED (he has disability from that). He had anger issues after coming home and never, ever blamed anyone else. He got help and is doing really well.

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Road rager who pulled gun arrested. Is military [View all] Demovictory9 Dec 2023 OP

If the last refuge of a scoundrel is patriotism, what kind of person uses PTSD as a refuge? For the record ... marble falls Dec 2023 #1

Is this one of those fake Navy SEALs? Crowman2009 Dec 2023 #2

Yeah, MarineCombatEngineer Jan 2024 #4

Glad this idiot was arrested, MarineCombatEngineer Jan 2024 #3