Combat Vet Vision

History not in the School text!
It takes good men willing to do bad things to stop bad men from doing bad things...
Every Day is Memorial day to some.
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US Army
Special Forces Medical Advisor
Special Forces Team Sergeant
Special Forces CT Troop SGM
Paramedic

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Master Sergeant Gill enlisted in the Marine Corps in February 1995 and reported to Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego CA in March 1995 for recruit training. Upon completion of recruit training and Marine Combat Training, he was transferred to Marine Corps Engineer School, Camp Lejeune NC for training as a Combat Engineer. After completion of MOS school, Private First Class Gill reported to 1st Combat Engineer Battalion where he was assigned to 1st Platoon Company B. In March of 1996 he was meritoriously promoted to the rank of Lance Corporal. He then reported for duty to company A where he served as a Fire Team leader. In December 1996 he was promoted meritoriously to the rank of Corporal.

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It's been my experience that when I originally got hit with the mortar round the pain was a very instantaneous thing and over a period, subsided to a point of miserable excruciating pain, but manageable.

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Born In Branson Mo
Raised in small town outside of Springfield MO - Nixa Mo
Worked at Silver Dollar City as a Saloon Girl
Worked in a German Dancehall in Branson MO
Graduated MSU where I met my future husband
Moved to Los Angeles in 1992
Have two children - Bene (pronounced Benny - daughter 20) and Robert M Snyder IV (Son - 14)
Married 25 years
PTA Member of Burbank Unified School District 10 Years
Booster Board Member for Burbank High School Softball 4 Years
Toluca Baseball - Fundraised for our team to attend Cooperstown with 50% of what we earned went to raise money for scholarships for youths in need to play baseball at Toluca
Worked with Greystar since 2012
Worked on the Greystar Charity Golf tournament for PTSD

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We get back from combat we try to figure things out, we just measured all things in our lives that matter, we wrote a letter home.
We put it in our pocket, and it said our last words, we were asked to do this, who do we give this letter to who? Does this letter go to our parents, brother/sister, wife or kids?
We were asked to write this letter in 2003 when we went to Iraq. I could not do it.
We're back, we're trying to figure it out, it’s time to make some calls, it's time to call brothers and sisters friends most of all our parents, call your parents or call that “person that matters”, cause not all have good parents that ultimately care, some parents that were there, but weren't there. For that person in your life, that kind of helped manage you through your younger years or was side by side with you, that friend, that family member, that aunt /uncle, grandparent.
Somebody helped carry you to the forefront of where you are today. We may feel we stand alone in our mind and think that that understanding, or that this little piece, or that our life at this time or anytime can no longer be understood. We ourselves may not understand it.
In my experience, small elements of our lives will forever be a mystery. It is important to start the talk, the processing of what we have gone through.
Whether living at home or Combat, it’s a start to call that Parent person. I have spoken with my mom, talked to my stepdad, I've talked to my real dad. I hadn't talked to him in 22 years. I spent some time trying to talk to him and you know ultimately he was proud, and although he couldn't fully understand, he just gave me that look, that thought, it kind of just said it's OK to not be OK, or it's OK to be OK, it's OK to deal with things.
“I’m Faded, I’m Lost” great Lyric by Allen Walker…. How do we talk with our Parents...? I believe for me it started with my fellow Battle buddy.
I found it very important to begin to open up in this trusted circle. We all have to start somewhere. take your time but be involved in yourself, It gets easier over time.
I’ve said before, "to talk in a group or with a battle buddy, small puzzle pieces come together," to put words to those complicated thoughts, even than the words don’t always come out correctly and sometimes create problems in the emotions of loved ones that surround us.
It's important in small doses to share and work on ourselves until our story and we ourselves, fit back in Society, with our friends, and our families.

It is important to move forward in a positive direction.

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Robert Graves, Com Check

This show is about one of the 22 a day: His story told by his Mom
Andrina Shields:

(RIP) Apr 18, 1990 – May 29, 2017 (Age 27)

He was born in Phoenix, Arizona April 18, 1990. Robert served in the United States Air Force from 2009 to 2013. He was stationed in Japan and deployed to Iraq. Robert received many accolades while serving our country including the Meritorious Service Medal, Air force Achievement Medal, Meritorious Unit Award, AF Outstanding Unit Award, AF Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal with one Service Star, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal, and the AF Overseas Ribbon Short. Most recently he worked as a train conductor on the BSNF railroad in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/robert-graves-obituary?pid=185683162

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Just remember what I say, these are my opinions, this is my experiences, my outlook on a lot of things in my life, other people's lives and it's mine it's my personal thoughts and they're there because of my experience in life and combat. We lived life and death situations we had orders given to us and carried out a plan of the day, A mission that we had at hand and we did it with the care and concern of each other, day in and day out until it was done. We all did it for our own reasons, but we signed up for an organization in the United States Military Service to support and defend the constitution to do all the things necessary to help others.

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Charles Retter USMC

Staff Sergeant Charles P. Retter
Inspector-Instructor Motor Transport Maintenance Chief
Marine Air Support Squadron Six DET A
MAG48

Staff Sergeant Retter was born in Stamford CT on February 18th, 1985. He was raised in Norwalk CT until his graduation from Norwalk High School in 2003. Charles Retter enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in December 2005.

Pvt Retter Began his duties as a recruit while aboard Parris Island South Carolina. Upon his graduation, he attended Marine Combat Training at Camp Geiger, NC. After this short stay, his orders sent him to Camp Johnson NC to attend the Logistics Operators School for Automotive Maintenance Technician.

Upon completion of school, PFC Retter was stationed in Chicopee Mass as a Motor Transport Mechanic attached to Mass 6 (-) MACG-48 4th MAW. While Station with MASS 6, PFC Retter Deployed to the Horn of Africa in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. While there he served as Base Security, Gunner, and rifleman for Provisional Security Company 6..........

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Drugs, Alcohol and Tobacco

Been a Navy corpsman and associated with medicine, I have seen an experienced what it is like to the abuse of alcohol drugs and tobacco.

Again I want to remind everybody this is my opinion, this is my story, this is my life, my opinion do not always reflect opinions of others around me.

I would like to believe that the use of each one of these substances might be the minimum amount necessary for the effect, meaning you do not need to drink alcohol to get totally drunk, you need to take a drug prescribed to you with the minimum amount necessary to help you through issues, pain, nerve, other type issues, whatever those might be intestinal, internal organ, skin, whatever it might be.

Tobacco. Most people that use tobacco are addicted to it whether it be chew snuff, whatever it is - cigarettes, all things that people might be addicted to, to include food, basically means you're owned by it.

What I mean by this? Ask yourself, can I get by today or tomorrow the next day without the use of any of these issues, any of these substances, food on the other hand, requires some negotiation, and you will always need it.

Here's my issue, everybody needs to be in control of themselves, because that's the only option we have. Personal responsibility, I want to say this again - personal responsibility? What does that mean to you?

All too often the blame goes to the government, the blame goes to this, goes to that, but… Where is it that you own what you own? The reason I ask these questions is because it has to be something that you own in every situation, in every conversation, and everything that you want to talk about, impose your will on or take the freedoms to that you have and run with them.

I bring this up, because with so many issues, that I've seen from just this alone, we have Oregon and Washington, the just passed a bill that allows personal use of heroin and other substances, controlled or narcotic, to be used for personal use. Part of me is very cynical on this issue, meaning, is this a population control? Because drugs will kill you and others.

The other part of me says - it's America, we're free to do whatever we want, But can you take the personal issue of not being addicted to anything and just taking a little of everything, to make sure, that you're not ruining yourself or somebody’s life?

Hey, this is just my opinion, you know you are free to do whatever you want apparently, you can make it look like you abuse freedom, you can make it look like you appreciate freedom, you can be an a..ole, you cannot be an a..ole.

If you come to me and ask me for help ,some of the questions, I'm gonna ask you - is what drugs are you doing, how are you doing on alcohol, how are you treating yourself? If you tell me that you're doing drugs, prescribed or not, I’m going to ask you - are you taking the minimum dose necessary for the effect? And if you tell me, that you're taking some personal drugs, whether it be marijuana or any other drug, now heroin and others, I will ask you what your dose is? Usually when I do ask these questions, to some Combat Vets, I get a look and an answer “I don't know my dose”, which to me means the addiction is already in effect, and this becomes concerning, obviously issues, these can be deep rooted in your life for a long period of time or for the rest of your life. Whatever that looks like, i just want you to think about it, just want America to think about it , I want myself to think about it.

A comment made an a Police station in Goldendale WA said - we just need to decriminalize crime and everything will be alright. You know I always like cynical comments and sarcasticness, because there's a level of truth in it that says deep in the minds, hearts and souls of all of us.

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