Tag: veterans

I was, like many others, shocked to hear of the death of SOC Chris Kyle. Many others, especially those who knew him, are far better suited to write about him. I never had the chance to meet him or his friend Chad Littlefield, who was killed alongside him. I would like to discuss why I am quite simply dumbfounded as to how this happened, and then I would like to discuss PTSD. This is a difficult article for me to write on a number of levels. For a veteran of… Read More

...and each other. What do I mean by this? I mean that I grow weary of hearing about how veterans need help. I'm tired of hearing things like "Veteran unemployment is so high, why doesn't somebody do something?" Here's why. Veterans have demonstrated a lot about themselves just by being in the military. In order to join the military, you have to score (roughly, depending on the service) at least 30 on the ASVAB, which is a percentile based test. This doesn't mean that you're smarter than a third of… Read More