Posts Tagged ‘veteran’
The harm in stereotyping veterans
From the Opinions Section: The reality of veterans is not like the movies.
Read MoreStop asking how many people I’ve killed
“I served in the Marine Corps for four years. In that time I deployed to both Iraq and Afghanistan. I experienced things during those firefights that I don’t talk about with anyone who isn’t a trained psychologist. I like to think I’ve come to terms with what I was involved in, but being forced to talk about it with strangers makes that hard.”
Read More‘The Mission Continues’ aids post-9/11 war veterans
Patrick Ryan Alban officially joined the Army in January 2010. His decision to enlist, however, came years earlier when he was in high school. For Alban, the question was not why, but when.
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