‘It got stupid’ and the many other reasons troops chose to leave the military
“I stopped feeling like I mattered. Like what I was doing was insignificant."
“I stopped feeling like I mattered. Like what I was doing was insignificant."
"How's anyone gonna see my war face if I'm wearing a mask?"
This gives us unlimited hours of practice without spending money on materials and exposing students to hazards.”
“I think by that point, it went about as well as it could be expected which is to say it was a train wreck."
Finding people with DTS horror stories to tell was not difficult.
"We got it as close as we could without people leaving this thing fully traumatized.”
"They said, 'you know what I'm not ok, I'm not good,' and then they just collapsed on the ground."
What’s something you did in the military that was so dumb, looking back now you feel proud of it?
“Dude, you don’t even look old enough to know about f---ing 9/11."
Leaving the military can be daunting. Here are some tips to help you as you get started.
The weapons layout is like the virtual arms room from 'The Matrix'
French warplanes allegedly dropped ordnance near him for 20 minutes.
Traumatic brain injury is an 'invisible wound' I've suffered 17 times.
The new policies went into effect on May 1.
"The saying was ‘trust Shakira, her hips don’t lie, she’ll get you rounds on target.’”
What he did that day had never been attempted before, and has never been repeated since.
"It's a strikingly bizarre military version of a Jackson Pollock.”