73-87chevytrucks.com
General Site Info => General Discussion => Topic started by: Irish_Alley on June 12, 2013, 01:40:24 am
-
Ok for some that don’t know me. I work for the D.O.C. but been doing a little side work with a buddy welding. He recently quit his job as a welder to start his own welding business. Works good, then he asked me to help him out Monday. Said it was in Washington dc for the government. Now im a patriot but not a big fan of our government for some reasons lol. But we went to work Monday spent two hours on the road to get there and arrive at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Was cool at first building a wheel chair ramp to one of the buildings. Then I started to see why we’re doing this, at first I started to admire all the high tech limbs and wheel chairs (some where segway) style these vets had. Then I started to see past the prosthetics and chairs. Now my mom is a amputee back in 98 she was in a construction accident and lost one leg and severely damaged the other. And at this hospital I saw what our patriots had sacrificed. Some had kids some had wives some had families that had to come visit them because of the risk of suicide if these men and women left the compounds. Then I started to think about what we where building and how this would help them out. But then I still couldn’t get over the depression I was feeling being able to walk on two legs lift things with my hands. Being around my mom since her accident I saw a woman that lost the ability to walk and that was one thing to deal with but seeing all these patriots that lost so much. I don’t know where im going with this post but I guess I just wanted to share what I witnessed and even hearing about it on tv never brought justice to these who served, who lost so much or everything and how lucky I am. Deep down I regret not serving once I graduated but I was scared and fell in love. These men and women weren’t scared or they faced it. On the way home me and my buddy where talking about this. Our lives keep going like nothing is wrong but until you see what they lost you just don’t have no appreciation to what they sacrificed I can’t really say for “us” but for the president.
-
Nice post, you see all this stuff on tv all the time but it's nothing like seeing it with your own eyes..
-
Awesome post, I'm in the same boat huge patriot( served in the Marine Corps) but do not agree with where the gov. is leading this country. But the media chooses not to show the truth about the injuries service members deal with and live with. Some Va hospitals could even care less about patient health and just throw pills to try to cure certain ailments, injuries, trauma's instead of actually diagnosing, treating, and following up with patients. I can say the DE hospital is one of my least favorite to have to visit the one in Dallas however is a completely different story. I've been thinking about going back to school and applying for a VA job to help fellow service members and truly try to help them instead of seeing them as just another face with a number attached to them. And remember not all wounds are visible to the naked eye.
CJ.
-
most of my family served (ie uncles grand father and brothers) so i was raised by the military family, not as bad as some say lol. but my brother a jar head has the same opinion as you, my grandfather another jar head never heard him talk bad about the country but then he did pass away back in 2007. speaking of jar heads http://forum.73-87chevytrucks.com/smforum/index.php?action=profile;u=2157. come to think about it most of my family doesnt quite care for where were at. i had to remove part of this post cause i dont want to start a political post lol