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My War - Suicide Awareness 
Part of channel(s): This video short brings attention to the growing problem affecting our military.
If you know someone in need, reach out, don't ignore the signs, get the help for them.
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Added: Nov-1-2012 Occurred On: Nov-1-2012
By: CptSpaulding
In: Afghanistan, Iraq, Other
Tags: war, soldier, post, traumatic, stress, disorder, PTSD
Location: United States (load item map)
Marked as: approved
Views: 8664 | Comments: 137 | Votes: 9 | Favorites: 4 | Shared: 11 | Updates: 0 | Times used in channels: 3
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By: CptSpaulding
In: Afghanistan, Iraq, Other
Tags: war, soldier, post, traumatic, stress, disorder, PTSD
Location: United States (load item map)
Marked as: approved
Views: 8664 | Comments: 137 | Votes: 9 | Favorites: 4 | Shared: 11 | Updates: 0 | Times used in channels: 3
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You'd think after the Vietnam conflict, we as a society, would have learnt how to treat our returning troops far better than we have done and continue to do.
It's a disgrace how these brave men (and women) are treated once their service is up.
Posted Nov-1-2012 BySomeTosser (2452.08) 
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@SomeTosser Absolutely...the government sends the troops out into their useless wars, and we have plenty of money to do that don;t we? But when they come home, damaged from war, the feds give them short thrift every time! Same thing happened after WW2 and every war.
Posted Nov-1-2012 ByEva_Destruction (2727.44) 
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@SomeTosser Hell you'd think we wouldn't engage in wars unless they were wars of national DEFENSE. When was the last time we actually fought a war where we defended the US from foreign enemies? I think it was in the 1800s.
Posted Nov-1-2012 BySaros (795.50) 
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@Saros Well I'm glad you guys fought the Japanese. We wouldn't have been able to stop them by ourselves. So you helped our national defence.
Posted Nov-1-2012 BySomeTosser (2452.08) 
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@SomeTosser Yeah right, we helped YOUR national defense. No offense against ozzies, I like your country, but if it wasn't that we were attacked it wouldn't have been OUR national defense.
I'm not in favor of military intervention. I might have worked for awhile but we're broke. We can't afford to continue this insanity.
Posted Nov-1-2012 BySaros (795.50) 
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@Saros No offence taken.
Posted Nov-1-2012 BySomeTosser (2452.08) 
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Wow, what a very moving video. I hope you're okay. I don't know you, but if you ever need to talk, please let me know. [24/7 - anytime!]
Posted Nov-1-2012 ByZipper10 (4154.12) 
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its very sad. Members of my family who usually don't talk about the military have brought this up. I wish there was something i could do to help.
Posted Nov-1-2012 Byabsu69 (2104.04) absu69 View Channel Send Message
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@absu69 Just be there for them and let them know they're not alone.
Posted Nov-1-2012 Bycruefan (440.80) 
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@cruefan I can't if i dont know any. I wish i could work for one of those orgs.
Posted Nov-1-2012 Byabsu69 (2104.04) absu69 View Channel Send Message
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@absu69 I often find it weird how the best expressions u´ve of pain that in this case is more reffered to mentally´s so often well described by musicians who´ve never been soldiers or moviemakers,the reality´s that such matters of pain n despair get deep rooted in the psyke n find no expression,this is often seen as by others as inactive,alienated n socially inadequate or just pacified n sometimes the opposite´s the case n then when the "click"´s occured it´s to late,for me pers More..
Posted Nov-1-2012 ByMrZapparin (89.20) 
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@absu69 http://www.wesoldieron.org/
Posted Nov-1-2012 Bycruefan (440.80) 
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@cruefan thx
Posted Nov-1-2012 Byabsu69 (2104.04) absu69 View Channel Send Message
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Vote for Romney.....Vote for more WAR.
Posted Nov-1-2012 ByHolako (48.70) 
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@Holako I am, he will help vets more than Obama has...
Posted Nov-1-2012 ByG36CGir (28.10) 
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@G36CGir Obama has increased the VA's budget by 40%, and his reduction in defense spending doesn't effect the VA.
Posted Nov-2-2012 Bydocyoung (134.00) 
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@docyoung I was in Iraq August of 2011, and i was never paid, because Obama was busy on vacation and put the senate on hold till he got back. The VA doesn't do shit for me anyways. My back hurts sooo fucking bad, at 22 years old, and they wont do anything for me...
Posted Nov-2-2012 ByG36CGir (28.10) 
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@G36CGir
I was around during August of 2011 and we almost weren't paid but they did end up paying us, it was for like one pay period and it was solved.
If you have a back injury sustained during your deployment, ie you have documentation of any kind that you were injured, the VA HAS to cover it for 5 years after your deployment.
Also, we pulled out of Iraq in 09 so not sure why you would be there.
Posted Nov-2-2012 Bydocyoung (134.00) 
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Brave warriors coming back and killing themselves must be prevented at all costs. These heroes deserve the best, but it seems as if the soldiers are just numbers, dead or alive. I talked to a WW2 veteran who was involved in the invasion of Italy, I will never forget his heroic tales.
Posted Nov-1-2012 Byturkzil (123.18) 
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@turkzil brainwashed New World Order tool.
Posted Nov-1-2012 Bynutsflipped (2029.30) 
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@nutsflipped Go suck Assads dick you bastard.
Posted Nov-1-2012 Byturkzil (123.18) 
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@turkzil I rather have my boot on your face.
Posted Nov-1-2012 Bynutsflipped (2029.30) 
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@turkzil its the turkish fagget again..
Posted Nov-1-2012 ByAfghanburger (273.70) 
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Meanwhile, Wall Street Fatcats wine and dine, getting the finest housing, cars and pussy, on the profit of blood. Rather than waste his life he should have blown up the Federal Reserve or a credit card company.
Posted Nov-1-2012 Bynutsflipped (2029.30) 
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@nutsflipped Aren't you too busy being bombed right now than to be trolling on LL?
Posted Nov-1-2012 By-Tipping_Point- (244.30) 
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@-Tipping_Point-, I am not being bombed, I am bombing.
Posted Nov-1-2012 Bynutsflipped (2029.30) 
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@nutsflipped well said! My thoughts are with you and the people of iraq, who didn´t have a choice.Every soldier was pumped up at the beginning of the war: whoowhaa let´s go there and do the shit they show us in the movies. Do u feel like heroes now???...instead u came back as war criminals in an unjustified war and now have to face their actions back home, not in front of any court or federal institution, but the conscience is ur courtroom..if u´d have done right u wouldn´t have any mentha More..
Posted Nov-1-2012 Bygerhard windeck (2.40) 
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@gerhard windeck Or really, what lies are those? Your government even helped us out... And Iraq did have a choice at the beginning, they asked us for help like Syria is doing now.
Posted Nov-1-2012 ByDAFLYcc (102.80) 
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@nutsflipped
I highly doubt you're Syrian let alone bombing anyone. Your English has an uncanny resemblance to the way Americans speak. I'm leaning more on trolling than bombing.
Posted Nov-1-2012 ByMadMike740 (649.82) 
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I don't want to offend any military vets here, but if you join the military, expect a goddamn horror show. The United States has been in conflict for most of it's existence. Army vets who were conscripted in WW2 have seen hell on earth. Yet, in Canada and America, every remembrance day they march their 95 year old asses to the war monuments to salute and pay tribute to their fallen comrades. Rain or fucking shine. Not wandering around their luxury homes surrounded by their gun collections trying More..
Posted Nov-1-2012 By-Tipping_Point- (244.30) 
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Heart touched, finger voted...
Its an absolute tragedy how we treat our returning troops who have given their heart and soul (and sometimes life - whether on the battlefield or at home).
Posted Nov-1-2012 ByWan-chop (55.70) 
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No laughing matter, unfortunately many of these men and women are being exposed to incredible amounts of time within deployments.
At the VA office which I go to, there are multiple young men which I have met which have had up to 4 deployments already. Anyone which has served in combat knows that this is a lot of shit for some people to handle, constantly being on edge and under duress will break people down eventually.
Would not wish it upon anyone. Many lives have been changed from it, I k More..
Posted Nov-1-2012 ByKoranimal (774.60) 
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the price you pay for being the governments bitch
Unfortunate but reality
Posted Nov-1-2012 BySpudmonkey (1219.70) 
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@Spudmonkey
"the governments bitch"
Ummm...this post is about honorable men and women who serve this Nation with loyalty and integrity. Not those who rely on the Government to coddle and feed them.
Posted Nov-1-2012 Bynonconforme (789.04) 
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You hate government yet worship those that fight on its behalf LOL>
SOrry to destroy that wierd fantasy worl you reside in but I have a secret for you, they aren't fighting for you or your nation buddy, they are fighting for your politicians and your corporations.
Posted Nov-1-2012 BySpudmonkey (1219.70) 
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@nonconforme
When they need the government to help them, they usually don't get that either.
Posted Nov-1-2012 ByLickMyDuck (540.40) 
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@LickMyDuck
I wont dispute that our Vets are not taken care of the way they deserve, but I will also never turn my back on or disrespect our military and those who serve.
Posted Nov-1-2012 Bynonconforme (789.04) 
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@nonconforme Tactics vs. strategy. I don't disrespect our military either. I think they do very difficult jobs and they do it incredibly well. Nevertheless, if you think at all, you have to realize that the entire purpose for the American military has been misused for centuries.
The man's right -- the military is a mercenary proxy for the military-industrial complex. Its the enforcement division of a profit machine for a very very few extremely wealthy old white men.
Its hardly worth dying More..
Posted Nov-1-2012 BySaros (795.50) 
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If you have lived the worse,then you are able to enjoy the best,there is always another door to open if your breathing,open as many doors you can,while you can,.
once your dead,no more doors,.....
life is a challenge to see how long you can survive,nobody gets out alive,.
and it's always better to be six feet above ground then below it,.
the biggest regrets in life are the risks you didn't take,.
take life by the balls and live to your fullest,tomorrow is always a new gift,..not a another burden More..
Posted Nov-1-2012 BySharkGuy (1501.40) SharkGuy View Channel Send Message
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@SharkGuy If your life going forward was bagging groceries and barely supporting yourself let alone helping your young adult kids, vs. leaving them an insurance pot of gold to pay for a decent education and get them solidly started in a chaotic world, does your premise still make sense?
Posted Nov-1-2012 BySaros (795.50) 
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@Saros
not only yes,.but hell yes,..
No.1 I would go get a better job,.
No.2 Life insurance is not an excuse to kill yourself for others,...
No. 3,.that is the most stupid thing I think I have ever heard,.
your kids would want you alive no matter what,unless they are very greedy unthoughtful kids, I would want my Dad alive if he was the worse kind of father that ever existed,I would never want him to die so I could have a better life,.
and especially if he offed himself
for me ,I would give the More..
Posted Nov-1-2012 BySharkGuy (1501.40) SharkGuy View Channel Send Message
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@SharkGuy Well that would be a disrespect to his sacrifice for you.
No. 1 Better jobs are hard to come by these days. More so if you're older.
No. 2 Having kids is a slow process of self sacrifice for them. What's the diff if you end it with a big bang, so to speak.
No. 3 With 1100+ points on this site, I think you've heard far stupider.
Posted Nov-1-2012 BySaros (795.50) 
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pathetic.... its simple.... don't serve.
Posted Nov-1-2012 ByMilchmaedchen (27.28) 
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Killing Taliban isn't all it's cracked up to be.
Posted Nov-4-2012 ByCujo1234 (175.70) 
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Killing Taliban isn't all it's cracked up to be.
Posted Nov-4-2012 ByCujo1234 (175.70) 
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What's it like for US troops getting good jobs on return?
Posted Nov-1-2012 ByElegantDecline (2131.48) 
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@ElegantDeclineIt'll be a lot better once obama is removed from Office and we can re-start the Private Sector again.
Very touching and important subject. Voted and shared.
Posted Nov-1-2012 Bynonconforme (789.04) 
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@ElegantDecline
I think it depends on the soldier. Even though the majority of Americans respect their service and want to help them out, they cannot hand them high paying jobs they aren't qualified for just because they served. In my son's case, he came home and immediately went to college on the GI Bill. As soon as he earned his Bachelor's Degree he was offered three very good career positions by three employers, and he has chosen one of them. He was offered those positions because of the More..
Posted Nov-2-2012 Bymarinemom (5361.98) 
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@marinemom What's the GI Bill, do they subsidise higher education for soliders?
That sounds similar to the UK, the British Armed Forces are definitely good on a CV, for both troops and officers
Posted Nov-2-2012 ByElegantDecline (2131.48) 
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You're right. The GI Bill will pay the tuition for up to 4 years of college.
Posted Nov-2-2012 Bymarinemom (5361.98) 
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