Recent content by Aprooster74

Simplistic reality is this and I am going to be blunt. You can choose to hold onto your past and live in that reality from this day forward or you can come to realize that your life is what you make of it by understanding one single truth. Every single day, hour, minute and second that passes...

Welcome Aronoch, There is a lot of incite, knowledge, experience and just plan old companionship here. The best advice I can give you is just be straight up and honest and more often than not you will find the answer/guidance you are seeking. Plus, if you just having a bad day you can blow...

NOTE: I am an Iraq/Afghanistan Combat Veteran. Did basic in 1996. My knowledge of basic in the old days comes from my Dad (basic- 1960), so feel free to call me an a**hole idiot at anytime:cautious: Every soldier no matter the branch is trained to kill, but let me ask this: Trained to...

Jimmy, you are thinking towards the concept of RE-training. The idea of taking all Combat Vets and putting them into a "Become a Civilian" Boot Camp. A reality that will never work because a Combat Vet has reached the epitome of their training and danced with the devil. The devil does not like...

Escaping to the country is a form of isolation. I am in no way saying this is a bad thing because it is not. However, this can either be a trap or a help based on the individual. The reality of moving into the country is that you can create a Home (base camp) in which you are safe and secure...

if you are in the same place you were last year. I think you need to change ammo, cause what your doing and working. Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I separated my post so that the one would not be lengthy and boring. (or maybe I was having Powerpoint flashbacks! hee-hee) The three quotes in my previous post revolved around: Program Trauma Reintegration The direct statement is this: Why can you not take your training...

I will integrate all these quotes at the end, but first I need to redirect certain specifics: Using the word "program" is extremely misleading and in pretty much every what perceived in a derogatory manner. A 'programmed' individual is only capable of doing what the programming allows. A...

I have 3 sons, 3 daughters, 2 grand-children and a mother-in-law who lives with me because she was living in a house that was full or drugs, alcohol, and violence. Family will forever be there, but if you are not happy with yourself and who you are life will overwhelm. No matter what you...

The only response I have to this is: We all develop coping mechanisms based on who we are. What works for me does not mean it will work for you. Telling someone that the way they have chosen to deal with something is wrong/maladaptive is to force another's opinion or idea upon another. That...

I can be concise and logically 'maladaptive' as the next soldier. The difference with me is that I do not look at the ways that Ideal with things in a negative manner. I am forever different from my fellow battle buddies as well as those civilians in my life. Why? My perceptions of what I...

I have to be me and 'disassemble' this little comment you made. Sorry :-) STOP!!! Thinking you have to learn "NEW" ways to do things. This is one of the greatest horrors of us Combat Vets, because we believe that we have to learn to live in the world we ensured. The reality is that we have to...

I am a goof American from Texas. So, let me be blunt and upfront. The Aussie's are telling me there weapons are better! The Brit's are waiting for me to go first! and I am the wacky one arguing with the Aussie's and leading the way for the Brit's (with a BIG BIG smile hee-hee). Nothing...

This is in my top 3 of 'what makes me angry!' I have learned to assess the situation before I react (if I react). However, I will admit that when a young person steps up in front of an Elder (Veteran or Not) I cannot stop myself from saying something. The reason that popped in my mind is...

True. A lot more revealing than what most would post, however I have to ask.... What could the consequences be? I get sent to the other side of the world to do what needed to be done and it changes my world forever? I just had to say that because the smartass in me would not leave me alone :-)