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[Jimmy1]

Its amazing how they treat you like cattle. You are cargo when your on an aircraft, its f*cked.

When we were in New Guinea, there was the old copper mine there. Where we used to stay there were loads of chemicals piled up, even huge mounds of hexamine. We were told it was all safe.
We had a ship from the navy every fortnight or so and one day on board I asked them and they said they were being paid 'Dangerous Chemical Allowance' from the time they tied off at the wharf, till the time they left.
Not us though.

I also have a card I used to carry around in my wallet, which has now been transcribed onto my civilian doctors files. It has a list of all the harmful diseases we were exposed to in the MEAO.

Yep, and people think we have it good not being able to work at the age of 45. I would give my left nut to have my health back and my life back, actually, I would give both my nuts.

Its now 4 am, guess I will have to have a sleep today.

 

[anthony]

You would be quite surprised, that a good majority of people who have endured trauma endup in a job that gives back to others, whether exposed to more trauma or not... most endup in some type of role that helps others. It is a minority that doesn't... and you may not now, but most will endup in such a role when trauma has impacted them deep enough.

 

[Jimmy1]

Now that you say that, a lot of the veterans I know are giving back to the community in some way or another. Is it like a guilt thing, or is it because they feel good about themselves. I would guess the latter.

 

[abnvet]

Chemlight,

I totally understand the stress involved cramming classes into a smaller amount of time. I managed to complete my masters in 1 & 1/2 years. Never thought I'd succeed and my wife and daughter saw me at some bad and stressed out times. Well worth it though and I'm thankful for the GI Bill and College Fund that helped me obtain my teaching license and my masters degree. HOOAH!

 

[anthony]

Nope, nothing to do with guilt, its to do with experience and understanding from that experience. Once you have experienced traumatic events, you have experience and understanding, you even gain empathy if you will, to help others who are stuck in some situation, or to just help out period to assist yourself in feeling good.

Doing things for others usually makes a person feel good... and that is what it gives a person. If they want to perceive it as guilt, then that is an internal argument that the person must resolve, and is performing a positive due to a negative, instead of performing a positive to gain a positive. That is what its about...