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[atilla]

Hello all, new to this site. I served in the us army and army national guard for about 7 years as a ground pounder. I have only lived where i am for about 3 years, so I dont have any other combat vets that I know of that I can talk to. Its difficult to talk about how i'm feeling with people that haven't been throught what we have. I hope this site will be a good start to try to get back to me and to help the people I care about understand as best they can whats up with me.

 

[Jimmy1]

Welcome mate, so where abouts are you, I am in Australia, so I can only help online, but the other guys and gals on here are from all over the USA.

 

[atilla]

Thanks for the welcome brother. I am living in Stanton, Kentucky.

 

[Lurch]

Welcome. Look through the site and ask loads of questions.

 

[SteveMD]

Welcome. I had an Army buddy from a place that sounds like Stanton. Plenty of folks I know from Ft. Campbell and Knox. Maybe you can find a Vet Center to contact some folks. Should be folks nearby.

Steve

 

[atilla]

Thanks fight, I get in contact occasionally with some of my brothers I served with. Talked to my old company commander the other day. Its good to be able to talk with him.

 

[Lee C]

Welcome

 

[Spock]

Welcome Attila, had a lot of good Guardsmen serving with us in Iraq. Be sure to check out the media section. Welcome Home -- stay safe, stay strong!

 

[atilla]

Thanks Spock.

 

[Fargo1]

Welcome Atilla, you've found a great place here and good people too. Trying to get your family to understand what is up inside your gooey pinkish gray matter is like trying to staple Jello to a wall. Of course, some of the Jello does stick underneath each staple — so given enough staples it might work... After spending a bit over a year in middle TN, it was quite shocking to me the number of people yelling, "Our Boys!" out of one side of their mouth, and completely forgetting about us at the same time. However, if there isn't combat vets in Stanton, surely there are some just down the road in Lexington. Of course that would require driving, something that I can't/shouldn't do myself except on rare occasions...when the moon is full...and Mercury is in retrograde...and Saturn and Jupiter are in alignment...

 

[atilla]

Thanks fargo, It is a great site. It's already helped me a little to hang out here. I'll be around for quite awhile. This site has helped me put a few things into perspective. Thanks to everyone.

 

[Spock]

Thanks fargo, It is a great site. It's already helped me a little to hang out here. I'll be around for quite awhile. This site has helped me put a few things into perspective. Thanks to everyone.

Well put, better "perspective" is something we do well here by sharing our challenges and ends up being one of the best we benefits of this forum