Did your miliitary services change the way you eventually lived your life. Was it different than...

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6. My story has some similarities

Dad’s dad spent 30 years in the Marine Corps April 1942 he turned 20 in June of that year he hit the beach at Guadalcanal and changed according to family.

Dad spent 30 years in the Army in Special Forces his 20th birthday he was in Viet Nam as an advisor at first he was different afterwards.

I got a little ahead of them because at 19 I went to Bosnia in the Navy as an Intelligence Specialist. I saw the best and worst of humanity in that deployment and it too changed me. I saw genocide first hand in mass graves also people sharing the last bit of food to a stranger because they were hungry. I understand even in our struggles here things can be much worse. I learned to listen more and offer solutions once I have evaluated the consequences heavily. The 2000’s were hard for me to watch and I have not forgotten them as quickly as some. I just want a better world for my children like most but I see dark clouds on the horizon in many forms. The biggest threat I see is Authoritarianism and absolutism in politics around the world here at home the tribalism. Trump was a power hungry idiot I’m more concerned about what comes next if it’s smarter.