Posted on Apr 25, 2017
Living Life At Rock Bottom: A Homeless Veteran's Story
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"Each of us are on our own unique journey in life. Myself, I try and facilitate the journey of another whenever I'm allowed to do so by such an individual. It is my belief that we are all in this thing we call life together"
@ COL Mikel J. Burroughs SFC William Farrell PVT James Strait GySgt Melissa Gravila MSgt George Cater SFC George Smith Maj Marty Hogan Capt Jeff S. Capt Seid Waddell PO3 Donald Murphy CPL Crystal Pettway, MBA Sgt Kelli Mays CPT Gabe Snell SSgt GG-15 RET Jim Lint Cpl Mark A. Morris CSM Charles Hayden LTC Trent Klug ] SGT (Join to see) Maj Kevin "Mac" McLaughlin
@ COL Mikel J. Burroughs SFC William Farrell PVT James Strait GySgt Melissa Gravila MSgt George Cater SFC George Smith Maj Marty Hogan Capt Jeff S. Capt Seid Waddell PO3 Donald Murphy CPL Crystal Pettway, MBA Sgt Kelli Mays CPT Gabe Snell SSgt GG-15 RET Jim Lint Cpl Mark A. Morris CSM Charles Hayden LTC Trent Klug ] SGT (Join to see) Maj Kevin "Mac" McLaughlin
Living Life At Rock Bottom: A Homeless Veteran's Story
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A sad, but all too frequent story. Having been laid off 6 times, I can vouch that there are tons of benefits available, but they don't make house calls; you have to apply yourself. This can be difficult if you don't have transport or a computer.
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PO3 Donald Murphy
And a lot of places have shuttles that deliberately go out of their way to help the disadvantaged. In fact, our local bus service offers free inter city trips for them. Even a city as large as Orlando used to have something similar when I lived there. Not sure if they still do.
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Homelessness is an issue that has many facets to it SFC (Join to see). I have a good friend of mine, due to alcohol and drugs while he was on active duty in Germany which led to his discharge and release back to society with no help whatsoever. Mental health issues set it, perhaps exacerbated by the drugs which led to his homelessness. After many years of drinking and drugging he is now clean and sober for almost 20 years but that time on the streets took a toll on him. Its sad all around. No veteran should be homeless nor should any other person in this great country of ours.
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I agree with you on that SFC William Farrell. Thank you for sharing that story about your friend. I'm glad he's doing better
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I care about us SSG Fulvio Ortega! We didn't need congress when we joined and they were never there in between or after! It takes them 30 + years just to recognize some soldiers during wars past!
We the people never need a government, it's the government who needs the people! And it's everyone who needs the soldiers! It may not come in our time hun, but one day soldiers will be the gladiators of the world again. Because we are the only ones trained to survive all situations.
God Bless my friend
We the people never need a government, it's the government who needs the people! And it's everyone who needs the soldiers! It may not come in our time hun, but one day soldiers will be the gladiators of the world again. Because we are the only ones trained to survive all situations.
God Bless my friend
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Capt Seid Waddell
SFC William Farrell, I never saw anyone get smarter or wiser under the influence - that stuff destroys many lives each year.
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