Veterans, are you treated well?

[Jeep Junkie]

This YouTube comment by a veteran made me pretty sad and emotional. What a tough life!
If you need any help with Healthcare expenses, you can always start a GoFundMe. I will contribute to it and will also spread it around.

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[Jeep Junkie]

I hate taxes because most of them go to stupid things. If I knew my taxes would go to Veterans then I would love taxes

 

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20+ years in Army Aviation as a crew-member (UH-60A) and aviator (CH-47D) took its toll on my hearing and awarded me with tinnitus. With my former JLUWX I used hearing protection for drives over 30 minutes or else the tinnitus would be ragging at the end of the day. Should have some high-speed hearing aids in March with help from the VA.

 

[Dgr401]

Tinnitus is a very common result of military service. I have had it probably longer than a lot of members of this board have been alive. My overall hearing is fine but the ringing is constant and I have gotten used to it. I have tried hearing aids to see if they would help but didn’t seem to make any difference. During the Cold War I was a voice intercept technician/cryptologic analyst in the Air Force. My job required the use of headphones all shift (many 16-20 hour shifts) listening to conversations, a lot of static, tones and all kinds of sounds, many artificial sounds created to annoy us lol. I had 2 intercept consoles short out and the noise sounded like fire crackers in my ears. I had signed up for the VA but with my overall health problems I decided to stick with my doctors. I consider myself lucky if tinnitus is my only problem from military service, there are so many sad cases of problems associated with the military. I have relatives and friends that use the VA all the time and they all feel they are treated well and receive good care.

Also, 45 years in mainframe computer rooms didn’t help my tinnitus either, lol.

 

[Original_Junior]

It is what it is. Some good experiences and some horrible ones for folks. The VA can be a crap shoot bit it's better than nothing for sure.
24 years retired Army. I hate the fact that many hustle the system. Their main goal in life seemed to drive towards 100% disability. It bothered me, and still does, but I felt blessed to have both legs, arms, and still able to walk so I always said it's not for me. Now, many years later I am trying to get a nexus letter from a civilian doc to show that my back problems came from my life as an Infantryman. I should have done a better job of looking out for myself before retirement but my pride, and not wanting to be lumped into that group of "hustlers", is costing now.
Thank God, I can still walk this Earth because many of brothers are no longer here to do so. However, you younger guys and gals out there serving, please make sure to hit Sick Call when you're injured. Get it documented early and often. Don't let your pride get in the way of doing right for yourself when you are legitimately hurt.
I can say for certain that your pride won't help you later in life to get out of bed, get off the toilet, and move about life without the constant worry of your back crippling you.

 

[Jeep Junkie]

It is what it is. Some good experiences and some horrible ones for folks. The VA can be a crap shoot bit it's better than nothing for sure.
24 years retired Army. I hate the fact that many hustle the system. Their main goal in life seemed to drive towards 100% disability. It bothered me, and still does, but I felt blessed to have both legs, arms, and still able to walk so I always said it's not for me. Now, many years later I am trying to get a nexus letter from a civilian doc to show that my back problems came from my life as an Infantryman. I should have done a better job of looking out for myself before retirement but my pride, and not wanting to be lumped into that group of "hustlers", is costing now.
Thank God, I can still walk this Earth because many of brothers are no longer here to do so. However, you younger guys and gals out there serving, please make sure to hit Sick Call when you're injured. Get it documented early and often. Don't let your pride get in the way of doing right for yourself when you are legitimately hurt.
I can say for certain that your pride won't help you later in life to get out of bed, get off the toilet, and move about life without the constant worry of your back crippling you.

Sir, can combat veterans not be hired for something else by the government? Like a driver, or a clerk, or a computer tech? Basically a job that pays decent and doesn't stress their bodies. The government should not wash their hands off the veterans and hire them again for something else.
Like the government has a lot of those black limousines that drive officials around, give those jobs to veterans, those seem comfy jobs and pay them nice

 

[Jeep Junkie]

There are talks of increasing the defense budget to 1.5 trillion dollars, I hope the veterans get some of it

 

[jeepingib]

You are very kind to ask. None of us did it for the pay, or benefits.

 

[Jeep Junkie]

You are very kind to ask. None of us did it for the pay, or benefits.

You guys are warriors, modern knights

 

[Jeep Junkie]

Soldiers are awesome, that's why they respect their enemy soldirs too. The idea is to kill your enemy soldier, but if he gets lucky and gets captured or surrenders then then it's too late, now you got to respect the guy

 

[Sidewalk]

I've never dealt with the VA. When I got out there were WAY too many guys struggling to get care with missing limbs, I had no interest in getting in line ahead of them because my hearing sucks.

Now, I've just made peace with knowing I will never get to hear peace again. Just the way it is.

 

[Jeep Junkie]

I've never dealt with the VA. When I got out there were WAY too many guys struggling to get care with missing limbs, I had no interest in getting in line ahead of them because my hearing sucks.

Now, I've just made peace with knowing I will never get to hear peace again. Just the way it is.

What boils my blood is that why a veteran with a missing limb should even struggle to get Healthcare and some decent amount of money to live a decent life. He lost his limb so that Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos can be born.

 

[YGBSM392]

I don't understand the question. 37 years military, retired, combat wounded twice, but they allowed me to do some great things. Other than a retirement deposit each month they don't treat me one way or the other. I have private health insurance and have no reason to step inside VA offices. It was a duty that I loved and now it's in the hands of younger people. Seems to me that the question should be, how are our active duty treated? How are our LEOs, fire, rescue, EMTs, nurses, techs, and doctors treated? How about the plumber cutting the elderly lady a break? What about the volunteers helping others?

 

[Jeep Junkie]

You know what, those veterans who have those serious problems of missing Limbs and stuff, anytime they feel sick they should walk straight into the emergency and tell them I don't have insurance. And if they send him some kind of a bill in the mail, he should reply f*** you!!!
Missing limbs hurt, I know that because I have a cousin who stepped on a land mine, and another relative whose missing limb eventually turned into cancer and he died at the age of 24

 

[Jeep Junkie]

I don't understand the question. 37 years military, retired, combat wounded twice, but they allowed me to do some great things. Other than a retirement deposit each month they don't treat me one way or the other. I have private health insurance and have no reason to step inside VA offices. It was a duty that I loved and now it's in the hands of younger people. Seems to me that the question should be, how are our active duty treated? How are our LEOs, fire, rescue, EMTs, nurses, techs, and doctors treated? How about the plumber cutting the elderly lady a break? What about the volunteers helping others?

Yes but combat veterans are different, chances of them dying and getting injured are much much higher. Poor Police Officers are next.

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