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Excellent post. This story is part of who you are, and I welcome hearing it. Here’s my civilian question, respectfully submitted:
How does it feel to be asked questions by a civilian about your military service, the history of how you came to join, how and why you chose a branch of service, what your job was, or if you sustained an injury, what that injury is and how it happened?
How is just as important as what is asked. I love to talk about service in an educational way. Dispelling misconceptions and bringing light to drive out confusion makes my day. There are times where it feels like an inquisition and the depth of my answers will change. It’s a common thing for us to compare what we know to what we’re hearing. How many deployments did you do? where were you? what was your job? did you fire your rifle/kill? All these questions add up to an opinion the listener is forming. As the speaker, I try and head them off and explain that not all deployments are equal, many jobs went on long convoys and were hit by multiple IEDs and took small arms fire/RPGs/mortars. All we can do is take it one person at a time- be real: open and honest as we can be.
There are days where I wish I lost a leg so I had something to point to. The wear and tear on the body adds up. I’ve got arthritis throughout my body, had both my feet reconstructed, suffered a mTBI, and live with the ripples of PTS- but no one can see that at a glance and I don’t go around complaining about it either. I have joy in my heart and would prefer people to see that. You can emerge victorious from the pit. It’s a LOT of work, but SO worth it.
Barb
September 11, 2020 05:51Hey Drew,
Excellent post. This story is part of who you are, and I welcome hearing it. Here’s my civilian question, respectfully submitted:
How does it feel to be asked questions by a civilian about your military service, the history of how you came to join, how and why you chose a branch of service, what your job was, or if you sustained an injury, what that injury is and how it happened?
Thank you, for your service.
Drew
October 8, 2020 11:26How is just as important as what is asked. I love to talk about service in an educational way. Dispelling misconceptions and bringing light to drive out confusion makes my day. There are times where it feels like an inquisition and the depth of my answers will change. It’s a common thing for us to compare what we know to what we’re hearing. How many deployments did you do? where were you? what was your job? did you fire your rifle/kill? All these questions add up to an opinion the listener is forming. As the speaker, I try and head them off and explain that not all deployments are equal, many jobs went on long convoys and were hit by multiple IEDs and took small arms fire/RPGs/mortars. All we can do is take it one person at a time- be real: open and honest as we can be.
There are days where I wish I lost a leg so I had something to point to. The wear and tear on the body adds up. I’ve got arthritis throughout my body, had both my feet reconstructed, suffered a mTBI, and live with the ripples of PTS- but no one can see that at a glance and I don’t go around complaining about it either. I have joy in my heart and would prefer people to see that. You can emerge victorious from the pit. It’s a LOT of work, but SO worth it.