Many of my old comrades cannot watch war-related movies or watch/play FPS video games like COD, GRAW, etc.
May not be PTSD. I can't watch or play them because something really simple gets jacked up, e.g. uniforms, or the sound is off. (An AK-47 does NOT sound like an M16.)
I'm surprised it's taken this long for the VA to figure this out.
As a vet and recovering addict, I would have thought you'd be more familiar with the VA than that.
Those doors are not a strong a people would think. I've seen them break from getting torqued funny while closing.
I know ghetto gates don't look inviting, but would have prevented this or made them work harder. I bet they had inside help though...
Cell phones in shanty towns do exist now. In fact, there is a company in Kenya marketing ones that can be recharged by solar power. And even in the third world, EVERYONE has bad ass cell phones. Maybe not shoes, running water or electricity, but they have that.
And they do prefer animals for precisely that reason; gas is expensive, grass is everywhere.
Sometimes, weird developments actually occur in the real world, so why not in imaginary one?
One day while home from work, I heard a knock at the door, a muffled "maintenance" and someone start to key their way in.
Someone trying to enter my domicile without my permission would make me a bit edgy too.
That is probably because people of different ranks tend to have different responsibilities.
An infantry platoon leader (2LT/1LT) has drastically different duties than an infantry team leader (SGT/SSG). And these are different from that of team members (PVT - SPC). When you get into general grade, now you're talking about commanding large elements, which involves a vastly different set of skills than leading a few dozen people.
I worked for a company that had an off duty conduct policy. It was intended, I think, for people who get arrested or convicted for things that happen while they are not at work, eg drunk driving. However (comma pause for effect) it was generally used against people who complained about their boss or work on their own time. Kind of like this.
That company is IPC International Corporation. It's a contract security firm, so I doubt many people here would work for them, but throwing it out there just in case. It wasn't the way I would have liked to leave, but I thank G-d every day that I never have to deal with them again. It may seem like I have a lot of resentment toward them. Maybe I do... hindsight being 20/20 I should have taken unemployment and finished my degree. (which I am doing now.)
Also that policy applied to the guards, maybe not management. Or it may be even more restrictive for management.
2.4 statute miles of surgical tubing at Yale U. = 1 I.V.League
