10 year anniversary

[Forever_frost]

Sounds like a good plan for me. Hell, I'll be at DFW picking up my inlaws at the end of the month should you want to grab a bite if you're in.

[KBScobravert]

He was a pimp while we served together as well. I tried to get into doing contractor work when I got out but no one wanted a guy who was watching walls bleed to head out again. Still, would be neat to go back to doing what I enjoyed with better pay and conditions.

There are or should I say, were plenty of regular jobs over in Iraq and Afg. I would bet that 75% of the contractors in either theater are unarmed, non-combatants. In 8 years I only manned a weapon system or had to pick up a firearm on less than two handfuls of times. Once was after getting hit with an IED. Hell being armed does not do shit for IDF or VB/IEDs etc.

The physical standards have been pretty lax however the Army restricts certain psychotropic drugs in theater. So those would have been a deal breaker. Physically you would have been fine but even if you loved that kind of thing, how long do you think you would have lasted even as an unarmed civi when the IDF starts to fall? Hell, even my nerves are shot and a little thunder wrecks shop on my body nowadays. That last part wears off over time for me though.

I flipped through y'all's pics from this weekend on Chris's FB page and a few others. I hope that the experience was able to give you a little more closer so you can move on and push forward for a happier life. If you ever find yourself in Fort Worth (and I am not in asscrackastan) I would buy you a beer or two. We can laugh at the silly shit that Philipino East LA American pulled.

[Forever_frost]

Chris is a pimp. He and I worked together in kabul for 3 years. An awesome dude.

He was a pimp while we served together as well. I tried to get into doing contractor work when I got out but no one wanted a guy who was watching walls bleed to head out again. Still, would be neat to go back to doing what I enjoyed with better pay and conditions.

[KBScobravert]

I was with Charlie Company 2/5 Cav. I know Lorenzo. Dude looked like a straight up Hollywood pimp yesterday

Chris is a pimp. He and I worked together in kabul for 3 years. An awesome dude.

[Forever_frost]

Frost, who were you with again? I have a buddy that was at a 04-04-04 1st Cav reunion this weekend. Sgt C. Lorenzo?

I was with Charlie Company 2/5 Cav. I know Lorenzo. Dude looked like a straight up Hollywood pimp yesterday

[Forever_frost]

Frost the recruiting machine. Is it ok to give some small jabs and yell welcome back bro when I meet a vet? Did that to 2 diff guys at the shop and they were cool with it. And yes I did this knowing I could get a reflexive snap my neck maneuver performed lol

It varies vet to vet. I'm cool with a lot because I've been back a decade and have had time to heal a bit.

[KBScobravert]

Frost, who were you with again? I have a buddy that was at a 04-04-04 1st Cav reunion this weekend. Sgt C. Lorenzo?

[Pokulski-Blatz]

You are right. It was a fj.

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Lmao, I got a text about that. He said it was some guy named Darren. That was Phillip, he was the tall Ft. Worth cop that was a pall bearer and also led the procession.

[KBScobravert]

A tj? Sure it wasn't a Toyota FJ cruiser?

You are right. It was a fj.

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[Pokulski-Blatz]

I saw a jeep tj with your brother's memorial sticker on it. Thought it was you until he rolled the window down and asked "can I help you? " oops not Patrick.

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A tj? Sure it wasn't a Toyota FJ cruiser?

[KBScobravert]

That shit is always hard to do. Every time I go out to see Mike it hits me like I just buried him yesterday. For some reason I always feel like a piece of shit for being above the ground instead of him.

I saw a jeep tj with your brother's memorial sticker on it. Thought it was you until he rolled the window down and asked "can I help you? " oops not Patrick.

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[orphan Shelby]

Frost the recruiting machine. Is it ok to give some small jabs and yell welcome back bro when I meet a vet? Did that to 2 diff guys at the shop and they were cool with it. And yes I did this knowing I could get a reflexive snap my neck maneuver performed lol

[Forever_frost]

That shit is always hard to do. Every time I go out to see Mike it hits me like I just buried him yesterday. For some reason I always feel like a piece of shit for being above the ground instead of him.

Survivor's guilt makes no sense but it's a bitch. I understand 100%. Especially since I found out one of the guys that we lost in 04 held me in his lap one of the times I was unconscious to make sure I wasn't shaken too badly while we were fighting. 3 hours with his dad and I learned a lot of things about that day I didn't know because I blacked out a few times.

[Pokulski-Blatz]

This. When I laid that long stem red rose on the memorial yesterday..... that was my thank you to my battle buddies.

That shit is always hard to do. Every time I go out to see Mike it hits me like I just buried him yesterday. For some reason I always feel like a piece of shit for being above the ground instead of him.

[Back N Black]

Just don't thank a vet on Memorial Day. Thank the ones that never made it home.

Oh believe me I follow that well.