Comments on: Memorial Day 2013

By: chrishernandezauthor

chrishernandezauthor — Sun, 30 Jun 2013 14:44:03 +0000

In reply to Les. Fortunately, we're only the target of a small number of people. The ones who bother me aren't the ones who are outright hostile, it's the ones who think they're supporting us and then talk about us as if we're victimized children.

By: Les

Les — Sat, 29 Jun 2013 13:22:28 +0000

The more I have watched the narrative play out, the more I see it as spitting, and throwing red substances on returning soldiers, while chanting various slogans. The military, by and large is deeply respected by the general populace, the rest of the federal government is not. So, once again, the military is the target.

By: jeremybruger

jeremybruger — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 02:55:43 +0000

Reblogged this on Disgruntled Veterans and commented: The current administration would like nothing more than to block access to firearms to military veterans in particular. The strategy is simple - tuck returning combat vets into the mental health issue category (due to documented PTSD) and block the whole lot of them from obtaining firearms. For the current administration, returning combat veterans are particularly troubling. Why? Because if enough people find that the government has finally crossed too far over the line, combat veterans are the least likely to cower from their duty to protect the Constitution.

By: chrishernandezauthor

chrishernandezauthor — Fri, 31 May 2013 04:39:01 +0000

In reply to JimP. Jim, Sometimes I think I should become a journalist. Just so there will be someone in the media who can speak with credibility about military issues. Unfortunately, no news channels are beating down my door to hire me.

By: chrishernandezauthor

chrishernandezauthor — Fri, 31 May 2013 04:37:25 +0000

In reply to Tierlieb.

Tierlieb,

The Army cannot and should not blow off the sexual assault problem. If even one sexual assault occurs in the military per year, it’s a major issue. However, the fact that the Army is publicly addressing it doesn’t necessarily means it’s the gigantic dragon being portrayed by the media.

Regarding your other observation, I’m not surprised that even veterans of the dreaded Wehrmacht, for the most part, lived normal lives after the war. It’s good to hear that soldiers all over the world are usually resilient after experiencing combat.

Thanks for commenting and sharing your perspective.