Posted on 04/15/2011 8:39:22 AM PDT by wyowolf
WASHINGTON – Handsome and friendly, Clay Hunt so epitomized a vibrant Iraq veteran that he was chosen for a public service announcement reminding veterans that they aren't alone. The 28-year-old former Marine corporal earned a Purple Heart after taking a sniper's bullet in his left wrist. He returned to combat in Afghanistan. Upon his return home, he lobbied for veterans on Capitol Hill, road-biked with wounded veterans and performed humanitarian work in Haiti and Chile. Then, on March 31, Hunt bolted himself in his Houston apartment and shot himself.
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That's assuming, of course, that your comment/question was serious. If you were being obtuse then you have issues beyond what a book can help.
Prayers for the repose of his soul and for the comfort of his friends and family.
Sorry he took himself out. Somehow he fell thru the cracks. Shoulda never happened. RIP
That's an uncalled for response. It is you who are in danger of being obtuse.
Are speaking from personal knowledge?
Prayers up for his loved ones and prayers up that Corporal Hunt is at peace.
Sorry, but the way you phrased the question it could have been taken as flippant and I do apologise.
I see the know nothings are out in force criticizing the deceased.
The first two...I definitely relate.
And I used to love big fireworks shows....but I was home for the Fourth of July in '08 and attended the display in downtown Houston. The sounds made me edgy and uncomfortable.
Former EMS, here, Doc.
Yes, the sense of failure and grief are intense, but only until you realize that some things are meant to be.
If you are willing to do your human best, even to the point of what would be described as 'superhuman effort', and yet fail, there just might be a reason.
We don't understand any more than a small part of God's plan, and usually that in retrospect years later. Frankly, we aren't capable of understanding all of it any better than someone who only ever saw a gear tooth move understands a Grandfather Clock.
'Handling it' amounts to trusting that the creator of all is in control, and He knows what He is doing.
Everything happens for a reason, whether we understand it or not.
Funny, how the more learned we are, the tougher that is to accept.
That doesn't mean we shouldn't do all we can to stop injustice, combat the evils of this world, help those in need, comfort those in pain, and heal the sick and injured, it just means that it won't always work--even if we did everything right, and we won't understand why, at least at the moment.
When we have done all we can, it is in God's hands, and trusting Him is the key to sleeping at night.
Too bad about the soldier. I suspect there must be something we don’t know. This is an unusual case. Even the guys in the field usually have a significant, personal reason.
It gets better with time as you learn to trust your surroundings again. I’m much better now than I was a year ago. It took me 8 months just to let my hair grow out and I still wake up instinctively at 5AM. And working with a VA counselor. (recommended)
I know what you mean. I get the same uncomfortable feeling with war movies.
It actually surprised me. Clicked on Band of Brothers one day and found that I couldn’t watch it. It made me uncomfortable and nervous. No more war movies, I can live with that. Don’t want to see anymore of that crap anyway.
“It never goes away.”
The awful, helpless realization that you have become cannon fodder, a pawn, in a politicians’ game.
I watched my dad let himself go, slowly. From Vietnam he always carried the fallen brothers he lost. He also had the 1000 meter stare. Not being wounded when so many died in his company really hurt him. RIP Ron 173rd Airborne 67-68. And god bless this marine.
We Know these Answers
Applying them is another Thing
And for you a Benediction:
Live in Peace
Live in Victory
Know that there is also Love in this World
Applying them is another Thing
And for you a Benediction:
Live in Peace
Live in Victory
Know that there is also Love in this World
Thank you FRiend. I wish the same for you, and anyone troubled by the places they have been and things they have seen.
It takes time and practice, but gets easier each day, no matter where you start. After a while, trusting in Him becomes second-nature. The going truly gets easier further on.
Tearful ping
RIP.
Personal anecdotal experience of some does not back up the known statistics regarding “most”.
And even my own anecdotal experience, of my own family and friends and those that served in ‘Nam - quite a few - does NOT even back up the views driven by the anecdotal experiences of some who met tragedy or knew someone who did.
War IS hell; and those that suffer the most from it deserve our understanding, respect and support, but it is erroneous to assume that PTSD is a universal outcome of ALL soldiers; not even “most” would be close to the truth.
I think I understand what you are saying:Some could cope and some couldn’t.
“I think I understand what you are saying:Some could cope and some couldn’t.”
I am saying more than that. It is my belief that “most” can cope.
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