Comments on: Remembering the Fallen on Memorial Day

By: MonkMojo

MonkMojo — Fri, 30 May 2008 17:39:31 +0000

I ended up in the army because I couldn't cope with the structure of the civilian world. After the army, civilian structure seemed much easier. I am now starting to discover the freedoms some structures have to offer. I know, I'm a head case. MonkMojos last blog post..The Psychedelic Stormtroopers of Personal Development

By: Charles Gilkey

Charles Gilkey — Thu, 29 May 2008 22:15:22 +0000

@ MoMo: First, thanks for your service.

It’s interesting the different effect that the military has on people – the structure doesn’t bother me at all (in fact, getting used to unstructured civilian life was the hardest thing to recover from when I came home), but it’s often the “don’t ask questions, stay in the box” mentality that gets me.

I’m glad that the experiences are providing value, even though they can be hard to deal with.

Thanks for opening up about your experiences.

By: MonkMojo

MonkMojo — Wed, 28 May 2008 03:52:51 +0000

Fellow vet here Charlie, ’86 -’90. I was on a plane home with my discharge papers as Iraq was invading Kuwait. Literally. Very fortunate never to have seen combat.

The army kicked my ass. I got through it with an honorable discharge, but the structure of it all about made me go more insane than I already was.

It took me a long time to get perspective on it, and look at the experience in a positive light, each year the experience seems to serve me a little more.

I enjoyed you sharing your experience in the “Courage” post. Great stuff, to include this post as well.

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