Comment by snakeyjake

I was an infantryman in the Army for ten years, from 1998 to 2008, and deployed three times, twice to Iraq,

Encounters with IEDs were common, especially during the surge.

So many of my friends have died to suicide or have killed themselves due to drugs and/or alcohol that it is hard to keep track.

Now that primadonna seals are dying maybe someone will pay attention.

Thankfully the only lasting effects of my deployments seem to be a bad back and distaste for authority.