Age aint an excuse...

[natehale1971]

I saw this on Facebook today, and it's something that really should be shared.



Though I wish they would allow some of us Disabled people to make a similar move, showing that our broken bodies are nothing when compared to our unbreakable spirits.

[Legbreaker]

One of my favourite Twilight characters is right up there in their sixties.

[pmulcahy11b]

When I was going through the medical retirement procedure, I had "please keep me" paperwork going up as far as TRADOC -- and got reprimanded (though nothing stayed on my record) for doing so. The Army doesn't want the mentally ill. I figured I could be a trainer or do paperwork of SOMETHING -- but it ended when the 18th Airborne Corps CSM sat me down and asked (strangely he did ask, but it was an offer I could not refuse).

[Legbreaker]

The military of most nations treats their mentally ill very, very badly. It's changing, slowly, but I doubt many of us will be still alive to see significant improvement.
The military, especially army, is an organisation that is all about testosterone and bravado. Anything less than the perfect "male" stereotype is just too uncomfortable for most to deal with.

[Targan]

Originally Posted by Legbreaker

Anything less than the perfect "male" stereotype is just too uncomfortable for most to deal with.

So very true. Back in the late 80s and 90s I knew people with both physical and mental injuries who were treated very poorly by the Australian Army. I recall one of them relating to me a conversation with a senior NCO who told them "the Army has no use for broken soldiers".

[natehale1971]

Originally Posted by Targan

So very true. Back in the late 80s and 90s I knew people with both physical and mental injuries who were treated very poorly by the Australian Army. I recall one of them relating to me a conversation with a senior NCO who told them "the Army has no use for broken soldiers".

This is something I've told many before,

"Our bodies may be broken, but our spirits remain unbreakable."

We don't stop... we just get craftier at doing things others take for granted.

[pmulcahy11b]

Originally Posted by Legbreaker

The military of most nations treats their mentally ill very, very badly. It's changing, slowly, but I doubt many of us will be still alive to see significant improvement.

The people of every nation treats their mentally ill very poorly. We're a largely forgotten minority. Though it is fun to mention in passing to a stranger that you're mentally ill and on medication, the looks you will get are...priceless.