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I am a Vietnam era Army veteran who served in the Hawk air defense missile system as a maintenance provider; I was "key personnel" for about 10 years. I served in the 2nd Bn/71st Air Defense Artillery, the forward area battalion of Hawk close to the Korea DMZ, through 1972, and from 1974-76, during when we left Vietnam, the Mayaguez incident, and the Axe Murder Incident, each of which brought us close to war on the Korean peninsula. I also served in south central Germany from 1978-1981, in part, the timeframe of the Iran hostage crisis and the terrorist activity of the IRA-affiliated Baader-Meinhof Gang, an attack of which I narrowly escaped in 1980.
I am now an advocate for veterans in the VA system who need help with issues and with navigating the system to obtain access to benefits and beneficial health care.
(3 comments) SHARE Monday, November 12, 2012 You Want Change? Make it Happen...
If the people stand up and demand it, change will happen, but only if the government understands there will be public consequences for failure.
(1 comments) SHARE Saturday, October 6, 2012 Let's Debate the Really Important Stuff
Let's have a debate about this issue: the needs of the portion of Romney's "inelegantly expressed" 47% of incorrigible, lazy Americans who are the active duty military members and their families, and the veterans of military service and their families.