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<blockquote data-quote="Blackhorse" data-source="post: 570764" data-attributes="member: 1365"><p>Requires some history: After college (1969) I enlisted in the Army...went through basic, AIT & Advanced Clinical Specialist training. Came out of that an E5. Modern equivalent is something like a Staff Sergeant, on the tech side. Ended up being sent to Viet Nam assigned to the 11th Armored Cavalry as an ER Specialist. So…combat unit, ER. Responsibility for the lives of others. We kept our heads down and did our jobs. It was indeed a life changing experience. I came out the other end very relieved. Then back home and assigned to the ER at Ft. Carson in Colorado. THAT’S when it hit home. The civilian population, friends, relatives, etc. treated me the same. It was the military folks I served out my term with…the vast majority of whom hadn’t been anywhere near combat…the huge specter of VIETNAM hung over everything. And the military staff treated you differently. It was tangible. From all sides and every level…it was respect. It was just a bit weird, being revered by your fellows. Or…maybe it was just wishful thinking. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😁" title="Beaming face with smiling eyes :grin:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f601.png" data-shortname=":grin:" />. But that was the first real self acknowledgement that I had passed over and was an “adult”.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blackhorse, post: 570764, member: 1365"] Requires some history: After college (1969) I enlisted in the Army...went through basic, AIT & Advanced Clinical Specialist training. Came out of that an E5. Modern equivalent is something like a Staff Sergeant, on the tech side. Ended up being sent to Viet Nam assigned to the 11th Armored Cavalry as an ER Specialist. So…combat unit, ER. Responsibility for the lives of others. We kept our heads down and did our jobs. It was indeed a life changing experience. I came out the other end very relieved. Then back home and assigned to the ER at Ft. Carson in Colorado. THAT’S when it hit home. The civilian population, friends, relatives, etc. treated me the same. It was the military folks I served out my term with…the vast majority of whom hadn’t been anywhere near combat…the huge specter of VIETNAM hung over everything. And the military staff treated you differently. It was tangible. From all sides and every level…it was respect. It was just a bit weird, being revered by your fellows. Or…maybe it was just wishful thinking. 😁. But that was the first real self acknowledgement that I had passed over and was an “adult”. [/QUOTE]
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