JoeyChopps

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I know I'm not the only vet on hbt but with the current elections and other bs we see on social media am the only that feels like I should have "special" rights as a veteran? I mean we gave up years of our life and wrote a blank check for this country shouldn't we be granted certain rights? Or am I just being silly?

Yooper

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What rights do you want that weren't spelled out in your contract when you enlisted?

I guess I just don't understand. I freely signed up, and did my tours overseas. I got what I signed up for- a salary, and the educational assistance (no GI Bill when I was in, though). I got free health care while I was in. I don't expect anything additional now.

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JoeyChopps

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I don't know I look at other country's that you have to be in the military to be a full citizen and have more rights. Whereas in America veterans are not the same I find that weird

lumpher

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i'm a veteran of many years, and i don't feel special. hell, i'm not even eligible for va treatment, not that i'd want those real-life-dodger "doctors" to even prescribe me a vitamin (probably end up with a pain killer instead of b12 anyway). i got what i signed up for, and left with what i left with. i was there in the libyan scuffle in the 80's, and hated qaddafi all my life for it. spent 6 years chasing that b*st*rd... do i feel entitled? no. i earned my $420 a month when i went in

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JoeyChopps

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Hum I guess I'm the only one we got paid small and now tons of oxygen wasters have the same rights as we do...,. Never mind

lumpher

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joey.. i know how you feel. mine was more of a "negative rant". i think vets deserve a little something extra, but we get nothing except pi$$ed on for "avoiding the real world". i went through machine gun training, sniper training, and trained many others on how to handle guns. civilian usage? none, except range-master. i'm an i.t. upper-level guy

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1: Belma Blonde
2: Toasted Pale Ale
3: Belma Pale Ale

Kegged:
Fermenting: Belgian Saison, Berry wine

In the fermentation chamber:

Fermenting: Toasted IPA

annasdadhockey

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As Yooper asked, what type of rights are you looking for?

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JoeyChopps

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I don't know what rights I'm looking for. I have looked to other cultures and even early American culture and seen veterans held above others in status and now that I'm out I don't see what I thought it would be like and I'm kinda pissed off

lumpher

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our training is considered sub-par, even though we control millions of dollars of eqpt. our leadership potential isn't considered, even though i supervised 14 guys at age 21 overseeing $35 million of eqpt, along with 31 missiles, many of them enough to start ww3

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Taps:
1: Belma Blonde
2: Toasted Pale Ale
3: Belma Pale Ale

Kegged:
Fermenting: Belgian Saison, Berry wine

In the fermentation chamber:

Fermenting: Toasted IPA

JoeyChopps

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This is part of what I'm thinking about being a cut above but that's that way it is