New Comer or just a returning Veteran if you get caught between your final orders and the slower than molasses VA. And stuck residing in your ride and need a hand up don't expect to find let alone out of fuel out of $ and several weeks from your next cashendation in or your local VA office, nor Church. Homeless shelters? Fagetaboutit. Sorry but we no.longer hand out gas vouchers. Sorry we don't give out aid for housing. In essence your up the shit creek with out a canoe. Most often not even thr Canoe. Even if you get on the canoe your luck if y don't lose the
Paddle.
Now it's not like I don't have any money coming in or anything and thank Kahless that I have my Marine pension and SSDI but, still bridging the gap between those direct deposits and all there has been not the liquidity or as frequent as it was. Nor does it mean the radio 📻 ops or anything. But, just have not been able to piece it together as I once did. The VA isn't as rapid as it should be over the Last several years. Not that they were jackrabbit then but the jackrabbit is more like a snail and when you as a returning Veteran or reassigned to civilian duties need an outreach that embracing arm is not that forthcoming if it was there at all.
When I get told that I'm not very self sufficient or self sustaining it's not like I am sitting on my keester waiting for a rescue. It is more like the fact that between the last 6 Presidential administration's has not tended to the needs of those of us who do and did those President' bidding.
Oh the recruiters and all promise you so many and so much in benefits, try to collect on those benefits. They make it so dern hard. Let alone going after so many who steal our Valor in fact there is little in the way of prosecuting those who steal Valor, that you wonder what the hell is the Navy/Marine JAG Corps or NCIS does anything at all about it. Taking away our just deserts that you need to scratch your head and think WTF. 🤔 .
Now then the last few weeks have been rather difficult for and of this old Grey Wolf 🐺 that it's like my testies are being twisted and for what end?
From falling on my noggin from mis stepping from crawling off of one of our two rollbacks.To taking on Covid, and I'm sure my body and St
Luke's Hospital here in Twin Falls Idaho being as packed tighter than a turtles pecker don't want me to walk in the front door. Add to that the serious disconnect of what I do when not in or on the air my Primary physician Clinic not wanting to keep me as a patient/client. It's not that you can plan completely plan for when you have to respond to a toew call. When your pretty much a one man show, 🙋♂️ if you don't take a call there is at least 67 others who will. And , you are the one that signs the paychecks your just SOL. ANY
Mile that's what has been on my plate 🍽.
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