Category: Military
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Seeking Solace: A Veteran’s Story (Staff Sergeant Shipula)
Natalie Shipula: Jamestown, PA (Air Force Staff Sergeant (E5) Last Duty Station, Scott AFB Illinois) Everyone has a moment they return to. That one thing you can’t stop thinking about no matter what. That memory that’s been burned into your brain. Most people have one and most can be life-changing. Mine has nothing to do…
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Seeking Solace: A Veteran’s Story (Sergeant Shipula)
David Shipula: Conroe, TX Army Sergeant (E5) 52nd Engineers (Combat Heavy) attached to 101st Airborne Mosul, Iraq I have always wanted to serve in the military. My dad was a chief in the Navy and being a sea cadet, I decided that is what I wanted to do. After graduating high school, I left for…
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Seeking Solace: A Veteran’s Story (Specialist Fetty)
Eric Fetty: Youngstown, OH Army Specialist (E4) 13th Foxtrot Fire Support Specialists attached to 3rd Howitzer Battery 2 Armored Calvery Regiment Green Zone Baghdad, Iraq I am going to talk about one of the events that is connected to my PTSD. I am going to talk about a bombing that happened at Assassin Gate at…
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Seeking Solace: A Veteran’s Story (Staff Sergeant Young)
Derrick Young: Canfield, Ohio Marine Staff Sergeant (E6) Mobile Assault Platoon 4, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion 25th Marines attached to 2nd Marine Division Regimental Combat Team 2 We were approximately 4 and a half months into what was an almost 9-month deployment. We had been on a continuous rotation of missions and patrols since coming…