Well, it all starts in the deserts of Iraq and Saudi Arabia! Anyway, was there doing what I signed up for, but had no idea I'd be used as cannon fodder for some dunderheads lame ass not very creative bullshit. I knew he was lying and couldn't do shit about it!
Well, i laid out a mine field because some tanks were supposed to come across the border because of more trumped up intel. So I grabbed a ride with some M109 self propelled howitzers.. The next thing I knew explosions were going of near us, and I thought to myself is that shit meant for us...it was walking in, I thought it was arty...turns out they were cluster bombs dropped by the air wing Marines in A 10's. Next thing I knew, i was being dragged by my feet out of the crews compartment because I had taken shrapnel, passed thru my L arm bone and all, but that was minor. Was hit in the chest and hit a lung and it collapsed, to this day I have retained shrapnel, but that wasn't the biggy either.I was also hit in the back of the head and also to this day I have shrapnel in my cerebellum and equilibrium.. as you might guess I have balance and coordination issues on my right side, but I also had to learn to walk and talk again.. I went from the tip top shape at about 230 all the way down to 120... Was able to wrap my hands around my thigh..But, now, I am up on my feet and still workout. For the hour 1/2 in the gym I feel normal....
Well, that's my trauma, and now to top it off I can't sleep at night because I have ptsd...
