Impressive-Hold7812 t1_j0uc8aq wrote
Mom went thru Red Cross just to get a hold of me in Ramadi 2005, annoyed chain of command till I reminded them I'm a fucking adult in a warzone, neither she or I are a Dependent of the other according to DEERS, and I had cut her off from my life.
Dude went off the grid to get high/laid. Helicopter parents went Interpol, lulz.
Congratulations Kenny, you will be remembered as the Manchild on the Milk Carton.
Formergr OP t1_j0ulsqp wrote
> Mom went thru Red Cross just to get a hold of me in Ramadi 2005, annoyed chain of command till I reminded them I'm a fucking adult in a warzone, neither she or I are a Dependent of the other according to DEERS
Aaaah sorry you had to go through that in the middle of everything. Damn, Red Cross, huh?
Impressive-Hold7812 t1_j0uoxdp wrote
Weird moment between the carnage.
They thought I was a nice sheltered boy.
No, I was just finding out who I was becoming. A weird blend of geek and grunt.
I watched the adults around me and picked which traits I aspired to and to make my own mistakes.
I looked middle school my first tour (125lbs, SXS, and by the end of the tour, I fit XSXS), and they had fun leveraging that appearance for anything dog & pony morale related, as I had this weird magnetism of grannies feeling bad for me.
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