So for months, since I started this blog, I’ve been begging Anthony to let me interview him. This first time I asked he said “About truck driving?” I said “No, about the Army.” That was an immediate no-go as you can imagine. He keeps saying no one wants to hear about that, but I feel like people NEED to hear about it. I know most of us have an elementary understanding of war and how it works, but I dont think the majority of people understand what happens to our men and women of service when we actually send them into war. There’s a very naive system in the U.S. where we want all of our enemies dealt with but most of us dont want to deal with it ourselves. We are in a country where we no longer require our citizens to serve and it’s completely voluntary. So we, as U.S. citizens, except our country to be protected, but everyone that protects it does it because they WANT to. Because they believe in serving their country.

There is a serious lack of respect for our service men and women, past and present. They go through literal hell. They watch death and deconstruction and are asked to put their lives on the line, only to come home to crappy healthcare, homelessness, no support, and lack of jobs that will work with them. So I essentially want to write an awareness piece, but I want it to be his story, his words. I know what he’s been through. I’m probably the only person who knows the actual details of what he’s been through. I think if everyone took the time to actually ask Vets and active duty service men and women what they’ve been through, there would be a radical change in our system.

I’m essentially writing this piece because I want him to know that people actually do want to hear what he has to say. That his story will not fall upon deaf ears. So I would love to know everyone’s thoughts on it. Thanks in advance.