Man, I don’t usually get too twisted off about things but there were some comments made in a thread about the strangled SF guy and two Seals might have done it that just sat hard in my stomach.
My quick caveat is I don’t claim to be in any way best friends with any Navy Seals and in fact have never meet one to my knowledge until this past weekend.
I received an invitation from a guy I know who asked if I wanted to come hang out with a few guys at his ranch where I shoot a lot of pictures.
The VERY short story is I shared a campfire with 3 game wardens, a Dallas Swat cop, and 5 Navy Seals.
I can’t begin to tell you what that experience is like, and I can’t tell you what it was like to hear some of the things I over heard. Nothing like top secret, just like first hand accounts of the BIGGEST things ever to happen that are public knowledge. Mostly like a surreal or out of body experience.
And here is what I would have to say about things. When you stand in judgement and declare they should be hanged and get the death penalty that’s a fools remark.
What I would say is in ways most, including myself, you can’t understand the depths of which these men have been broken by the things they have seen and done on behalf of a grateful nation.
What I would say is these men have given themselves without reservation to the service of this nation and the sacrifice they made physically and mentally can not be understood or understated.
What I would say is the ones being accused of the SF Rangers death should be held accountable for it. But there also needs to be some context to understand what these guys have been through before you just scream put them to death. I’m not making excuses and don’t say they don’t deserve to be punished for their crimes. I’m just saying there are at least considerations to be thought about.
I saw men that hurt. I saw amazing men, humble men, and even one that I thought no way this guy is who he is, but I saw hurting men.
I also saw a society where NFL players take retirement and get a couple hundred thousand bucks a year for life when they are done, but we take the ones who sacrificed most for us and sent them back to the “real world” with a $40,000/yr retirement and some crappy VA benefits and say sorry you are shot to hell and all broken, go find a job.
It’s a real eye opening thing. I’ve been around a lot of war vets and wounded war vets, but I’ve never been around THIS.
I’m just saying, a little critical thinking is needed before the judgement.
Lastly, I would share this. I heard this story first hand and feel lead to share it wherever I have a forum to do so.
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My quick caveat is I don’t claim to be in any way best friends with any Navy Seals and in fact have never meet one to my knowledge until this past weekend.
I received an invitation from a guy I know who asked if I wanted to come hang out with a few guys at his ranch where I shoot a lot of pictures.
The VERY short story is I shared a campfire with 3 game wardens, a Dallas Swat cop, and 5 Navy Seals.
I can’t begin to tell you what that experience is like, and I can’t tell you what it was like to hear some of the things I over heard. Nothing like top secret, just like first hand accounts of the BIGGEST things ever to happen that are public knowledge. Mostly like a surreal or out of body experience.
And here is what I would have to say about things. When you stand in judgement and declare they should be hanged and get the death penalty that’s a fools remark.
What I would say is in ways most, including myself, you can’t understand the depths of which these men have been broken by the things they have seen and done on behalf of a grateful nation.
What I would say is these men have given themselves without reservation to the service of this nation and the sacrifice they made physically and mentally can not be understood or understated.
What I would say is the ones being accused of the SF Rangers death should be held accountable for it. But there also needs to be some context to understand what these guys have been through before you just scream put them to death. I’m not making excuses and don’t say they don’t deserve to be punished for their crimes. I’m just saying there are at least considerations to be thought about.
I saw men that hurt. I saw amazing men, humble men, and even one that I thought no way this guy is who he is, but I saw hurting men.
I also saw a society where NFL players take retirement and get a couple hundred thousand bucks a year for life when they are done, but we take the ones who sacrificed most for us and sent them back to the “real world” with a $40,000/yr retirement and some crappy VA benefits and say sorry you are shot to hell and all broken, go find a job.
It’s a real eye opening thing. I’ve been around a lot of war vets and wounded war vets, but I’ve never been around THIS.
I’m just saying, a little critical thinking is needed before the judgement.
Lastly, I would share this. I heard this story first hand and feel lead to share it wherever I have a forum to do so.
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