Thank you
Im a disabled combat veteran from Operation iraqi Freedom,the last war that started in march 2003, i know its march but i havent been on here long and just wanted to say thank you to all of you, as far as being a combat veteran it took almost 10yrs to just get the 70% disability rating i have now, and there was absolutely no reason why i shouldnt have 100% and the decision could have been made for it 10 years ago,they had all the proof and paperwork right in front of them, i got put out a year maybe a little more into my 2nd reenlistmant due to getting hurt, the VA is not as good as people think, and also its extremly hard to get a job when you get out of the military, even with veterans preference which is mostly bull because they find ways around it, i was going to school to get my A&P license,and using my g.i.bill, and i had straight A's and one B all the way thru, a month b4 taking my FAA exams for them i fractured my spine and herniated 4 discs in my lower back,had to take medical leave from the school, after getting to the point to where i could attend again and finish the school said i had to start completly over but i didnt have enuff gi bill to do it, so i couldnt then one of my VA claims went thru from 4 yrs or so earlier and i was supposed to get 24000 dollars back pay that would have saved my and my families house from getting foreclosed on and they took my backpay money stateing that i owed and had to pay my gi bill back that i earned and on my first enlistment one of my bonuses was a 40000 college fund, when i got out i found out they combine the gi bill and that and divide it and so u only end up with knowhere near what you where supposed to get, ive got hearing loss,shrapnel in me,bought lost my family on several occasions not to mention all the other stuff that has happened over the years and to this day im still fighting for 100% its the least they could do, and they wonder why some vets are pissed off, its because they shit on us all the time, anywsy, im just trying to vent i guess, my grandfather was in ww2 and lost several brothers,my uncles where in vietnam, and one went back to iraq as a contractor in 2003 and spent 5 yrs there doing that, and its been the same througout my family, thank you all again for showing appreciation that most of the time i dont feel like i deserve anymore,but deep down know i did a lot of things most people wouldnt or couldnt and my wonderful keeps me trying and going. God bless all, and best to u