Originally Posted by
texvet
Thank you. Yep, was drafted and did my tour in Vietnam. Was damaged more than I thought and ended up with a 100% VA rating in 2009 as age caught up with me. Getting drafted and serving provided me with a full boat scholarship with the GI Bill and made my poor azz life much better. I will heed the advise I receive and have already ordered the RCM. Thanks Brother and welcome home.
Welcome home and thank you for serving. My older half-brother served in 'Nam. He was a battlefield medic and mom really worried about him. He came back troubled, and has had little to do with family, I'm not sure he is still alive, he'd be 80 now.
And, while my son served 23 years in the Navy - there are guys like me, I tried twice to join, first the Air Force, then the Coast Guard - both rejected me because my heart makes odd noises.
I wish I'd seen the world and served - but it was not to be.