I met a keeper other day a former infantry vet

He is 44 a former airborne infantry vet we share threads of life. Benning osut infantry then jump school then 82nd, we both attended EIB program and were awarded the badge. we’re both husbands fathers union teamsters. We’re going be on same run and stay in same hotel definitely eat together and run together. I’m even going to drag my cb so we can shoot the breeze on our way to buffalo . But after meeting we have become instant friends because of the threads we share in life.

Our differences are quite though as he fought war on terror has a CIB as well was wounded and medical retired. He attended the RANGER course at benning a great leadership course where as I just wanted to get my 3 years over with. After I busted my ankle and was taken off jump status and sent to leg land. Perhaps if I never broke my ankle i was planning on making army career I loved the airborne infantry community it was a great place for a 18 year old kid we were always going somewhere .

But I have no regrets as I met my wife and she gave us five children and even puts up with my mentally defective chocolate lab. But in this ramble it is always nice to meet a brother a keeper. He asked me if I wanna stop have beer Saturday I explained my naltrexone intake for alcoholism and he instantly replied. I got you bro I’ll never ask you again I tell nobody at work about naltrexone but a former brother he understands just that quality of a person. That you find in former vets a maturity even though we’re both aggravaters and mentally were probably still around the age of 17.