hey y'all.

i'm pretty new to the whole treatment deal. got court ordered after my most recent assault charge. here's the thing- alot of what y'all are saying rings LOUD bells with me.

i served with 4th infantry division as a bradley driver, gunner, and grenadier crunchy. later went to airborne school and carried a 240 with the eighty deuce.

my doc thinks i'm a psychopath, or some such nonsense- but i'm reading in here and wondering if ptsd is not a more accurate portrayal of my issues.

don't talk about this a whole lot, and i'm not sure how much of it i even believe. anyway- in the late winter/early spring of 97-98 my unit participated in a "minor police action". at our debrief, from what i recall (which is very, very hazy to be honest) we were basically told it never happened. my dd-214 says nothing about combat, but i DO have a notation for the army achievement award i received as a result of that action.

i'm really iffy on the specifics, but i know we had pretty heavy casualties.. or i think we did. i thought it was all just dreams until i met the senior chief from the u.s.s. kittyhawk, a few years ago. he says he was on deck when our helicopters landed after being pulled out unceremoniously (means we got sh!tcanned).

anyway. thanks for your service.