The TRUE COST of War from 82nd Airborne COMBAT MEDIC
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My wife was with the first group of women who went through and became airborne with the 82nd.
RIP Thelma Jean
It’s honestly sick that you’re using military deaths to gain followers/subscribers ..
It’s one thing to post the video, cause it does gain recognition for the person that died serving our country, but to post in the comments “like, share and subscribe so you don’t miss any more of our shameless posts that were only putting up to get content and followers” .. fuckin shame on you…
Breaks my heart everytime.
Stop complaining about that don’t care you choose that life so shut up and deal with it
@@Phucyue yoù shut up.
Medics are why so many actually have stories to tell of their own. A combat medic is an angel. The best of us.
👍. 🇺🇸👩⚕️🪖🙏
No, an angel is a different thing than a person. No person can ever become an angel.
@@CubeInspectorEver heard of a metaphor
@@CubeInspectorSounds like you'd be super fun at parties 🙄
Sorry my friend you are wrong..! You are looking in the wrong places..There are human angels among us every day..!
Being a combat medic is a whole other level of traumatic.
Respect.
Well said bro
Were there other soldiers on the Bird that was shot down, what incident was this, what year and what kind of copter. Were there other fatalities.
My ex son-in-law was a combat medic in the Army. He definitely had some stories to tell. One of my daughters is now dating a combat medic who got out of the Army a couple of years ago.
I was literally just thinking that! 😢
You guy's shouldent go around starting Wars every were. Dosen't the military exist to to protect the Homeland?.
Fellow Medic, Vietnam, 69-70.
Huge respect Sister! It would have been a honor to serve with you.
Even at 73. The faces and names of those, injured and deceased I cared for, remain.
It never goes away.
Fellow medic/nurse, you never forget, DSDS
Thank you for your service, and welcome home.
God bless you, thank you for your service, and welcome home❤
My grandpa (my best friend, may he RIP) was a medic in the Pacific during WW2. He said the same. 🙏❤
God bless you and your family.
From a former infantryman, thanks to all the DOCS that served along side of us.
My husband was infantry and said the same thing. When he took shrapnel to the face, the medic saved his life and his vision. He has the utmost respect for the folks that kept him goin💙
11B 👍🏻
0311 👍
Semper Fi
Man the army has the lowest standards glad I joined the USMC
My uncle was a combat medic in Vietnam. Never asked him what he saw, I understood he might have seen too much. He was a recovering addict, worked all his life in health care, and found the Lord again in his later years. He always wanted to help other people. Miss you, Uncle Billy. I served, too, because of you.
Thank you both for your service & sacrifice.
May I ask how he passed? I know it hurts no matter I was just curious if it was related to his addiction. Don’t mean to be rude.
Thank you for your service. 🇺🇸
Does it bother you that the greatest reason for your service was to protect corporate interests??
This made me tear up.
Thank You for your service, courage and bravery, and defending our freedoms! AMEN!!!
If it wasn't for combat medics, I wouldn't be here babysitting my granddaughters this morning. God bless and protect every last one of you ❤❤❤
Glad you made it back!
Glad you're still here to comment on this. Thank you so very much for your service!
I couldn't be more ecstatic for you...and your grands.
Ty 4 your service. I'm so glad you are still here with us- enjoying your grands & other loved ones.
From one medic to another, much respect for your service, for your sacrifice, for the memories you brought back with you.
PTSD 100 percent
@@tirrellsharrock see her red nose? She's reliving it many times in her life. Saw my dad actually relive it cpl times. Combat marine recon 1968. Buried in Arlington since 2020. Never actually left the stress he suffered.
The things the attached doc had to deal with in my unit truly remarkable. He was a healer both physically and mentally. He kept our morale up especially during the second battle of Fallujah when we were took heavy casualties. I am proud to have served in the 1ID. Fortunately I am still in contact with him to this day and is doing great things working at in critical care as a nurse. War changes us….
Thank you both for your service from a combat medic’s (ret) wife
Respect for what? Going thousands of miles away from the US and taking part in genociding people who never did anything to US? ARE YOU PEOPLE FOR REAL?!?!?!!
🎉❤😊🎉❤🎉 Thank you all for your service to our country!
As an Infantryman, Combat medics are ANGELS TO US, we will always love our medics, thank you for your service sister!!❤️👍🇺🇸
When'd you deploy?
@@DeathFromAbove_5.56 I deployed with 3rd Bn 325th Infantry 82nd Airborne division, I served 12 years as an 11B301P, what is it to you when I deployed, that's really "F'd " up you would ask that seeings how I don't even know you.
@@DeathFromAbove_5.56 We could ask what's your MOS?
Me, 11B3PC2 with deployments with 2/508th PIR and the 1/325th AIR.
I was in the Air Force and I was stationed at Ramstein Air base. We had med evac jets coming through all the time and I'll never forget the times when med evac missions become human remains missions mid flight. I would go out to the aircraft for debriefing and it's an atmosphere you never understand until you're in it.
@@RWebster325 Nice!! You have the C2 indentifier we all know what that is "RANGER" thank you for your service my fellow AIRBORNE BROTHER!!! AATW.
I am a combat medic Iraq 2005-2007. The things I have seen and will never forget..seeing my brothers and sisters dead or listening to them scream in pain holding a dying fellow soldier in your arms is hard to do i live with it everyday wishing i could have done more. In the Army anyone can have the title medic. Few are are given the respected title of "DOC" only very few become "Combat Medics" i am proud to be one to have earned the combat medic badge.
Thank you for being you.❤
I was a nurse for 30 years and I can only understand a very small part of what you guys experience out in the field.
Sending love and respect from NZ. 🌿
Just don’t allow your country to start Iraq - that’s easy Doc.
It is easier to prevent conflict than deal with dead bodies of comrades and hate towards your nation fron native population of other nations.
But Americans never learned that couse schools are pretty dumb and make dumb people from it. That being brainwashed by monopolistic media that lie about all.
Where is end of that lie ? It gona lead you all right to hell, couse there is no lie in heavens and hell is build by lies and here U are - in hell that you yourself build
Oorah
Thank you for your hard work and serving this nation.
I’ll also never understand how Barack Obama gave Iran $160B in cash after they were the main suppliers of the IED’s.
I have the utmost respect for medics. They have seen stuff that no human should ever have to see. Thank you for your service.
Soldier 🫡 🇺🇸
The survivors will tell the stories
I hope time will help you come to terms with this.
So Sad Thank you for your service
EXACTLY!!!
Why would you salute the state responsible for all of this death and trauma? Salute the people that survived, but criticize the people who put them there
There’s a time and place for everything. When you grow up you will understand
From a military wife, thank you for caring❤ God Bless Americ🇺🇸
#nomorewars
Thank you for your service and the sacrifices you made to keep our country free and our honor intact. May God bless you and your family. ❤🇺🇸💙
I spoke to a veteran from Iraq and he said - "I warned my superiors time and again that regardless of whether you were on duty or were being flown home - YOU WERE A LEGITIMATE TARGET FOR THE ENEMY AND THESE AIRCRAFT MUST BE ESCORTED BY FIGHTERS OR DRONES. But they took no notice of me - we lost so many people because of their tunnel vision"
❤❤
@@roblav23The price of everything and the value of nothing….
@@kellygreenii 100% Correct.
Just when you think the military higher ups have developed brains, you find out there's still the same dumb donkeys that got millions of soldiers killed in world war i.
An aerial escort of a fixed wing drone or even a rotary escort like an apache or kiowa (back in the day) would not prevent a random RPG threat against a 60 or 47. Thry could potentially deter an otherwise uncomitted threat, but if someone wants to shoot down a blackhawk and they dont care about survival, they will do it. A fighter escort would do even less than a rotary wing escort in the type of situation being referred to. I don't know what exactly you think an escort does but in terms of protection from ground threats, you aren't gonna get a reasonable benefit spending a quarter million in fuel to protect a Chinook with a raptor. Makes no sense. That's why we don't do it, it's pointless. (Source:former 64 pilot)
Being in a Chinook was very dangerous from the beginning!
You can never get those images out of your mind. My heart goes out to this soldier.
The trauma 😢
It’s crazy because no one ever even bothers to mention that if we weren’t over there murdering people for their resources, this wouldn’t happen in the first place. But let’s all sit around and sing Kumbaya for people who lived, forget the thousands others lost their lives. You guys are absolutely dopes
@@ericredelman2568 that actually gets mentioned all the time in discussions. You just don’t talk to anyone. RIP
@@ericredelman2568It's brought up every single time, and most the time people don't even know what war we are talking about and they will still say "resources". Because "America bad"
@@ericredelman2568 youve been psyoped to think it was for resources. we get all of our oil from saudi anyways. the gwot was fought at the behest of israel
Former MP thanks Doc and to all corpsmen and medics. True heroes
Combat medics are the best. Thanks for always being there.
Thank you my sister for your sacrifices and selfless service, welcome home! 🇺🇸
Yes, thank you for freedom and democracy! It's worth your sacrifice.
Hey, that's the lady from those Wounded Warrior Foundation TV-commercials! Much respect for her, and the work that organization does for disabled vets.
I was honored to write several combat medic badge citations. I had several female medics attached to my route clearance platoon. They are amazing women and many of us our lives to them. Thank you, SGT Harris!
I recognize the speaker - she is also a severely wounded veteran. She and the person she is remembering deserve our utmost respect. As do all who served to protect us.
She wasn't a severely wounded veteran. She had a type of cancer in the soft tissue of her left leg and after awhile they decided to amputate. She is a paratriathalon champion for the USA as a matter of fact. Perhaps you should look her up.
@@FaytheInGod what is her name please?
@@GypsyGirl317Kelly Elmlinger, 82nd airborne. It's at the beginning
protect the banks more like
What happened in this plane crash she speaks of? Was it a plane, helo or what and was it knocked down in combat?
My great uncle was a lieutenant Colonel with the Air Force mortuary affairs during the Vietnam war. His job was helping to identify remains brought in off the battlefields. He was a quiet man, and very well respected. He never spoke about what he saw on the job...and he loved all of us kids like no tomorrow. God rest your soul Uncle Bob.
God bless his work.. so many families were able to find some sort of closure and peace because of his service.
Your uncle was a blessing to many families.
RIP Bob.
I was a combat medic for 1st Cav. I just went through EMDR for a similar situation. A young girl and her family were blown up in a VBIED. She was alive, but we couldn't save her. I was tasked with taking pictures of the dead for ID purposes. Her face has lived in my head for 16 years. My Dr. figures that she was very close to my daughters age at that time, and that's how I related the two. I'm very thankful for the counselors and Dr's who have helped me manage all the thoughts that flow through my head.
Thank you for your compassion. This is important. If you didn't have it, you wouldn't have carried her ( all of it) for so long. You pay a huge price for it but it is what makes you so valued by so many. Continue to heal but don't detach from what makes you you. AvaDean.🎉
I saw a Terrible Bloody traffic accident..
In 1977 ..totally usual Pedestrian..
I saw the Victim just Yesterday At the Grocery..He is doing better..
It took me 2 years and a New prospective on the Event..
Stay Tuned look for Simple Blessings..
I was a Combat Medic in 10th MTN. I was wondering if EMDR works. I've been struggling for the past 6 years and don't know what to do.
These combat medics are some of the most courageous and self sacrificing people and they are truly special members of our society.
@devinlindberg253 it is in our deepest struggles we learn to find & recognize our strength. I pray GOD send you an army of angels to find refuge
I give endless praise, thanks, blessings and best wishes to ALL CORPSMEN AND COMBAT MEDICS.
I salute you and thank you for your service. You and other medics are truly angels.❤❤❤
My high school best friend's dad was a doctor in Vietnam, and had horrible PTSD the whole time I knew him. It caused problems in his personal and professional life. We need to do more for the vets who survive.
That's a given, except to the powers that control the cash!!! 🇺🇲 💔
While I wholeheartedly agree with you, good luck with that 😢
Most do then we get home and big brother does nothing to help us after the combat. They spend so much time n $ making us killers but not the same on being back in the civilian world. It's sad we send 80 million a week to Taliban. That's who we fought against. Now we pay them. Left them billions in gear, guns, aircraft, Vic's. But we can't help veterans. Shouldn't be a single vet who needs anything to live a basic life. We spend so much in wrong places. Semper Fi
Better yet. Let's not start some sort of new conflict every 20 years. Problem solved.
We sleep soundly because of people like you. Thank you for your service 🙏
No you don’t these people died for old white men geopolitics egos
Thank you for this story and thank you for remembering a fallen soldier. I’m a mom of a daughter in the US ARMY and I appreciate you.
I'm a daughter, sister, and mom of Army veterans. Many thanks to these brave people 🙏🏻 🙌 they can never be repaid for what they go through
Ma'am, you are a true f****** hero. A lot of my good friends are here because of people like you so I want to personally thank you for your sacrifices
@mattspencer2223 come on Matt you can do better than that. Why call someone an asterisk?
@@PahrumpTH-cam does not like it. Google and TH-cam have AI with key words. To get around the key words you have to get creative or be deleted!
Amen !
Ha ha no she's not. She did work for the devil while participating in America's illegal wars. Hell awaits her.
Why the use of profanity? It is still offensive.
PTSD is super hard, my lady. 30-year-old cop retired, and it never goes away. Talk about it, don't hold back, cry as much as u want, my sister.
Thank God, this is proof that you are still a human with a heart.
@@kirkengnath5501 so vets that stay silent don't have hearts? Cool. I mean that's the theme of this whole clip anyway right. "Colorful and vibrant"
Cop? 😂 ❄️
30 yr old? So she was a cop for ? 5 years?
Wait what cop retired at 30?
Thank you for your service 🙏🏻🇺🇸. You are a true American HERO!! I'm a wife of a Veteran myself.
GOD BLESS ALL OUR AMERICAN
VETRANS!!
Veterans.
And curse the stupid selfish governments that sent these people to fight. And who lied and continue to lie to the military personnel about the real reason for the fighting.
Many medics and surgeons went through a lot of psychological trauma over there. In 2005, in western Iraq, the Medivac helicopters would be flying in severely wounded military personnel on an hourly basis, 24 hours a day. At least it felt that way with my trailer so close to their hospital. They would even treat civilians and insurgents as well. Thank you for your sacrifices. 🇺🇸
My living quarters, Camp victory was right near the helio-pad for incoming wounded, I’d hear them coming in at night and wake me up. 2007-2008 OIF
That was my CSH in Mosul. I was a respiratory therapist with them.
You ARE correct. Especially in western Iraq in 05. I was there. If I wasn't on patrol, trying to help the SCO build bridges with the locals, planning targets, or doing crater analysis, I was helping the wounded and the maimed onto transport aircraft for the hospital or helping load the deceased onto transport for Mortuary Affairs.
@@barbarabroderick4468Courage, Marez, or Diamondback?
@@ericblue5436 Diamondback
As a vet, thank you to all Medics, especially the ones that took care of me. 🙏🕯
Thank you for your Service!!! ❤❤❤
Her pain is JUST as fresh TODAY, as it was WHEN it happened. It NEVER goes away; it is NEVER forgotten, and they are NEVER the same😢
Welcome Home❤
Well said thank you
Mega props to those serve, function, but internalize their human emotions. War and death are a special kind of hell - always remember...
I'm sorry you faced that.i know that had to be traumatic and very sad, estimated knowing what her destination was. Heartbreaking
I'm a disabled combat veteran. I absolutely know how important the medics truly are. I literally owe my life to combat medics. A couple times. Thank you, ma'am, for what you do and who you do it for. Thank you for my life.
I am grateful for your service.
God bless & keep you safe, you had to endure scenes many of us cannot even comprehend. Thank you for your service, we love & respect you❤
God bless you young lady, I can hear the love and compassion in your voice, thank you for your service. God knows your heart.
What a tragic story. Thank you for your service and supporting our soldiers in war. You are a brave and compassionate woman.❤
🇺🇸 thank you for your service
My nephew followed me into the Navy. He was a doctor & followed the Marines around! PRAYERS FOR THIS YOUNG LADY!!! I've seen her on TV, people you don't know & never will meet. ARE WITH YOU!
'was' a doctor? Is he still practicing or doing something else? I assume he's still living.
@Tam0de Doc being a Navy medic, they hang out EVERYWHERE with Marines! He's currently a CT/MRI tech at a big hospital
Your tears are a sign of a good heart. Be well, little sister, and thank you for your sacrifices and service on your country's behalf. For me, who you don't know, ❤🙏🕊
You are my hero... You put your career into your heart... We live and appreciate you so much.
The survivors of our wars carry these wounds for the remainder of their lives. Americans owe them our gratitude and respect!
@@joeldejonge2986…yeah? We definitely do owe them some empathy for what they go through so we don’t have some respect
@@joeldejonge2986If they didn’t fight for us, you wouldn’t have a home to complain in clown boy.
People like you are an embarrassment to true patriots man.
Always one of you around.
You must be invited, to all the best parties.@jj2986
As a Marine Combat Veteran, thank you for your service.
We do things that "normal", every day people never see, or could even comprehend.
As Marines, and Soldiers, we cause, and receive death and horrific wounds.
We're grateful to you medics that piece us back together, or, in the worst case scenario, hold our hand and try to give us some form of comfort while we're dying.
We ALL carry these Physical and Psychological wounds for the rest of our lives.
Civilians have NO idea what that means, because no words we have can describe what we go through. It's, in truth, inhumane. But, it's what we do for our Country, but moreso, for the Brother standing next to us.
And it's what we carry for eternity. To all my Brothers and Sisters out there...
SEMPER FI.... OOORAAA 🇺🇲💪
@@Cruise-fx9bm Someone with a brain. I would hope so.
My best friend was our corpsman, I was the co’s radio operator for several years from 1986-1989, Rick & I even lived off base together in Huntington Beach w/his wife!!
Some of the stories he told me were pretty disturbing!!
Miss ya brother, hope to see ya soon!! Semper Fi 🇺🇸🫡
Semper Fi
Im so very very sorry.🌹 ROSE NYC
Thank you for your service and God bless you sister! 🇺🇲🪖🇺🇲🙏🏼🇺🇲
Respect to our sisters and brothers who pay the true costs of our country.
Cost of our country? What the hell are you talking about? Attacking and murdering poor villagers on the other side of the world has nothing to do with the cost of a country. They are mere pawns. Making war profiters filthy rich and accomplishing nothing but making people who were already struggling lives much worse.
Colonizing others and murdering them ? yeah amazing.
Cảm ơn rất nhiều❤❤❤Thank you so much❤❤We're all love American Army❤❤❤
It should be mandatory that everybody should be summoned to hear a vet talk about their trauma for like 2 hours, similar to jury duty. If you served for our freedom, then we as a people should be responsible for lightening the burdens you brought back with you.
I’m a vet. Served multiple combat tours as recon and I. Another Unit and would wish that on anyone. It’s hard to talk about sometimes.
Thats like saying we HAVE to go to church cuz jesus Died for our sins 😂
On the real tho. Much respect to the vets but i ain't got time for that. Tryin to survive on my own.
You missed half the reason. Not only to lighten the burden of vets, but maybe even more importantly, to hold our representatives to a MUCH higher standard before putting our people in harm's way. It's done FAR too flippantly. You don't need to lighten a burden that hasn't been inflicted in the first place.
@@TheMrMusedwith all due respect, people sign the dotted line of their free powers of volition, just as able to inform themselves from historical lessons as the rest of us. If you made yourself available to fight whom ever your were told too, then in you're no position to object to the politician that picked the fight when you're told.
@@benwilms3942 you completely lost my point. please re-read my comment for comprehension. I said nothing about the soldier's choice.
Thank you for your service ma’am. I’m so sorry you had to go through that. Thank you for protecting us.
Lol "protecting us"
Thank You for your service. Godspeed♥️
Love our veterans ❤️.
Thanks for all you have done in the service and protection of our country Doc...God bless you. AATW sister.
RLTW/AATW
A heartfelt thank you for your service.. everyone of you! 🇱🇷
Big hugs to you, and thank you.
thank you heroes for your service 🙏
Service to what? How are murderous wars based on lies serving us?
@@chadhetman629if war is inevitable I am thankful for people to protect our country and keep us safe. Good guys to defend against evil dictators, etc. someone has to stop people like Hitler, Stalin, and many other murderous leaders.
God Bless you Ma’am. Thank you for you Service
This is the reality of many military families.
Some never truly find out what happened. The family serves with the military service members as well. They pay a heavy price most people have no idea of. The loss of time with your family. The loss of special occasions. The loss of themselves. Praying for all of them
Its sad how brainwashed people are that they think that death means something. It means alot in way of their character but the reality is the military could care less about these people dying for oil money
With respect, how can you say 'most people have no idea of,' ??? When military service is so prolific amongst American culture. There isn't a man, woman or child in the whole country that hasn't been touched by the US constantly deploying service people.
@benwilms3942 What I'm saying is that most people don't know what the family's or service member goes through.
There are a lot of people who I have talked to & they're so clueless about it
I even had some tell me. "Well, just tell your commander officer that you're not going to obey that command because you don't want to."
Most only have an idea about what the military really does & a lot of that comes from the news or movies, so in reality, they haven't a clue
When deployed, the family's are told nothing about what is going on, nor will they get told the truth if your loved 1 get killed. The military will claim national security reasons
There is 1 Mos that he might go to work & not come home until it's over & the family won't be told much if anything. He just didn't come home. That's how the family knows he deployed.
It's much better nowadays than in the past, though. We have many more ways to communicate & that helps. But again, the public really doesn't know or understand what the military is & what's it about
May she RIP, and you find solice fro the experience of war.
Thank You all for Your Service 🙏🥰🌹
Mad respect for all the Medical staff who keep us alive during war. I worked the morgue and took photos of the autopsies and also of amputations during the Vietnam war. HOOAH!
Thank you for your service, God Bless you for all you have done for this nation.
Thank you for your sacrific and service. I can't imagine the pain you endure as a result of dealing with this trauma. Praying for your healing and peace.
God bless this woman and all those who defends our freedom. May those who are lost Rest In Peace.
Thank you for your service .
❤Thank you ALL FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR US❤
Thank you for your service, mam. God bless you and your family.
Thank You for Your Service. May you be Blessed.
Thank you for your service Kelly and for sharing this memory. Salute!!
Wow unbelievable PTSD sucks thank you for your service and thank you to everyone and all the brave men and women and are United States military thank you for your service and sacrifices❤❤❤
As an RN who has seen my share of traumatic incidents... you combat medics are on a whole different level. May God bless you, and give you peace. Respect.
All Docs are angels on the battlefield. They make sure so many Americam service members make it back home. They carry all of those they can't save. All people who have children, daughter, son, wives, husbands, cousins, aunts, uncles, brothers, sisters, and friends serving in the armed forces appreciate you greatly. I hate that the one you tried so hard to save, and haunt you.
Thank you for your service maam. I wish i could ease the pain.
This is why I love our military the brave men and women are amazing and beautiful souls. Listening to her was a touching moment for me and makes me proud that I served. God bless all of our troops.
Thank you for your service. May GOD bless you
The wounds people don’t or can’t see are stored deep inside a Veteran’s brain.
We can’t erase, undo or forget these memories.
The number one question people seem to ask a Veteran is “how many people did ya kill” after they find out one was deployed.
Please, if you are not a Veteran, don’t ask this question.
Thank you for your service and please God Bless you and your family and those who you served with!
That's still so fresh in her memory. You can tell. Thank you for your service.
Thank you for your service in an area that is so extremely difficult. Spiritually, physically and emotionally. You most definitely were chosen because of your heart of love🙏🙏🙏🥰❌⭕️♥️😘
Thank you for your service, Doc.
God bless you and thank you for your service I was an Air Force medic for 27 years I saw many people on the worst day of their lives and sometimes the last day of their life I kept a diary of the things I that's why I'm still somewhat saying and there are still a few things that are between me and God that I did not put in my diary again God bless you and thank you so much for what you've done for this great nation 🙏🇺🇸
Thank you for your service. I pray that you can find peace + comfort. You Combat Medics are Angels. USA VA Must provide better support for our Vets + their families. We civilians will never comprehend the horrific environment that our Vets were in to carry out their military duties. I keep them all in Fervent Prayer.
Thank you for your service. I hope your heart heals.
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This breaks my heart! Thank you for sharing your story. May God bless and comfort you and so many others who have lost friends and fellow service members
I'm a retired medic in the civilian world and I have plenty of PTSD, I can't imagine adding the horrors of war to that. Thank you from a vet, for your service.
Thank you so much for your service and sacrifice it just cannot be stated enough times so much is owed to so few by so many
Thank you and also ALL our military for everything you have done for our country🇺🇸 God Bless You❣️
This precious woman is an American Hero, telling the story of one who cannot. God bless you!!!
Thank you for your service. Thank you for your sacrifices like this one that lives in side you.🙏 Thank you 🙏🙏🙏
What a true American hero she is so amazing 👏
God bless you for taking such great care over her. And Thank you for your service.
God Bless you, your family & friends, and God Bless those who serve past & present and may you all find peace in his glory, Amen 🙏🏼💕
Thank you for your service, Ms. Elmlinger. Those of us who serve or have served owe you a debt of gratitude.
I did two Combat tours with the US Army , one in Iraq and one in Afghanistan . Every one responds differently to stress . Just remember, we all knew and accepted the inherent risk with our profession when we took the oath of enlistment. We are / were Soldiers tasked with enforcing justice in an evil world . Rest assured, dying is but one thing to lament , all of us are going to transition into eternity, we don't want loved ones to lament in sorrow at our passing , just as transitioned loved ones don't want us lamenting theirs . Lead by example, and create good memories 😊 .
Not enforcing any “justice”. Just war fighting.. I’m US Navy
Yeah... no. Those weren't "wars" hahaha 🤣
@@damone70 You know because you served, right?
@@deadon4847 I can back it up. But everyone is supposed to believe that you did by default, right. 🤣
@@damone70 Why do assholes always post something stupid ?
If this was the CH-47 shoot down in November 2003 then those were my flight crews and quite a few soldiers. I was on that same aircraft on the same route and mission the day before.
Thank you for your service. Im so glad your alive
I think they’re referring to a 101st airborne black hawk that was shot down in nov 2003 near Tikrit, like a kilometre from Saddams palace and former US base I was reading.
I have the utmost respect for this type of soldier, everyone else can turn away, that kinda devastating injury, this continued exposure to the devastated victims , the injury, the screaming and guttral cries you can't escape needs strong calm calculated specific training and this lady is showing the WORLD how much she is needed ! sending you love and blessings but more importantly respect, from Glasgow Scotland UK 🇬🇧❤
You've gone through so much dear, im so sorry you have. All of us are so greatful and happy to have ya home doc ✨🖤✨
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Incredible that your friend knew her.