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Christian, Iraq War Vet/Amputee/Wounded Warrior, World Champion Lumberjack. I work with wood and occasionally write. Doesn't respond to anonymous accounts.

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    1. J.R. Salzman‏ @jrsalzman 26 Jul 2017

      I served in Iraq in 2006. For the first five months I was on a 12 man firebase out in the middle of nowhere in the desert.

      659 replies 3,936 retweets 9,134 likes
    2. J.R. Salzman‏ @jrsalzman 26 Jul 2017
      Replying to @jrsalzman

      Everyday was Groundhog Day. Wake up and do the same patrols, the same shifts, every single day. It was so damn hot. 150° in the gun trucks.

      27 replies 661 retweets 2,203 likes
    3. J.R. Salzman‏ @jrsalzman 26 Jul 2017
      Replying to @jrsalzman

      Tracer fire would go overhead occasionally at night. IED's on the road were a daily threat. We got resupplied food every 8 days.

      21 replies 612 retweets 2,017 likes
    4. J.R. Salzman‏ @jrsalzman 26 Jul 2017
      Replying to @jrsalzman

      QRF was an hour away. After they made the minimum three gun truck rule after the guys got kidnapped, life got harder.

      8 replies 564 retweets 1,941 likes
    5. J.R. Salzman‏ @jrsalzman 26 Jul 2017
      Replying to @jrsalzman

      The stress of being out there and doing the same job every single day eats away at you. The younger guys had problems with that overtime.

      15 replies 672 retweets 2,183 likes
    6. J.R. Salzman‏ @jrsalzman 26 Jul 2017
      Replying to @jrsalzman

      Any tiny little personal issue they had suddenly became a mountain. And that shit came out on that fire base. And they snapped mentally.

      14 replies 702 retweets 2,285 likes
      J.R. Salzman‏ @jrsalzman 26 Jul 2017

      After stepping on each other's nuts living in the same can for five months, guys were at each other's throats. The stress made it worse.

      8:40 AM - 26 Jul 2017
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        2. J.R. Salzman‏ @jrsalzman 26 Jul 2017
          Replying to @jrsalzman

          Guys would literally snap over a dear John letter. Their personal issues came out and they were instantly combat ineffective.

          16 replies 747 retweets 2,395 likes
        3. J.R. Salzman‏ @jrsalzman 26 Jul 2017
          Replying to @jrsalzman

          Now take someone confused about whether they are a man/woman. Take those psychological and emotional issues and put them in that environment

          88 replies 1,124 retweets 3,888 likes
        4. J.R. Salzman‏ @jrsalzman 26 Jul 2017
          Replying to @jrsalzman

          Take someone who is right off the bat not uniform or part of the same team. Give them special treatment because of their identity.

          34 replies 825 retweets 2,887 likes
        5. J.R. Salzman‏ @jrsalzman 26 Jul 2017
          Replying to @jrsalzman

          Take that person, put them in that stressful war environment and watch what happens. It's a fucking ticking time bomb.

          24 replies 949 retweets 3,437 likes
        6. J.R. Salzman‏ @jrsalzman 26 Jul 2017
          Replying to @jrsalzman

          You have to be incredibly tough mentally, physically and emotionally. War is not a fucking video game. It tests every ounce of your being.

          42 replies 1,329 retweets 4,445 likes
        7. J.R. Salzman‏ @jrsalzman 26 Jul 2017
          Replying to @jrsalzman

          You can't teach someone to be a fearless warrior in a fucking PowerPoint. You either have it or you don't. You can hack it or you can't.

          27 replies 908 retweets 3,331 likes
        8. J.R. Salzman‏ @jrsalzman 26 Jul 2017
          Replying to @jrsalzman

          We had guys who couldn't. When faced with combat situations they crumbled. They had mental and emotional issues. They were a liability.

          17 replies 829 retweets 2,837 likes
        9. J.R. Salzman‏ @jrsalzman 26 Jul 2017
          Replying to @jrsalzman

          To be successful at war, you have to become a warrior mentally, physically, and emotionally. You can't fake it and go through the motions.

          39 replies 989 retweets 3,286 likes
        10. J.R. Salzman‏ @jrsalzman 26 Jul 2017
          Replying to @jrsalzman

          In war if it comes down to kill or be killed, and you hesitate, you're dead. It's a simple as that. It's not a fucking video game.

          15 replies 933 retweets 3,158 likes
        11. J.R. Salzman‏ @jrsalzman 26 Jul 2017
          Replying to @jrsalzman

          War is no place for people who are mentally, emotionally, or physically confused or in turmoil. You have your shit together, or you don't.

          155 replies 2,937 retweets 7,177 likes
        12. J.R. Salzman‏ @jrsalzman 26 Jul 2017
          Replying to @jrsalzman

          And if you don't, you'll just get people needlessly killed. Political correctness has absolutely no place in the military.

          79 replies 2,023 retweets 6,153 likes
        13. J.R. Salzman‏ @jrsalzman 26 Jul 2017
          Replying to @jrsalzman

          Enough for now. This one armed veteran has a business to run. Unlike Iran, the country that took my arm, Obama didn't pay me millions.

          425 replies 2,637 retweets 9,175 likes
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        1. vigilante think tank‏ @CRKittle 27 Jul 2017
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          They don't want to give the left the pride of serving the nation because when a transgender seal speaks and ages the potus look dumb....

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        1. Wayfaring Stranger‏ @HideChewer 29 Jul 2017
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        2. vigilante think tank‏ @CRKittle 27 Jul 2017
          Replying to @jrsalzman @boxxers06

          They say it's all about money. They spend 40mill a year on boner pills only 9 on trans health...

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        3. vigilante think tank‏ @CRKittle 27 Jul 2017
          Replying to @CRKittle @jrsalzman @boxxers06

          Guess the gotta m be able to get it hard for some of them rape rallies.

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        1. ValleyView Farm‏ @goatlady84 28 Jul 2017
          Replying to @jrsalzman

          I'm imagining the drama if one of those "guys" were to run out of tampons in this setting.... 😨

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        1. Susan Simon‏ @SusanSi23428588 26 Jul 2017
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          Good thing they didn't have to decide on which dress to wear to the foxhole that day. Real military requires real men!

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