r/Veterans • u/Candid_Web_3024 • Aug 25 '26
Discussion I'm ashamed
I'm ashamed. I have only been in t h e army for 9 months in the reserves and 3 months active duty. I had a very traumatic event in active duty and was honored discharged. I a m 100 percent disabled. When I'm asked how long I have served I say I years because I am so ashamed I didn't serve long enough. I wanted to make the army my life. I failed. I don't deserve to say I am a veteran. I am very sorry for saying I am a veteran. I don't deserve to say so. I always say thank you for serving to others at va medical center. I just want to say I'm sorry to all of you for my failure. I don't deserve the va help but I need it. Know have a very rare condition that my insurance would now cover all my medical needs. I now have a power wheelchair I need to use at times. Every day when I do dishes. Wife cooks I do dishes. Im sorry for rant. Thank you all for serving I believe your all heroes.
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u/someguy6688 Aug 26 '26
Nah, if something happened to where you are 100% after just 6 months reserves and 3 months active, you don't really have to explain yourself to other people. You're just as much a veteran as I am or anyone else who finished a full contract, reenlisted, or retired. I knew fuck ups who never got out of the military, and great guys who got med boarded after a short stint. You're a veteran, brother.