Ryan Joseph

🇺🇸 Veteran | Creator: Formidable Function Notebooks & Journals | Writer: LP/OP Newsletter • Decoding Society, Status & Sport • Posts do not represent the DoW

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I spent 12 years of my 18-year career as an AF Combat Arms Instructor. Invested over 10,000 hours of podium/range time, 1,200+ courses.

Here are 5 concepts I learned that apply beyond the range.

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@naval The economic disparity between size of this is going to be dramatic.

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@MindWisdomMoney Especially if you don’t know where you’re going. Set your azimuth right first.

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@NicKent789 Savannah is such a great place. Appreciate the support 🇺🇸

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@PalmerLuckey Logic checks.

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@bscholl Very bad at their jobs.

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@vtchakarova I’m not hopeful for diplomatic resolution. I’m not a hardliner but they only respond to strength and force.

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Assess your "friends" based on this.

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

Underrated life advice: Be someone people want to share their good news with. Get excited. Hype them up. Make a big deal out of small wins. And never compare it to something you or others have done. We always remember who made the happy moments feel even happier. Be that person.

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@PatrickForCO The absolute toughest.

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I idolize our Vietnam Veterans especially. I’m not sure a group has ever endured such physical and psychological hardship. They were sent to do the hardest job in the world (many drafted of course) and then if they were fortunate enough to return home, they were demonized by many who have no idea what service is about. Imagine having your honor challenged or demeaned by a civilian society completely devoid of honor or decency.

The challenges they faced seat them firmly atop the most deserving of the sacred warrior class.

God bless them 🇺🇸

[Chris Gallagher @GallagherPreach]

On this Veterans Day, I am thankful for my biological father, who is now residing in our basement until we can elevate his connection to the VA to get him better care.

He was wounded twice in two months: one was punji sticks, the other was an RPG through the roof as he slept at night in the Mekong Delta.

He came home after a year of jungle fighting as a Sgt with two purple hearts, a bronze star, several commendation medals, one South Vietnamese commendation medal, but fewer friends.

PTSD has taken much of his life. Night terrors take most of his nights. Pieces of shrapnel still show up on scans and x-rays. The war changed him even 58 years later.

I am thankful for our veterans. Enjoy your day.

For those who read this, "Welcome home."

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@robkhenderson I almost got out three times. Guess I was on the reverse plan. Big blue just kept sucking me in.

We should thank those almost heroes for their service though. That’s a big deal to think about it and then go into software or something.

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@BussinWTB 🇺🇸

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@GallagherPreach Glad to share. Thanks for recognizing your father and other Vietnam Veterans as well. Our country is free and great because of men like them. 🇺🇸

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@tyromper Appreciate the sentiment Ty!

Freedom is great and I’ll defend this nation with my life. 🇺🇸

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@Schwarzenegger appreciate it Arnold 🇺🇸

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@Tomtomlou We appreciate your support! 🇺🇸

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@BillyM2k no. nerds in the tech space are about as good at counterespionage as — well the type of folks that play magic the gathering.

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@JDVance Thank you sir 🇺🇸

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@MichaelDell 🇺🇸

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@McConaughey appreciate the sentiment and support 🇺🇸

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It is far from impossible. Why do they make you register at 18? People need to read more history and understand how quickly the scale of a war can grow in today’s threat and technological landscape. Don’t mean to sound alarmist but look at the scale of the Ukraine/Russia War right now. It’s insane.

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@SeekAfterBeauty Powerful