🎖️USAF Veteran, Defensor Fortis🪖, and proud Trump supporter. Female 🔫 🎯 with a sharp eye and a sharper wit. Loves GOD 🙏,🇺🇸, and the occasional pun. MAGA
ATTENTION EVERYONE IN LARGO, FLORIDA AND MILITARY MEMBERS
Revival Tattoo Collective says military members and veterans are NOT WELCOME in their shop
They do not like our brave military and law enforcement.
Would be a shame if everyone in the area saw this!!
This is not a story I’ve ever told here, but I think it’s worth telling.
A little over a decade ago, I was the NCO in charge of quarters in the barracks at EOD school. Due to their initial entry status in the Army, the Soldiers had nightly bed checks to ensure they were accounted for.
That night, there was a suicide in the barracks. I found him hanging in his closet, cut him down, and started performing CPR. I yelled for all the students who knew CPR to come out of their rooms. Three joined me. While they took turns, I called 911 and then the command.
We traded off for nearly 20 minutes until EMS arrived. Although we kept him alive, he later passed at the hospital.
In the aftermath, I submitted the three Soldiers who helped me for Achievement Awards; I was a SSG at the time. The Battalion Commander pulled me aside and asked if it was truly appropriate to give awards when the Soldier didn’t survive.
I told him the awards were for young Soldiers who stepped up when others didn’t: those are the type of people I want around in this career field. people who give it their all, regardless of the outcome. He agreed.
We don’t get to decide the circumstances, but we do get to decide how we react. A decade later, I’m still proud of those Soldiers for stepping up.
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