A British snipers story

[WILF 53,083]

Just now, Wolfdog91 said:

Lot of them just got good at masking as theh say , most found out pretty quick talking to non veterans rarely helped .

My wife's granddad is a Korean war vet. Second time I talked to him he walked away and came back with a box of medals and scrap book . Stared telling stories few hours went by before we left . On the drive home wife was really quiet until she said "he's never talked like that or about those things with us , never" 

Told her yeah it's because your not military,  you won't understand. 

Met alot of vets from WWII korea Vietnam GWOT who all do about the same.  Had a few families of guys I was in with ask me they never try to talk to them . Same deal. 

 

Honestly most really don't care about your problems as a vet once the parades and pictures are done . Especially when you start talking and what your saying doesn't line up with what they think you should say.

Good post Wolf Dog 

[eastcoast 4,873]

I'm not sure that you can draw comparison between the risk in construction to those in combat. True, most fatalities are from falls from height. Typically those accidents would have been avoidable if safe working practices had been in place and adhered to. Simple, identify the hazard, access the risk, introduce control methods to remove or reduce the risk. Crack on. 

Main hazard in combat is surely death? Main risk is other people trying to kill you. Difficult to risk assess out.