I entered the U.S. Army in 2006 with a goal to see serious combat . I was an Artilleryman stationed in Schweinfurt, Germany . I deployed to the Wasit province ,Eastern Iraq in Dec 2008 . Almost immediately I noticed that something was odd about Nation's involvement in Iraq. The size of the giant fobs , the numbers of civilian contractors, and The waste of Materials all around. None of this really bothered me too much at 1st, I thought it was cool at the time.
Two of my friends where badly wounded by an IED, 2 months into the deployment.This event along with several others caused my outlook on the war ,the Army, and my life to change drastically. I then began notice and question everything , The pointless missions that put us in danger, the contempt toward the Iraqi people by my peers and leadership, The impoverished Iraq cites, and the Corruption in the Iraqi Security forces. Ive heard countless accounts of fellow soldiers and my leaders bragging about killing Iraqis and beating detainees . Ive also seen My leadership turn a blind eye to violence directed toward detainees.
Eventually I got fed up with all of this and I wanted to learn how we got into this mess. I got interested in Politics ,the Constitution ,and libertarianism . Now I'm on my way out of the Military as a Disabled Vet. My goal is to Spread the Word about the futility of war , to expose the Propaganda machine that led us to war, and to stand beside other veterans who are willing to take a stand and speak against this occupation and future wars of aggression by our nation.
