[redfreedom]

May this vet rest in peace.

Funerals without ceremony or anyone at all attending except for honor guard are not isolated incidents.

Many are by choice which is PTSD related. PTSD is a very complicated subject few know about beyond the nightmares which not all PTSD vets have. Many withdraw from family and friends and wind up being very lonely and often homeless as a result.

Mental heath issues such as this, along with the various diseases vets get and the battlefield wounds are reason we should get out of these endless, winless wars that do nothing more than keep the swamps military/industrial complex alive and well.

[Jane Long]

Related thread...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3723314/posts

I pray this dear Vet gets a wonderful send off.

RIP and thank you for your service.

[higgmeister]

Fort Hood is there. He will not be alone.

[Fiddlstix]

Click the Pic

Rest in Peace

[JME_FAN]

Damn, I cannot read this - my screen suddenly got all blurry. RIP, soldier.

[StAnDeliver]

I ate at that Rudy’s over the holidays. If any of you FReepers go, I highly recommend that as your meet-up spot before and after.

[KTM rider]

R.I.P.

[lightman]

The late Rev. Dr. Jerry Falwell once told a gathering of regional clergy that his church staff would call members of the church to ask them to attend Funerals of members who had no family.

Very thoughtful!