How can someone go through things like that and not carry it around with them the rest of their lives is beyond me. But that is one of the realities of combat.
Some men come back and are able to move on and live out their lives, and some cannot.
I grieve for him and his family. And I have prayed for them all.
Why would you post ‘being reported’ without confirmation?
Who is reporting?
Also!!!!!
Let the man have dignity….he earned it!!!!!!
….your post was so unnecessary!
Remember this warrior for his courage!!!!…NOT what someone is reporting!!!!
Mike Day is not the first combat veteran to be killed on the battle field, only to die years later.
PTSD, as it is now called gives these heros dreams (and other symptoms), they simply cannot live with.
Rest In Peace Chief Petty Officer Douglas “Mike” Day.
Strike below Shipmate for your well deserved rest. We will assume the watch now.
When I joined the Navy, I never fathomed I would spend a good amount of my time on land with a rifle and electronic surveillance/targeting gear. Instead, I found myself being guided and protected deep inside Beirut by guys like Mike.
I was — and continue to be — in awe of these guys. Their coolness under fire and their good humor was inspiring. I wish I had the fortitude and guts to have undergone the training they had, but I was thankful for every day they encircled me and kept me safe while doing the work I did.
RIP Mike. Another hero goes home.
🙏🙏🙏
Rest In Peace Chief Petty Officer Douglas “Mike” Day.
Fair winds and following seas wherever you are.
Amen.
God Bless and RIP, Mike. Prayers going up.
I know a few with this kind of load to carry.
I knew a couple who had left themselves on the battlefield when it came right to it.
We saw Team Never Quit a few years ago. Impressive people to be sure.
This is very sad.
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My husband was also in the Navy………I meant no disrespect.
Heartbreaking.
Fair winds and following seas, Douglas “Mike”.
Do Rest in Peace, American Man — your lineage is the Day.
(Vengeance is mine, saith the Lord.)
Prayers.
Thank you Chief Da for your service to your nation and to the US Navy. Prayers for your family, friend and fellow warriors during this time of grieving.
Semper Fi, from an old Marine
Sad. RIP.
We send young men, and not so young men, off to ugly places and order them to do ugly things on our behalf.
They don’t come back unchanged.
It’s only right that we give them the best support possible upon their return.
What’s always lost in sad stories such as this is the incredible level of support and skill of the members of the medivac community which were able to keep this man alive and get him out of country and safely to Germany for treatment.