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!!!!
Maybe you should take the time to do a google search.
I knew people would be wondering, as I did, so I reported what I found when I searched.
Valid point.
But, we cannot know what was going through this warriors mind.
Dieter Dengler was a classmate of mine in Pensacola. He eventually committed suicide. Nobody in our class could carry Dieter’s jockstrap.
I’d look him up and post a link, but I have an appointment in 10 minutes. (HTML neophyte and 8wpm typist)
One of my best friends was a tank commander. His four tanks were the first into Iraq.
Of the five battle buddies he made in Iraq, three have committed suicide.
This is a veterans care issue, and if he did commit suicide, then perhaps his death can be turned into something good if it brings some light to the work being done to treat PTSD.
I have another very good friend who spent the bulk of his officer career outside the wire. Big time PTSD. Working with him to get him into studies where microdoses of lsd and psylocibin are used to treat PTSD. He’s had three of his friends take their own lives.
When I owned a software company, the very best support tech we had was a VietNam vet. Absolutely, far and away the best we ever had.
One day he comes in and quits. We begged him to stay, gave him a raise, etc. He protested and said that he had enough money, and he loved working there.
He said he was quitting because he didn’t want to put us in danger any more. That one day he’d come in and either hurt us or kill us. Then he started crying and left. We never saw him again, and would not return email or phone calls.
Nobody is talking about this.
Apparently the cause of Mike Day’s death was suicide. He hung himself. Suicide is sadly very common among combat veterans. I am very saddened to hear about it. He gave so much. He should have had a long peaceful life.