I might add bad knees, but everything else is on target.
“I might add bad knees, but everything else is on target.”
I would add bad feet to yours and Always A Marine. My orthopod, who referred me to another orthopod, who did foot surgery on me. He said I had classic Navy or Marine bad feet from standing on the Navy Flat Steel Decks.
The one foot operated on has so many screws and other metal in it, it’s Xray looks like an Ace Ad for nuts/screws and plates. Now, I set off alarms at airports and professional sporting events that have metal detection sites. My wife has Ace Hardware in one of her wrists and a shoulder. We have a lot of fun at the metal screening lines.
Actually, my hearing is better now than when I got out of the Navy.
I did use my VA home loan to help buy our first home and to the VA system to help pay for my masters degree.
The rest of our life has been paid for by us.