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I had to supervise guys going out there and burning the feces and they had to stir it too...yeah that is horrible. Over there a high-class outhouse was one that actually had a toilet seat. We created showers with submersion heaters on top of them. We made shower towers with 500- gallon water tanks on top and then put the submersion heater in it to heat it up. The only way to light those was to climb on top and light the dripping gas. We did requisition a Water Buffalo...one of those things for drinking water. We ended up turning it into a swimming pool. We had a blast in that thing. I think it held around 1,000 gallons. We requisitioned a lot of stuff...but so did a lot of other people. I attend group therapy through the VA on a weekly basis. It helps me to understand my reactions to life and to come up with better solutions.
It triggered my PTSD when the twin towers were hit on 9/11. That's when I became unemployable. I went immediately into flashbacks of the desert and my experiences. My whole way of thinking changed and I haven't been the same since. My job called me and I was like, "No, I ain't going." At the time I was employed as a Fireman/EMT at an aircraft company. I called the suicide hotline and I went to see a psychologist and she, within five minutes of talking to her, told me I had PTSD and I needed to get help. My job fired me for being insubordinate to a coworker so I had no insurance. That's when I started going to the VA.
I currently have two dogs, both of them are purebred German Shepherds. Meika is a puppy and is still in training but she is going to be my Service Dog. She is doing very well in training so far. I got her when she was only seven weeks old from Midwest Battle Buddies. The first Eekko I had, I had from to 1997 to 2001, he died from some sort of brain disorder and seizures and I had to get him put down. Eekko, the second one, is four years old (as of 2018) and is my pet because he did not pass the initial Service Dog test. I got Eekko from the Humane Society. Both of them are very loyal, loving and kind, and they both provide me with comfort when I am
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