#oif — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #oif, aggregated by home.social.
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https://www.europesays.com/hu/104599/ Index – Belföld – Visszavonták az ukrán pénzszállítók kiutasítását az érintetteket képviselő ügyvédi iroda szerint #belföld #bíróság #CeNapi #HorváthLóránt #HU #Hungarian #Hungary #kiutasítás #Magyar #Magyarország #oif #OrszágosIdegenrendészetiFőigazgatóság #per #ügyvédiIroda #UkránPénzszállítók #visszavonás
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Today marks 23 years since the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom. I was 25 years old, and had barely been in the military for 6 months when I got deployed.
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Today marks 23 years since the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom. I was 25 years old, and had barely been in the military for 6 months when I got deployed.
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Today marks 23 years since the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom. I was 25 years old, and had barely been in the military for 6 months when I got deployed.
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Today marks 23 years since the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom. I was 25 years old, and had barely been in the military for 6 months when I got deployed.
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Today marks 23 years since the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom. I was 25 years old, and had barely been in the military for 6 months when I got deployed.
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Le français devient la quatrième langue la plus parlée au monde
https://www.franceinfo.fr/culture/patrimoine/le-francais-devient-la-4e-langue-la-plus-parlee-au-monde_7874840.htmlLa langue de Voltaire occupe la deuxième place au niveau de l'apprentissage, avec plus de 170 millions de francophiles répartis sur les cinq continents.
Le monde compte 396 millions francophones, dont "près de 65%" sur le continent africain, souligne un rapport sur la langue française dévoilé ce 16 mars à Québec par l'Organisation internationale de la francophonie #OIF, avant la Journée internationale de la francophonie célébrée le 20 mars. Le français est désormais la 4e langue la plus parlée au monde. Il gagne une place derrière l'anglais, le mandarin ou l'espagnol
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Le français devient la quatrième langue la plus parlée au monde
https://www.franceinfo.fr/culture/patrimoine/le-francais-devient-la-4e-langue-la-plus-parlee-au-monde_7874840.htmlLa langue de Voltaire occupe la deuxième place au niveau de l'apprentissage, avec plus de 170 millions de francophiles répartis sur les cinq continents.
Le monde compte 396 millions francophones, dont "près de 65%" sur le continent africain, souligne un rapport sur la langue française dévoilé ce 16 mars à Québec par l'Organisation internationale de la francophonie #OIF, avant la Journée internationale de la francophonie célébrée le 20 mars. Le français est désormais la 4e langue la plus parlée au monde. Il gagne une place derrière l'anglais, le mandarin ou l'espagnol
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Le français devient la quatrième langue la plus parlée au monde
https://www.franceinfo.fr/culture/patrimoine/le-francais-devient-la-4e-langue-la-plus-parlee-au-monde_7874840.htmlLa langue de Voltaire occupe la deuxième place au niveau de l'apprentissage, avec plus de 170 millions de francophiles répartis sur les cinq continents.
Le monde compte 396 millions francophones, dont "près de 65%" sur le continent africain, souligne un rapport sur la langue française dévoilé ce 16 mars à Québec par l'Organisation internationale de la francophonie #OIF, avant la Journée internationale de la francophonie célébrée le 20 mars. Le français est désormais la 4e langue la plus parlée au monde. Il gagne une place derrière l'anglais, le mandarin ou l'espagnol
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Le français devient la quatrième langue la plus parlée au monde
https://www.franceinfo.fr/culture/patrimoine/le-francais-devient-la-4e-langue-la-plus-parlee-au-monde_7874840.htmlLa langue de Voltaire occupe la deuxième place au niveau de l'apprentissage, avec plus de 170 millions de francophiles répartis sur les cinq continents.
Le monde compte 396 millions francophones, dont "près de 65%" sur le continent africain, souligne un rapport sur la langue française dévoilé ce 16 mars à Québec par l'Organisation internationale de la francophonie #OIF, avant la Journée internationale de la francophonie célébrée le 20 mars. Le français est désormais la 4e langue la plus parlée au monde. Il gagne une place derrière l'anglais, le mandarin ou l'espagnol
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Le français devient la quatrième langue la plus parlée au monde
https://www.franceinfo.fr/culture/patrimoine/le-francais-devient-la-4e-langue-la-plus-parlee-au-monde_7874840.htmlLa langue de Voltaire occupe la deuxième place au niveau de l'apprentissage, avec plus de 170 millions de francophiles répartis sur les cinq continents.
Le monde compte 396 millions francophones, dont "près de 65%" sur le continent africain, souligne un rapport sur la langue française dévoilé ce 16 mars à Québec par l'Organisation internationale de la francophonie #OIF, avant la Journée internationale de la francophonie célébrée le 20 mars. Le français est désormais la 4e langue la plus parlée au monde. Il gagne une place derrière l'anglais, le mandarin ou l'espagnol
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https://www.europesays.com/afrique/39249/ Tunisie : lancement du Prix des Jeunes Influenceurs Francophones lors des Journées de la Francophonie 2026 #InstitutFrançais #oif #PrixDesJeunesInfluenceursFrancophones #Tunisie
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Découvrez l’appel à projets 2026 de l’Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) pour soutenir l’entrepreneuriat agricole des jeunes dans le Bassin du Congo. Opportunité unique pour les structures locales d’accompagner des initiatives durables et renforcer la sécurité alimentaire.
#BassinduCongo #entrepreneuriatagricole #OIF #jeunesentrepreneurs #agroécologie #agriculturedurable #appelàprojets2026 #sécuritéalimentaire #climat #agriculturebiologique… -
Appel à candidatures 2026 de l’OIF pour sélectionner des incubateurs capables d’accompagner femmes et jeunes innovateurs au Cameroun et en RDC. Une opportunité unique pour promouvoir l’éco innovation et le développement durable.
#Appelàcandidatures #BassinduCongo #Incubateurs #écoinnovation #Camerou #RDC #Francophonie #OIF #Développementdurable #Afriquecentrale #Femmes #jeunesentrepreneurs #environnement #Solutionsinnovantes #changementclimatique #Sécuritéalimentaire -
📅 Du 3 au 7 novembre, trois chercheurs du GRIP Clémence Buchet, Solene Jomier et Antoine Younsi se sont rendus au Cameroun 🇨🇲 afin de recevoir une formation sur les troubles de l’information sur le continent africain et les défis relatifs à la lutte contre ces derniers.
👉 Retrouvez ici plus d’informations sur cette formation et ce projet de jumelage :
#désinformation #mesinformation #afrique #cameroun #EMI #jumelage #oif #francophonie
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Appel à projets pour renforcer le système d’état civil au Cameroun : subventions jusqu’à 50 000 €, projets innovants portés par des OSC ou consortiums.
#appelàprojets #Cameroun #étatcivilCameroun #enregistrementdesnaissances #subventionOSC #projetssociétécivile #réformeétatcivil #audiencesforaines #OIF #REPAC #renforcementcapacités #OSC -
🗓️ - À vos agendas -
@BuchetClemence, chercheure au #GRIP présentera son travail sur "les désordres informationnels au sein des opérations de paix" dans le cadre de l'évènement organisé par l'#OIF le 6 mai 2025 à Bruxelles consacré à la question : “Comment mobiliser l’IA pour renforcer l’intégrité de l’information au service de la paix ? ”
👉 Les inscriptions, c'est par ici: https://www.francophonie.org/panel-francophone-IA-au-service-de-lintegrite-de-linformation-et-de-la-paix-7991 -
Tor Project & Lebanon Public #Library #NH – exit down?
https://blog.torproject.org/tor-exit-nodes-libraries-pilot-phase-one/https://sjpl.org/privacy – toolkit builder, #Anonymity and #Tracking
Libary Box
https://jasongriffey.net
makezine.com/projects
Library 2035 (Sandra Hirsh)
Standards (MIT 2025)#Anonymity ( #ALA #OIF )
pg. 44 #tor
pg. 56 .onion
libraryfreedom.org - Tor Poster
pg. 58 #TAILS as a service
choose privacy everyday .org (captured domain – ‘gambling’ ops) -
Tor Project & Lebanon Public #Library #NH – exit down?
https://blog.torproject.org/tor-exit-nodes-libraries-pilot-phase-one/https://sjpl.org/privacy – toolkit builder, #Anonymity and #Tracking
Libary Box
https://jasongriffey.net
makezine.com/projects
Library 2035 (Sandra Hirsh)
Standards (MIT 2025)#Anonymity ( #ALA #OIF )
pg. 44 #tor
pg. 56 .onion
libraryfreedom.org - Tor Poster
pg. 58 #TAILS as a service
choose privacy everyday .org (captured domain – ‘gambling’ ops) -
Tor Project & Lebanon Public #Library #NH – exit down?
https://blog.torproject.org/tor-exit-nodes-libraries-pilot-phase-one/https://sjpl.org/privacy – toolkit builder, #Anonymity and #Tracking
Libary Box
https://jasongriffey.net
makezine.com/projects
Library 2035 (Sandra Hirsh)
Standards (MIT 2025)#Anonymity ( #ALA #OIF )
pg. 44 #tor
pg. 56 .onion
libraryfreedom.org - Tor Poster
pg. 58 #TAILS as a service
choose privacy everyday .org (captured domain – ‘gambling’ ops) -
Tor Project & Lebanon Public #Library #NH – exit down?
https://blog.torproject.org/tor-exit-nodes-libraries-pilot-phase-one/https://sjpl.org/privacy – toolkit builder, #Anonymity and #Tracking
Libary Box
https://jasongriffey.net
makezine.com/projects
Library 2035 (Sandra Hirsh)
Standards (MIT 2025)#Anonymity ( #ALA #OIF )
pg. 44 #tor
pg. 56 .onion
libraryfreedom.org - Tor Poster
pg. 58 #TAILS as a service
choose privacy everyday .org (captured domain – ‘gambling’ ops) -
Tor Project & Lebanon Public #Library #NH – exit down?
https://blog.torproject.org/tor-exit-nodes-libraries-pilot-phase-one/https://sjpl.org/privacy – toolkit builder, #Anonymity and #Tracking
Libary Box
https://jasongriffey.net
makezine.com/projects
Library 2035 (Sandra Hirsh)
Standards (MIT 2025)#Anonymity ( #ALA #OIF )
pg. 44 #tor
pg. 56 .onion
libraryfreedom.org - Tor Poster
pg. 58 #TAILS as a service
choose privacy everyday .org (captured domain – ‘gambling’ ops) -
American Libraries Association #ala
#Anonymity
https://alastore.ala.org/content/anonymity-library-futures-series-book-1#Blockchain
https://www.ala.org/future/trends/blockchain
https://ischool.sjsu.edu/blockchain-mooc
https://learn.canvas.net/courses/2503merkle trees - blockonomi.com
https://blockland.cleveland.com#Library Bill of Rights
https://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/librarybill
V. A person’s right to use a library should not be denied or abridged because of origin, age, background, or views.VII. All people, regardless of origin, age, background, or views, possess a right to privacy and confidentiality in their library use. Libraries should advocate for, educate about, and protect people’s privacy, safeguarding all library use data, including personally identifiable information.
Office of Intellectual Freedom #OIF
https://www.ala.org/aboutala/offices/oif -
American Libraries Association #ala
#Anonymity
https://alastore.ala.org/content/anonymity-library-futures-series-book-1#Blockchain
https://www.ala.org/future/trends/blockchain
https://ischool.sjsu.edu/blockchain-mooc
https://learn.canvas.net/courses/2503merkle trees - blockonomi.com
https://blockland.cleveland.com#Library Bill of Rights
https://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/librarybill
V. A person’s right to use a library should not be denied or abridged because of origin, age, background, or views.VII. All people, regardless of origin, age, background, or views, possess a right to privacy and confidentiality in their library use. Libraries should advocate for, educate about, and protect people’s privacy, safeguarding all library use data, including personally identifiable information.
Office of Intellectual Freedom #OIF
https://www.ala.org/aboutala/offices/oif -
Francophonie
🔸 Le Niger et le Burkina Faso quittent l'Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
https://elwatan-dz.com/le-niger-et-le-burkina-faso-quittent-lorganisation-internationale-de-la-francophonie
#OIF #Francophonie #Niger #BurkinaFaso #France #Québec #Canada #français #politique -
Francophonie
🔸 Le Niger et le Burkina Faso quittent l'Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
https://elwatan-dz.com/le-niger-et-le-burkina-faso-quittent-lorganisation-internationale-de-la-francophonie
#OIF #Francophonie #Niger #BurkinaFaso #France #Québec #Canada #français #politique -
Francophonie
🔸 Le Niger et le Burkina Faso quittent l'Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
https://elwatan-dz.com/le-niger-et-le-burkina-faso-quittent-lorganisation-internationale-de-la-francophonie
#OIF #Francophonie #Niger #BurkinaFaso #France #Québec #Canada #français #politique -
Francophonie
🔸 Le Niger et le Burkina Faso quittent l'Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
https://elwatan-dz.com/le-niger-et-le-burkina-faso-quittent-lorganisation-internationale-de-la-francophonie
#OIF #Francophonie #Niger #BurkinaFaso #France #Québec #Canada #français #politique -
In a nutshell, we are seriously fucking stupid with the #WarriorEthos bullshit from #Hegseth. Hey motherfucker we #Lose a lot of #Wars.
We bankrolled the fuck out of #WW2, #Soviets and #Britain lost more and fought harder.
#Vietnam lost 8 years
#OIF lost 8 years
#OEf lost 20 years80 years of loss to tiny shit countries, never learned how to win a #ProtractedInsurgency.
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In a nutshell, we are seriously fucking stupid with the #WarriorEthos bullshit from #Hegseth. Hey motherfucker we #Lose a lot of #Wars.
We bankrolled the fuck out of #WW2, #Soviets and #Britain lost more and fought harder.
#Vietnam lost 8 years
#OIF lost 8 years
#OEf lost 20 years80 years of loss to tiny shit countries, never learned how to win a #ProtractedInsurgency.
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In a nutshell, we are seriously fucking stupid with the #WarriorEthos bullshit from #Hegseth. Hey motherfucker we #Lose a lot of #Wars.
We bankrolled the fuck out of #WW2, #Soviets and #Britain lost more and fought harder.
#Vietnam lost 8 years
#OIF lost 8 years
#OEf lost 20 years80 years of loss to tiny shit countries, never learned how to win a #ProtractedInsurgency.
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https://megacollc.com/index.php/product/juniper-740-151745-jco400-qdd-zr-m-hp-oif-400zr-ia-compliant-400ge-coherent-optical-module/
Juniper 740-151745 JCO400-QDD-ZR-M-HP OIF 400ZR IA Compliant 400GE Coherent Optical Module
@JuniperNetworks #jco400 #qdd #zr #oif #400zr #400ge #coherent #optical #module @megacomponent -
Ziad Makary, ministre libanais au sommet de l'#OIF: «On n'a pas pu nommer #Israël dans la déclaration»
https://www.rfi.fr/fr/podcasts/invit%C3%A9-international/20241005-ziad-makary-ministre-libanais-au-sommet-de-l-oif-on-n-a-pas-pu-nommer-isra%C3%ABl-dans-la-d%C3%A9claration
#SommetDeLaFrancophonie #Liban #MoyenOrient #ProcheOrient #géopolitique @lebanon @israel -
Ziad Makary, ministre libanais au sommet de l'#OIF: «On n'a pas pu nommer #Israël dans la déclaration»
https://www.rfi.fr/fr/podcasts/invit%C3%A9-international/20241005-ziad-makary-ministre-libanais-au-sommet-de-l-oif-on-n-a-pas-pu-nommer-isra%C3%ABl-dans-la-d%C3%A9claration
#SommetDeLaFrancophonie #Liban #MoyenOrient #ProcheOrient #géopolitique @lebanon @israel -
Ziad Makary, ministre libanais au sommet de l'#OIF: «On n'a pas pu nommer #Israël dans la déclaration»
https://www.rfi.fr/fr/podcasts/invit%C3%A9-international/20241005-ziad-makary-ministre-libanais-au-sommet-de-l-oif-on-n-a-pas-pu-nommer-isra%C3%ABl-dans-la-d%C3%A9claration
#SommetDeLaFrancophonie #Liban #MoyenOrient #ProcheOrient #géopolitique @lebanon @israel -
Ziad Makary, ministre libanais au sommet de l'#OIF: «On n'a pas pu nommer #Israël dans la déclaration»
https://www.rfi.fr/fr/podcasts/invit%C3%A9-international/20241005-ziad-makary-ministre-libanais-au-sommet-de-l-oif-on-n-a-pas-pu-nommer-isra%C3%ABl-dans-la-d%C3%A9claration
#SommetDeLaFrancophonie #Liban #MoyenOrient #ProcheOrient #géopolitique @lebanon @israel -
Ziad Makary, ministre libanais au sommet de l'#OIF: «On n'a pas pu nommer #Israël dans la déclaration»
https://www.rfi.fr/fr/podcasts/invit%C3%A9-international/20241005-ziad-makary-ministre-libanais-au-sommet-de-l-oif-on-n-a-pas-pu-nommer-isra%C3%ABl-dans-la-d%C3%A9claration
#SommetDeLaFrancophonie #Liban #MoyenOrient #ProcheOrient #géopolitique @lebanon @israel -
#OIF 6.10.24
Résolution sur les situations de crise, de sortie de crise et de consolidation de la paix dans l’espace francophone
#Soudan + #BurkinaFaso + #RDC + #Gabon + #Guinée + #Mali + #Niger
https://www.francophonie.org/sites/default/files/2024-10/Resol_crises_SOM_XIX_05102024_vf.pdf
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🇫🇷🇪🇺 Au deuxième jour du sommet de l'OIF, les adhésions et la question du Proche-Orient https://www.election-politique.com/index.php?display=M
#VuDansLaPresse #newspaper #politique #politics #international #France #Paris #OIF
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🇫🇷🇪🇺 Au deuxième jour du sommet de l'OIF, les adhésions et la question du Proche-Orient https://www.election-politique.com/index.php?display=M
#VuDansLaPresse #newspaper #politique #politics #international #France #Paris #OIF
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🇫🇷🇪🇺 Au deuxième jour du sommet de l'OIF, les adhésions et la question du Proche-Orient https://www.election-politique.com/index.php?display=M
#VuDansLaPresse #newspaper #politique #politics #international #France #Paris #OIF
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🇫🇷🇪🇺 Au deuxième jour du sommet de l'OIF, les adhésions et la question du Proche-Orient https://www.election-politique.com/index.php?display=M
#VuDansLaPresse #newspaper #politique #politics #international #France #Paris #OIF
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CW: Pictures of head stones at Arlington National Cemetery, honoring two fallen heroes, plus stories of death and troubles reintegrating as a civilian.
Gather round y'all. It's story time.
My son is in Washington DC this week for a spring break trip and today he visited Arlington National Cemetery.
There's a couple people I served with that are buried there. My son stopped by their grave sites today, cleaned them up a bit, and left a dime on each from me. Thank you, son.
Each of these soldiers made a huge impact on me during one of the most challenging times of my life -- rentry into the army after a short and failed attempt at post-war civilian life. I was alone at a new post (Ft Drum NY), 3,000 miles away from home and dealing with depression and PTSD.
Sergeant Garrigus and I previously served together in Iraq and was the first familiar face I saw when I signed into the replacement company. He had just been reassigned to the post. I still remember the relief I felt knowing I was around other soldiers who understood what I gone through. Such a huge burden was lifted. A little more than a year later he was killed in Iraq when an roadside bomb struck his vehicle.
Lieutenant Colonel Fenty was my squadron commander at the new unit. It was my first week there and got put on staff duty -- a horrible place to be as a new soldier when you are expected to know who everyone is. As he left the building for the day he noticed me, the new sergeant. And instead of ignoring me like most senior officers would have done, he came over and introduced himself. We chatted for about 20 minutes and learned we had something in common. Our wives were both pregnant with their first child and they were due around the same time.
I ended up deploying late to see my daughter born. It was SOP if the child was expected to be born in the first 90 days of deployment.
As the squadron commander, he didn't do the same.
Instead, he went forward with his troops and never met his child. He was killed in helicopter crash in Afghanistan.
To this day, I still feel shame over the fact that I was able to see my child be born and he didn't.
I'm forever grateful to have ever known such men and thankful they were there at a moment when I needed the ear and camaraderie. 🫡
For those that don't know about the coin thing, here's a good explanation.
#Resteasy #valor #10thMountain #veteran #arlington #army #usarmy #oef #oif #iraq #afghanistan #restinpeace #untilvalhalla #PTSD -
CW: Pictures of head stones at Arlington National Cemetery, honoring two fallen heroes, plus stories of death and troubles reintegrating as a civilian.
Gather round y'all. It's story time.
My son is in Washington DC this week for a spring break trip and today he visited Arlington National Cemetery.
There's a couple people I served with that are buried there. My son stopped by their grave sites today, cleaned them up a bit, and left a dime on each from me. Thank you, son.
Each of these soldiers made a huge impact on me during one of the most challenging times of my life -- rentry into the army after a short and failed attempt at post-war civilian life. I was alone at a new post (Ft Drum NY), 3,000 miles away from home and dealing with depression and PTSD.
Sergeant Garrigus and I previously served together in Iraq and was the first familiar face I saw when I signed into the replacement company. He had just been reassigned to the post. I still remember the relief I felt knowing I was around other soldiers who understood what I gone through. Such a huge burden was lifted. A little more than a year later he was killed in Iraq when an roadside bomb struck his vehicle.
Lieutenant Colonel Fenty was my squadron commander at the new unit. It was my first week there and got put on staff duty -- a horrible place to be as a new soldier when you are expected to know who everyone is. As he left the building for the day he noticed me, the new sergeant. And instead of ignoring me like most senior officers would have done, he came over and introduced himself. We chatted for about 20 minutes and learned we had something in common. Our wives were both pregnant with their first child and they were due around the same time.
I ended up deploying late to see my daughter born. It was SOP if the child was expected to be born in the first 90 days of deployment.
As the squadron commander, he didn't do the same.
Instead, he went forward with his troops and never met his child. He was killed in helicopter crash in Afghanistan.
To this day, I still feel shame over the fact that I was able to see my child be born and he didn't.
I'm forever grateful to have ever known such men and thankful they were there at a moment when I needed the ear and camaraderie. 🫡
For those that don't know about the coin thing, here's a good explanation.
#Resteasy #valor #10thMountain #veteran #arlington #army #usarmy #oef #oif #iraq #afghanistan #restinpeace #untilvalhalla #PTSD -
CW: Pictures of head stones at Arlington National Cemetery, honoring two fallen heroes, plus stories of death and troubles reintegrating as a civilian.
Gather round y'all. It's story time.
My son is in Washington DC this week for a spring break trip and today he visited Arlington National Cemetery.
There's a couple people I served with that are buried there. My son stopped by their grave sites today, cleaned them up a bit, and left a dime on each from me. Thank you, son.
Each of these soldiers made a huge impact on me during one of the most challenging times of my life -- rentry into the army after a short and failed attempt at post-war civilian life. I was alone at a new post (Ft Drum NY), 3,000 miles away from home and dealing with depression and PTSD.
Sergeant Garrigus and I previously served together in Iraq and was the first familiar face I saw when I signed into the replacement company. He had just been reassigned to the post. I still remember the relief I felt knowing I was around other soldiers who understood what I gone through. Such a huge burden was lifted. A little more than a year later he was killed in Iraq when an roadside bomb struck his vehicle.
Lieutenant Colonel Fenty was my squadron commander at the new unit. It was my first week there and got put on staff duty -- a horrible place to be as a new soldier when you are expected to know who everyone is. As he left the building for the day he noticed me, the new sergeant. And instead of ignoring me like most senior officers would have done, he came over and introduced himself. We chatted for about 20 minutes and learned we had something in common. Our wives were both pregnant with their first child and they were due around the same time.
I ended up deploying late to see my daughter born. It was SOP if the child was expected to be born in the first 90 days of deployment.
As the squadron commander, he didn't do the same.
Instead, he went forward with his troops and never met his child. He was killed in helicopter crash in Afghanistan.
To this day, I still feel shame over the fact that I was able to see my child be born and he didn't.
I'm forever grateful to have ever known such men and thankful they were there at a moment when I needed the ear and camaraderie. 🫡
For those that don't know about the coin thing, here's a good explanation.
#Resteasy #valor #10thMountain #veteran #arlington #army #usarmy #oef #oif #iraq #afghanistan #restinpeace #untilvalhalla #PTSD -
CW: Pictures of head stones at Arlington National Cemetery, honoring two fallen heroes, plus stories of death and troubles reintegrating as a civilian.
Gather round y'all. It's story time.
My son is in Washington DC this week for a spring break trip and today he visited Arlington National Cemetery.
There's a couple people I served with that are buried there. My son stopped by their grave sites today, cleaned them up a bit, and left a dime on each from me. Thank you, son.
Each of these soldiers made a huge impact on me during one of the most challenging times of my life -- rentry into the army after a short and failed attempt at post-war civilian life. I was alone at a new post (Ft Drum NY), 3,000 miles away from home and dealing with depression and PTSD.
Sergeant Garrigus and I previously served together in Iraq and was the first familiar face I saw when I signed into the replacement company. He had just been reassigned to the post. I still remember the relief I felt knowing I was around other soldiers who understood what I gone through. Such a huge burden was lifted. A little more than a year later he was killed in Iraq when an roadside bomb struck his vehicle.
Lieutenant Colonel Fenty was my squadron commander at the new unit. It was my first week there and got put on staff duty -- a horrible place to be as a new soldier when you are expected to know who everyone is. As he left the building for the day he noticed me, the new sergeant. And instead of ignoring me like most senior officers would have done, he came over and introduced himself. We chatted for about 20 minutes and learned we had something in common. Our wives were both pregnant with their first child and they were due around the same time.
I ended up deploying late to see my daughter born. It was SOP if the child was expected to be born in the first 90 days of deployment.
As the squadron commander, he didn't do the same.
Instead, he went forward with his troops and never met his child. He was killed in helicopter crash in Afghanistan.
To this day, I still feel shame over the fact that I was able to see my child be born and he didn't.
I'm forever grateful to have ever known such men and thankful they were there at a moment when I needed the ear and camaraderie. 🫡
For those that don't know about the coin thing, here's a good explanation.
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