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While my father had a 30-year career in the military, he was never stationed in theater. My mom, on the other hand, saw it first hand. That’s a weird way to start off a strap story I suppose, but it was those stories my mother shared with me that have given me my perception of what it means to be a veteran. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWar is a terrible thing. Unfortunately, due to human nature, it is sometimes a necessary thing. The men and women who put themselves in harm’s way in their call to protect freedom and human rights are the best of us - their trauma is real, whether you can see the scars or not. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt just 22 years old, my mother was a physical therapist for the Air Force, stationed in Thailand during the Vietnam conflict. She was assigned to treat soldiers wounded in combat and help them stabilize before they were transported back to the US. 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