If you have been reading any of my blogs, then you know I am a military veteran and have some struggles. It’s okay, I am working on them. I have a loving and supportive wife and kids. I see a VA counselor regularly, do self-therapy, and just started being active in an offline local veteran’s group again. Hell, I even started picking up old hobbies I thought I had long given up, like coin collecting and studying for my amateur radio license.
You may also know, if you paid attention to some of my posts, that blogging here on the blockchain is part of my self-therapy. It has been an amazing journey so far. I have found some great communities.
There is our lovely #SilverBloggers community where I share general life stuff with you all. I thank you so much for being a part of that by the way and being so supportive.
Then there is the Reflections Community that @tarazkp administrates and has allowed me to share my journey and battle out of isolationism.
Another community I frequent is the #Silvergoldstackers where I share my coin collecting and newly found silver bug.
There are others, but those are the main ones I post in and frequent regularly…until just recently!
You see, I found a Veterans Community here on the Hive blockchain. It is a community for Hive veterans from around the world. The cool thing is you can join even if you are not a vet and just want to show your support. You are welcome to join their Discord server as well.
I will be the first to admit, it hasn’t been all that active lately, but have a feeling that is going to probably change as some vets (@enginewitty, @wesphilbin, @inthenow to name some) here on Hive are ramping some stuff up to support other veterans. One of things being done is dusting off the CAV token.
As part of this, I am stoked, and hope to get your support by:
Letting any veterans and those who support vets know that there is a community for them here on Hive and subscribing to it Hive Veterans Community Worldwide
Following @tokencav and maybe even investing in the token to support the cause.
That’s it!
I plan to put together a series of posts here in the coming days and weeks for supporters with tips on how you can support and help veterans offline in your local areas and online here on Hive. So, stay tuned here in the future.
Thanks,
Joe
P.S. All Rewards for this post go the the @vetfunding account. All proceeds goes to support Veterans here on Hive.
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I almost never talk politics here on Hive, as it's too divisive. You and I have both served, so we know the challenges that veterans face once they've completed their service (hell, even while they're serving!). So I'll say this once. It's good that you don't follow me on Twitter because I get furious at all of the money we spend on foreign countries (and the current conflict in Europe), as my ancestors died fighting Germany in WW2, and a certain country that we're helping right now actually backed Germany, and every week we have to answer their DEMANDS (not requests mind you, but actual DEMANDS) for more weapons and more money, week after week after week (Deep breaths...)
But we never seem to have any for the women and men who served...
So it angers me to see homeless veterans everywhere I go. I don't care who refuses to supoort me on Hive because of my thoughts on this, our military veterans have to come first. I've seen so much neglect in VA hospitals and such. It hurts my heart that I don't have the resources to help them. I spoke to one guy in his 70s last year who'd been evicted and had all of his belongings under the bridge (a lot of them live under our bridges). It was cold out and winter had just started. I was able to use my contacts in the human services field to get him into one of the last open beds, but there are so many more homeless veterans out there living on the streets. Before we start handing out funds to other countries, we need to take care of our own. These people served our country with distinction, and the nation needs to support them in return.
I understand your frustration about the care for our veterans and the current state of many. The U.S. is not alone in this area. That is why this Veterans group was started. To help all brothers in arms who may be in need.
Oh wow, it's great to know a community for Veterans have been set up here on the blockchain. That is amazing! Thank you for letting us know and will check it out soon.
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Thank you. Hope to see you soon!
Awesome.. thx for the mention of CAV Token, much appreciated! 😃 Yep.. good things is going on.. back in the saddle again. LoL.. Have a great evening.
No prob. My pleasure. Anything I can do to help the cause let me know.
Thanks for taking the time to write up a great post. As vets we all face challenges daily that few understand unless you've lived it. I think it's great to continue with counselling and expressing yourself, it's not easy to do. Hang in there bro!
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This post is the least I could do. I have more to come! Yeah, the counseling helps, but my self-therapy seems to be what is helping the most. It is probably a combination of everything though. I am hanging man, and beside you brother if you need and ear too.
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