06-25-2024, 04:49 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-26-2024, 10:16 AM by AustinP0027. Edited 1 time in total.)
My player wears number 22. This number carries great significance to me, and even though it is not a traditional number for a wide receiver, I feel my decision to wear it will make sense, well, I hope it will, after I explain why I chose it…and try to every time I join a sim league.
I am a veteran of the United States Air Force where I served for nine and a half years as a firefighter. During my time on active duty, I served the majority of my time overseas, with 7 years spent in Europe. I was in the pre-deployment stages of being sent to Operation Desert Shield in 1990 before I was sent back to my home base in Belgium. I had many friends who continued with the deployment and was sent to Saudi Arabia. One of my friends was killed there in a SCUD attack, yea, he was a pretty awesome dude.
During my time in the military I sustained various injuries, ranging from smoke inhalation due to a mal-functioning breathing apparatus to blowing out my knee while trying to pull a pilot out of an F-4 fighter jet. After I left the military I joined various veteran organizations, and over the years have left them for a variety of reasons. I knew the value of these organizations, but I always felt like something was missing.
A few years ago I came across an organization called The Til Valhalla Project. This organization donates funds from their merchandise sales to fight veteran suicide. The man who started it lost a good friend to the battle with his inner demons and wanted a way to honor him…and others who have lost their battles…either on the battlefield or wherever that battle was fought. I joined the organization and fully support it to this day.
So why the number 22? Sadly, an average of 22 veterans a day take their own lives…after surviving whatever battles they had faced before. So I wear the number 22 to honor my fellow brothers and sisters. I wear it to remind people that 22 a day is 22 too many…
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I am a veteran of the United States Air Force where I served for nine and a half years as a firefighter. During my time on active duty, I served the majority of my time overseas, with 7 years spent in Europe. I was in the pre-deployment stages of being sent to Operation Desert Shield in 1990 before I was sent back to my home base in Belgium. I had many friends who continued with the deployment and was sent to Saudi Arabia. One of my friends was killed there in a SCUD attack, yea, he was a pretty awesome dude.
During my time in the military I sustained various injuries, ranging from smoke inhalation due to a mal-functioning breathing apparatus to blowing out my knee while trying to pull a pilot out of an F-4 fighter jet. After I left the military I joined various veteran organizations, and over the years have left them for a variety of reasons. I knew the value of these organizations, but I always felt like something was missing.
A few years ago I came across an organization called The Til Valhalla Project. This organization donates funds from their merchandise sales to fight veteran suicide. The man who started it lost a good friend to the battle with his inner demons and wanted a way to honor him…and others who have lost their battles…either on the battlefield or wherever that battle was fought. I joined the organization and fully support it to this day.
So why the number 22? Sadly, an average of 22 veterans a day take their own lives…after surviving whatever battles they had faced before. So I wear the number 22 to honor my fellow brothers and sisters. I wear it to remind people that 22 a day is 22 too many…
https://forums.sim-football.com/showthre...?tid=51785
@Otis B 10 TPE earned! To claim your TPE link this post to your update thread.