The thing that a lot of people don’t quite understand about veterans is that we have already been through the worst day of our lives.
It’s actually kind of a comforting feeling at times, because however awful something might be we know it has already been as bad as it could ever be, so we at least know how to react.
Like working at a job that is less than desirable for example. When I was in my mid twenties and having been out of the military for a few years, I was able to do jobs that weren’t exactly the greatest in the world.
I was able to do them, because I had already had to deal with so much stuff when I was in the military that I was able to see that the thing that some people were complaining about wasn’t so bad.
The thing that people I think need to realize about veterans as well as that there are millions of us in the United States.
We don’t always wear it on our sleeve.
So that person that some punk or thief might be trying to mess with on a given day might be about to make the worst mistake of their life.
Take for example an incident that happened recently in a liquor store in the great state of Missouri.
A veteran named John Alexander was working behind the counter when a punk walked into the store and up to the counter smoking a cigarette.
When Alexander informed him that he couldn’t smoke inside the store, the punk pulled a gun on Alexander and informed him of his intentions to rob him.
What happened next is right out of a Clint Eastwood movie.
Alexander blocked the robber’s gun hand and while he was distracted temporarily, pulled is own pistol out and put the gun right in the would be robber’s mouth.
Almost immediately the robber retreated and he didn’t end up with his brains splattered all over the floor.
This is another incident that proves that you don’t want to mess with a veteran.
Because we know what we are doing and are sitting on years of training that if we have to use it, we will use it to the best of our ability.