For the bold

Navy divers getting hoisted out of the water after a dive

Do I go?

June 30, 2023

Written by Thomas Mcconnell

An old veteran told me the military’s only a fraction of your life. The same can be said for childhood. It’s a tiny fraction of your life and their lives. When it’s gone, it’s gone.

Two divers underwater standing next to each other holding their regulators on their helmets

I got my DD-214 on Veterans Day.

November 20, 2019

Written by Thomas Mcconnell

I don’t view my DD-214 as a ticket out because I didn’t really want to go.