Compassionate Warrior, Yoga For Combat Veterans

02/09/2026

Stories like this restores my faith in one day having a unified country, no racial hate, just care and love. One country indivisible for All.

02/06/2026

“Not all who received them deserved them; many who earned them didn’t get them”

01/30/2026

This was my experience of long range patrols in the jungle between South Vietnam, and Laos?

01/25/2026

01/20/2026

Quan Tri, long range patrols, jungle exfoliated with agent orange, search and destroy missions in the Ho Chi Min network, exhaustion, and pushing on. This “Doc” was there

01/16/2026

01/16/2026

Quang Tri, the Ho Chi Minh Trail network, Agent Orange, I was there. That's where I was super exposed to Agent Orange, that caused my blood cancer.

A huge number of Vietnam veterans are dying slowly as we speak, and painfully lonely. It is too late for incincere “Thank you for your service” try, “Thank you for giving your life to protect our American lifestyle.”

it's too late to help us now. Instead, be sincere helping our families who did not understand PTSD or Agent Orange. They would know the value of many young Americans fighting hostile domestic or foreign enemies to save our home.

01/12/2026

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01/09/2026

The defoliant agent orange was supposed to help us fight the enemy more effectively by removing their cover around LZs, in the forests, grasslands, and in the jungle. Now, I read there are over 305,000 veterans with related diseases.

01/04/2026

Movies and social media rarely provide appropriate coverage and information on the combat medic’s job. They are always in the background but there hasnt been a movie about the representative experiences of 3 to 4 combat medics.

Primer:
In essence, in combat in Vietnam we were the first responders during active battles or firefights against as well-trained NVA and national Viet Cong soldiers. -It wasn’t a gimme.

Because we were the only ones exposing ourselves as we ran to stabilize and save wounded soldiers -while riflemen were behind cover, we made ideal targets to enemy snipers. While medics treated our wounded we put our 16s down to focus on the appropriate protocol for the injury and became defenseles. Our riflemen cohorts covered us. Our job was extremely dangerous.

I did my job as a Combat Medic with responsibility, intention, and never delayed my response to the shout of “MEDIC”. No matter what. Always did my best even at my own peril. Never lost my moral compass.

Back in 1969 and 70, I didn’t know the life-expectancy of my role. I survived my tour of duty with only one small shrapnel wound on the back of my left hand which I would report to get a Purple Hart, after working on several severe and fatal wounds on my combat brothers. Developed PTSD in Vietnam, before it was named in the DSA as a clinical disorder.

In 2020, Agent Orange extended my 6-seconds life expectancy from 3 to 5 years with aggressive multiple myeloma.
Between the chronic PTSD and my cancer, I am contantly reminded of my war experience as a Combat Medic in Vietnam. I’m still fighting my war, now surviving medically.

01/03/2026

We lost a generation of Patriots, and proven warriors. Traumatized by our war experiences, we were Ostrasized, Isolated, anf Disdained. Many experienced Guilt and Shame. Some took to alcohol, illegal substance use and 21-22 veterans killed themselves every day. It’s a shame.

How did your anti-Vietnam actions affected the above veterans?

How did you make it well?