I do not have PTSD, but if I watch part of a movie like 'The Hurt Locker,' or when I spend time around Blackhawk helicopters, I will close my eyes that night and live an entire day in Iraq, flying my missions. I remember the smell and the feel and the heat and everything about it. Then I wake up in Illinois, and I'm exhausted.

Men view life to be as precious as women do, and to say that men have a more violent nature is insulting to men.

If I still had my legs, I would be in line for a battalion command, and instead, I'm flying a desk.

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