Until she sees that smile she knows, She'll leave that porch light on..... now that is love.... She "remembers" his smile and that look of love in his eyes. And she was willing to wait for it. It took my husband 15 years and dying of cancer to come home to me. It was a moment that still brings me to tears.
I’m a Desert Storm Veteran and never sought help because I didn’t think I had problems. After I put a colt in my mouth and heard that metallic click I went for help, it’s been 4 years and I still keep the bullet to remind me of my lowest low. GOD had other plans for me. If you know any combat veterans keep in touch with them, your phone call could save a life!!
I served 20 years, 92-12, and the true unsung heroes are often those we leave behind. My daughter turned 1 two weeks before 9/11. All she knew for 12 years was that daddy was gone alot, missing birthdays, first day of school, recitals, parent teacher conferences, dr visits, etc. She told me, last year, "Daddy, you never came back." I was physically there but I was checked out, an empty shell of a father. I refused to acknowledge her pain as I denied my own. I had a choice. I voluntarily enlisted. She had no choice. It was her reality. I pray that someday we can make sense of it all, together. Even with all the cost, may God forgive me and I learn to forgive myself, I still miss it. Life is simpler when you are downrange. The real battles are in our real lives as spouses and parents trying to live daily.
I retired from the Marine Corps in 2015 I was an 0326 (Recon Marine Parachute and Combatant Diver Qualified). I served 2 tour's in Iraq and 3 in Afghanistan, what nonmilitary don't realize is that when your there you walk, fight, bleed, die and live in that darkness every day. Unfortunately there are guy's out there like me, even though we made it back there is still parts of us that died over there. I lost friends several a couple of them i held their hand as they took their last breath. You feel a pain like no other, it's a pain so deep inside you that it crushes your soul. Thank you for your service God bless and God speed to brother.
Being a Desert Storm vet I can definitely relate to this song. I was on Hwy 8, better known as the highway to hell. I've seen what this song is about. To this very day I feel as I've never made it home myself. This song definitely hits very close. The line that says that you can be hit and never bleed, is an understatement. Thanks for your service my new Brother....
I almost took my life two years ago . I was an aerial gunner in Air Force Special Operations, four combat deployments in four years. One of my friends saved my life. Please check on the people you served with.
Could not have said it better. Check in on those you served with. I wish the military would incorporate a mandatory separation that included mental health therapy and activity place soldiers back in the work force. We need to do better!
This song hits right between the eyes. It pretty much describes exactly what happened to me after I came home. The worst part about it is that I didn't even see it. My wife came to the VA with me once and when they asked me questions, they practically ignored my answers and looked to her. Living military and living civilian are totally different worlds. I been out of active duty for 5 years and out of the reserve for 2 and it's still not the way it was before. Every day is a conscious effort to get 'back to normal'. Keep your head up and keep pushing. All we can do is try to be a better version of ourselves every day. Thank you for your service and keep up the good work with what you're doing.
This is the first time I’ve heard this song and I just started crying at work and had to hide in the bathroom for a few minutes. I did 3 Tours overseas from 2006 to 2011 and I have some friends right now that are still dealing with everything we went through and some that couldn’t hold on anymore. To any veterans going through something please reach out because people still care about you.
Thank you for your service. My husband was in the air Force. He's one who made it back but he's not made it home. This song hits hard. He was in desert storm.
I'm not a Vet, but my grandpa was a WWII purple heart vet. He came back but he never made it home....he became an alcoholic and he saw horrible things over there and I never really got my grandpa back. Sad but true song. Thank you for your service Billy!
My husband is a veteran. He served over 20 years ago in the US Navy. We have been married almost three years now and until we met he had not gotten any help. He still struggles with wanting help. We are recently separated, he isn't handling life so well right now. I had never heard this song until now, and it fits him so much. Thank you!!
I work for a county mental health provider, case manager, specifically for our collaborative justice treatment courts. Currently we have 4 calendars: Veterans Court (restorative justice), Mental Health Court, Co-Occurring Court (substance use & mental health), and Drug Court. More than once we've had veterans who have been come in to the program but didn't want anything at all to do with the V.A. and preferred to be in Mental Health or Co-Occurring Court over Veteran's Court. Each one, after 6 months or so in the program have changed their minds and moved to the Veteran's court calendar = even if they still didn't go to the V.A. for any services. The key is keeping folks connected to some type of treatment long enough that they can start to feel the benefit of treatment. Thank you for talking about your struggles and encouraging others to get help. Thank you for your service Billy, you are appreciated.
My grandfathers both were in WW2 my uncles and my dad also served and i spent 10 years U.S.M.C and i am an OIF/OEF VETERAN and this song is truth inside my head i still aint made it home neither did my grandfathers my uncles and my dad
My best friend was a Marine when he came home he helped me coach his and my 5 year old sons in Tball but deep down we knew he wasn’t really home and one day I got the call he couldn’t fight his PTSD any more and he took his own life it was the hardest day of my life to this day I respect anyone who serves this country and thank anyone I see in uniform
I love that you use your platform to discuss deeper issues like mental health, domestic violence, etc. Songs are a great way to start these types of convos and you seize the opportunity where a lot of other “reaction” videos just move past it. For a lighter song, you should listen to Stockyard by Casey Donahew. It’s a Ft Worth anthem.
Lost my 5th buddy the other day to suicide since I've been out and songs like this hit hard. Sometimes you make it here but never fully make it home. Glad to see you do songs like this.
So sorry to hear of your loss may God Bless you all and thank you all from me my kids and grandkids for your service and RIP to them and all the fallen over there and here gone but never forgotten !!
Navy vet here. First off--thank you for your service and to all those tuning in. You nailed it--civilians have no clue how easy they have it. I served in peacetime but suffer from PTSD for other reasons. PTSD IS A MAJOR ISSUE. Thanks for sharing these videos.
My Dad never really made it home. He was a WWII VETERAN POW/ MIA, as well as being WIA and presumed KIA. He was born in 1925 and passed away in 2006. Still late in his life he still had Shell Shock. He turned to alcohol to cope with his PTSD. HE WAS ARMY AS WELL. Thank you Billy for sharing your Military experience with us. Everytime you do a VETERAN REACTS I still cry over what our Military Men and Women are going through.
Franni Barr my heart goes out to you! I lost my birth dad to VN twelve days before my first birthday. I have often wondered what it would be like if he had made it home. Much love to you!
Great speech Billy. Love your perspective. Love your sensitivity to beautiful and important words. I'm a vet and a musician. I love what your doin. Don't stop. 🎶🎬👌🏾
People who have never been in the situation can''t understand. when I think of my Army days, I remember that quote from Charles Dickens: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times".
Holy crap, thst truly sums it up, doesn't it. I never articulated it like that. I hated and loved it in equal measure sometimes. I miss it but I also have regrets too.
I have three military sons who have been sent out and brought back, and they still ain't made it home. I just hope they will one day atleast be on the same block.
Prayers to your son and you. My boyfriend joined when he was 17 as well. His mom told me about 7 months ago when they were able to come from Texas to Michigan to meet our newborn daughter that he is not the same man as he was before he went overseas. He also struggles with PTSD, depression, and anxiety.
This was the first time I heard this song. This song speaks so much truth. I am not a veteran but I have so much love and empathy for them. My husband and I will do anything for our veterans. Thank you for your service
Give a listen to Joey+Rory's "When I'm Gone". Joey passed away from cervical cancer just after the birth of their son. She quit taking cancer treatment when she found out she was pregnant. Merry Christmas!
This is why I watch you my man always bringing me little jems like this. Marine combat veteran here I've been with you for awhile. Stay strong my man. You make me laugh when some days I don't want to. #billyyousocrazy #ivegotyoursix
Billy thank u for ur time in the army.....I'm a military brat. My pops grandpas and brother that three gens of us marines. And that just the start in my family's military service this story is my brother's he's still in Iraq even tho he's in maine and 100% retired from the usmc again thank u
Ok now I'm bawling already. My dad was a Vietnam Vet. I don't know who my dad was before he was deployed. I only know the man he was after being home 13 years, he was in country June 1970 to May 1971, but I knew the demons he faced because of what he saw and what he had to do to make it back stateside. A part of my dad was still a 20 year old in Vietnam. He spent his 20th birthday in country.
Had not heard this one before. WOW, am glad you are reacting this one. Thanks for your service, I know many who fill the words of this song with truth.
This was true for my Dad who was in Vietnam, my Brother who was in Iraq when it first started, and myself OIF and OEF. It's so hard to look forward when you feel you shouldn't have came home, and it haunts me every night the ones we lost I feel it should have been me. Infantry candy and water cures everything right?
Warrior song by warrior song project. Little different perspective on military. Pass the ammo by moonshine bandits. Is another one. Personal message to Billy; Stand with me, You'll never stand alone. You have another mission. Whether or not you realize it. Keep talking an spreading the word. An be as successful as you can. To reach even more.
Wow, this one hit me so hard. PTSD is it’s own hell. I’ve never heard it say better: I’m back but I haven’t made it home. Didn’t feel right coming back as the only one.
I have 4 deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan and this song hits hard,. I deployed to RC East, Kanar Province, Pesh River Valley, COP Honaker-Miracle. This was my worst and best deployment.......difficulty to explain, but the brothers and sisters I was there..... I will remember them until the day I die
Thank you for your service & sacrifice. Sometimes you make it home in body but mind & soul is still in military. Want to thank all veterans & serving military. Sometimes you have to relive the darkness to appreciate the sunlight
This hits hard brother. Some days I'm not all here. It can be hard, but I will not loose, I will not quit. I will always win in the end. Nothing can beat me.
@@daltondurbin5329 Because there is no reason why you should risk your life and health by joining the Army. nobody is invading us kid. you are basically risking your life just so some scumbag in Whas. be able to afford another House or Yacht
I have seen it time and again men and women go and fight in a war, made it back but not home yet, many with PSTD, and many struggle to just fit in and adjust. Sadly many may never make it home and it is disgusting how there is very little help for them from the Government. I never was able to join as I wanted due to disabilities (Tried joining with my best friend, he is like my brother) He made it out right before 9/11. I moved from Virginia to NJ the following year for better opportunities and a woman I met (yea I know but it was a great choice, she is awesome still married after 17 years) I have met through work many that served some of those not home yet. I may not have served over there, in the military but the war I fight and serve in is no less important or less deadly. I fight for them they know how to find me if they want to talk, or something to do to get their minds off that blood-soaked sandy hell that their minds keep drawing them back to. I have the feeling that I was unable to serve because I may have ended up worse off than some of them and my mind needed to be clear so I can help them. A friend told me once that you are right where you are supposed to be at that time, it may not be clear at the time why you are but it will be at some point.
I’m a daughter in law of a 30 + veteran of the Air Force he retired Chief Master Sergeant & our son in law is station right now in Korea with the Army while our daughter & 4 yr old granddaughter are bk here in the states. Blessings to you
Special shout out to Billy you so crazy I wanted to thank you for your service in the military I'm a big supporter. Please check out the song divided we fall by overtime
this one has me thinkin of my uncal brice brother kyle an ex girlfriend heather brice an kyle r retired vets who both served over seas heather is still active duty even tho we dnt talk any more shes always in my prayers eveyday i held her evey nite for months well she woke up screaming and crying she watched three of her friends die by i.e.d shes doing better now but i miss her eveyday
I found your reaction videos today, temporary home by Carrie Underwood. I've enjoyed the videos I've watched. After watching this video, wanted to say from one Vet to another, thank you for your service. Keep up the good work.
Not a country fan, but good song. Btw ty for your service young man. Gulf war vet from 1990 here. Reenlisted at 40 after 9/11. Ty for that. It's hard. Still have issues. Lotta brothers left and didn't come back the same.
There should be a six-month MANDATORY de-mob for troops transitioning out. Have it start out like almost normal military, but with key differences. Later formations. Low-key job training, lower-intensity exercise, encouragement of wearing civilian clothing certain times of the day, etc. It sounds stupid, but a lot of people don't know how to do that stuff anymore, or it they've been in forever, they never have. There's nothing worse than seeing someone who's been in since high school, been in for fifteen or twenty, then they have to get out. They're frigging lost.
Thank you for your service Billy. PTSD is real, and there are more places to find help nowadays. Maybe you could pin some info here. God bless you all.
Until she sees that smile she knows,
She'll leave that porch light on..... now that is love....
She "remembers" his smile and that look of love in his eyes. And she was willing to wait for it. It took my husband 15 years and dying of cancer to come home to me. It was a moment that still brings me to tears.
I’m a Desert Storm Veteran and never sought help because I didn’t think I had problems. After I put a colt in my mouth and heard that metallic click I went for help, it’s been 4 years and I still keep the bullet to remind me of my lowest low. GOD had other plans for me. If you know any combat veterans keep in touch with them, your phone call could save a life!!
I served 20 years, 92-12, and the true unsung heroes are often those we leave behind. My daughter turned 1 two weeks before 9/11. All she knew for 12 years was that daddy was gone alot, missing birthdays, first day of school, recitals, parent teacher conferences, dr visits, etc. She told me, last year, "Daddy, you never came back." I was physically there but I was checked out, an empty shell of a father. I refused to acknowledge her pain as I denied my own. I had a choice. I voluntarily enlisted. She had no choice. It was her reality. I pray that someday we can make sense of it all, together. Even with all the cost, may God forgive me and I learn to forgive myself, I still miss it. Life is simpler when you are downrange. The real battles are in our real lives as spouses and parents trying to live daily.
I retired from the Marine Corps in 2015 I was an 0326 (Recon Marine Parachute and Combatant Diver Qualified). I served 2 tour's in Iraq and 3 in Afghanistan, what nonmilitary don't realize is that when your there you walk, fight, bleed, die and live in that darkness every day. Unfortunately there are guy's out there like me, even though we made it back there is still parts of us that died over there. I lost friends several a couple of them i held their hand as they took their last breath. You feel a pain like no other, it's a pain so deep inside you that it crushes your soul. Thank you for your service God bless and God speed to brother.
Being a Desert Storm vet I can definitely relate to this song. I was on Hwy 8, better known as the highway to hell. I've seen what this song is about. To this very day I feel as I've never made it home myself. This song definitely hits very close.
The line that says that you can be hit and never bleed, is an understatement.
Thanks for your service my new Brother....
John Rodgers what you lived through is incomprehensible to me. Thank you. I wish you the best. I hope you find the peace and rest you deserve.
Mr. John Rodgers thank you for your service sir! God bless you and I'm praying that you make it home fully sir! God bless you and thank you again!
Been down that highway myself. Terrible. Welcome home brother.
Still smell it Brother.
Mr John Rogers,yes as a fellow Storm vet it is rough but sir all we can do is take it one day at a time and try to find peace
I almost took my life two years ago . I was an aerial gunner in Air Force Special Operations, four combat deployments in four years. One of my friends saved my life. Please check on the people you served with.
Could not have said it better. Check in on those you served with. I wish the military would incorporate a mandatory separation that included mental health therapy and activity place soldiers back in the work force. We need to do better!
I know you served and thank you. Son of service, Vietnam, grandson of WWII, my son is an Afghanistan Veteran. I couldn't serve physically. Thank you.
My grandson is with the 82nd Airborne and is deployed to the middle east right now. Thank you for your service Billy.
This song hits right between the eyes. It pretty much describes exactly what happened to me after I came home. The worst part about it is that I didn't even see it. My wife came to the VA with me once and when they asked me questions, they practically ignored my answers and looked to her. Living military and living civilian are totally different worlds. I been out of active duty for 5 years and out of the reserve for 2 and it's still not the way it was before. Every day is a conscious effort to get 'back to normal'. Keep your head up and keep pushing. All we can do is try to be a better version of ourselves every day. Thank you for your service and keep up the good work with what you're doing.
Thank you for your service.
Thank You for Your Service Too!
This is the first time I’ve heard this song and I just started crying at work and had to hide in the bathroom for a few minutes. I did 3 Tours overseas from 2006 to 2011 and I have some friends right now that are still dealing with everything we went through and some that couldn’t hold on anymore. To any veterans going through something please reach out because people still care about you.
Thank you for your service. My husband was in the air Force. He's one who made it back but he's not made it home. This song hits hard. He was in desert storm.
I know it's not nearly enough but thank you so very much for your service and sacrifices. You are loved❣
Its hard to reach out. Took me 12 years, countless jobs, and almost losing my family to reach out.
I'm not a Vet, but my grandpa was a WWII purple heart vet. He came back but he never made it home....he became an alcoholic and he saw horrible things over there and I never really got my grandpa back. Sad but true song. Thank you for your service Billy!
Thank you for your support from a 23 year veteran
My husband is a veteran. He served over 20 years ago in the US Navy. We have been married almost three years now and until we met he had not gotten any help. He still struggles with wanting help. We are recently separated, he isn't handling life so well right now. I had never heard this song until now, and it fits him so much. Thank you!!
I am not a vet but my whole family is. And I thank all people whom serve our country.
I work for a county mental health provider, case manager, specifically for our collaborative justice treatment courts. Currently we have 4 calendars: Veterans Court (restorative justice), Mental Health Court, Co-Occurring Court (substance use & mental health), and Drug Court. More than once we've had veterans who have been come in to the program but didn't want anything at all to do with the V.A. and preferred to be in Mental Health or Co-Occurring Court over Veteran's Court. Each one, after 6 months or so in the program have changed their minds and moved to the Veteran's court calendar = even if they still didn't go to the V.A. for any services.
The key is keeping folks connected to some type of treatment long enough that they can start to feel the benefit of treatment.
Thank you for talking about your struggles and encouraging others to get help.
Thank you for your service Billy, you are appreciated.
My grandfathers both were in WW2 my uncles and my dad also served and i spent 10 years U.S.M.C and i am an OIF/OEF VETERAN and this song is truth inside my head i still aint made it home neither did my grandfathers my uncles and my dad
My best friend was a Marine when he came home he helped me coach his and my 5 year old sons in Tball but deep down we knew he wasn’t really home and one day I got the call he couldn’t fight his PTSD any more and he took his own life it was the hardest day of my life to this day I respect anyone who serves this country and thank anyone I see in uniform
infantry grunt here brother thank you for standing the line with me. look up solider hard his music has got me through many a dark moment
I love that you use your platform to discuss deeper issues like mental health, domestic violence, etc. Songs are a great way to start these types of convos and you seize the opportunity where a lot of other “reaction” videos just move past it.
For a lighter song, you should listen to Stockyard by Casey Donahew. It’s a Ft Worth anthem.
I am a female from Vietnam era and love all whom have served our country
Lost my 5th buddy the other day to suicide since I've been out and songs like this hit hard. Sometimes you make it here but never fully make it home. Glad to see you do songs like this.
So sorry to hear of your loss may God Bless you all and thank you all from me my kids and grandkids for your service and RIP to them and all the fallen over there and here gone but never forgotten !!
Sorry for your loss. Thanks for your service.
One is too many but it's over 22 a day 22 a goddamn day!!!!!
I'm sorry Adam! Stay focused and get help if you need it!
sorry for your loss. until valhalla
You are definitely the Veteran Reacts LEAD.....wow, great song....discovered here, Mahalo and Bless you.
1 vet to another thanks for your service brother I suffer every day with the battles within PTSD, anxiety and depression
I have recently found these “reaction” videos, I’m obsessed! Loosing sleep watching them!
Your reactions are the best! 🇺🇸 💗
Me too! For about a month...addictive !
Damn, this song has power. Hurting power!!
Navy vet here. First off--thank you for your service and to all those tuning in. You nailed it--civilians have no clue how easy they have it. I served in peacetime but suffer from PTSD for other reasons. PTSD IS A MAJOR ISSUE. Thanks for sharing these videos.
From another veteran. Thank you for viewing the military country songs. I’m a fan as long as you keep them coming. Along for the journey
This song hits home. Not all wounds are visible.
From someone who grew up in a military family thank you sir
One veteran to another, brother you are doing and helping more than you know. Anyone struggling, reach out.
First Casey Donahew review I've ever seen! Thanks for putting this awesome artist out there!
My Dad never really made it home. He was a WWII VETERAN POW/ MIA, as well as being WIA and presumed KIA. He was born in 1925 and passed away in 2006. Still late in his life he still had Shell Shock. He turned to alcohol to cope with his PTSD. HE WAS ARMY AS WELL. Thank you Billy for sharing your Military experience with us. Everytime you do a VETERAN REACTS I still cry over what our Military Men and Women are going through.
My brother is still alive but we lost him in Da Nang VN.
Franni Barr my heart goes out to you! I lost my birth dad to VN twelve days before my first birthday. I have often wondered what it would be like if he had made it home. Much love to you!
Great speech Billy. Love your perspective. Love your sensitivity to beautiful and important words. I'm a vet and a musician. I love what your doin. Don't stop. 🎶🎬👌🏾
This whole album is amazing. Been listening to Casey for years. All of his stuff is amazing.
I didn’t retire either, unfit for service, blown up sir. I will always support my fellow vets!
Powerful song.
The god father of my daughter...made it home but isnt home. I cryed so dam hard listening to this
People who have never been in the situation can''t understand. when I think of my Army days, I remember that quote from Charles Dickens: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times".
Holy crap, thst truly sums it up, doesn't it. I never articulated it like that. I hated and loved it in equal measure sometimes. I miss it but I also have regrets too.
Truth
Thank you for your service buddy! Appreciate you & all the veterans!
I have three military sons who have been sent out and brought back, and they still ain't made it home. I just hope they will one day atleast be on the same block.
This was my son when he got out of the army. He has PTSD and bouts of depression. He was only 17 when he joined This made me cry. 😭
Prayers to your son and you. My boyfriend joined when he was 17 as well. His mom told me about 7 months ago when they were able to come from Texas to Michigan to meet our newborn daughter that he is not the same man as he was before he went overseas. He also struggles with PTSD, depression, and anxiety.
This was the first time I heard this song. This song speaks so much truth. I am not a veteran but I have so much love and empathy for them. My husband and I will do anything for our veterans. Thank you for your service
My older made it back from Vietnam but at times he's still not home after all these years
Give a listen to Joey+Rory's "When I'm Gone". Joey passed away from cervical cancer just after the birth of their son. She quit taking cancer treatment when she found out she was pregnant. Merry Christmas!
Billy. You served. You served!!! Stop making excuses for how your not the life time 20 year vet. You matter. Thank you for your service.🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏🙏🙏
This is why I watch you my man always bringing me little jems like this. Marine combat veteran here I've been with you for awhile. Stay strong my man. You make me laugh when some days I don't want to.
#billyyousocrazy
#ivegotyoursix
James Brantley Thank you for your service.
IGY6.. Army medic here
Thank all of you guys.
@@jfkjunior2004 have you listened to they call me doc?Giving all military medics a shout out really good song.
@@jamesbrantley5224 I have not, but thanks for the suggestion
Billy thank u for ur time in the army.....I'm a military brat. My pops grandpas and brother that three gens of us marines. And that just the start in my family's military service this story is my brother's he's still in Iraq even tho he's in maine and 100% retired from the usmc again thank u
Thank you so much for your service. 🙏
Thank You for your service & my Freedom
Ok now I'm bawling already. My dad was a Vietnam Vet. I don't know who my dad was before he was deployed. I only know the man he was after being home 13 years, he was in country June 1970 to May 1971, but I knew the demons he faced because of what he saw and what he had to do to make it back stateside. A part of my dad was still a 20 year old in Vietnam. He spent his 20th birthday in country.
Billyyousocrazy thank you for your service and the freedom of all of us! God bless you sir!
Had not heard this one before. WOW, am glad you are reacting this one. Thanks for your service, I know many who fill the words of this song with truth.
This was true for my Dad who was in Vietnam, my Brother who was in Iraq when it first started, and myself OIF and OEF. It's so hard to look forward when you feel you shouldn't have came home, and it haunts me every night the ones we lost I feel it should have been me.
Infantry candy and water cures everything right?
Thank you for your service. Never apologize for speaking on what you've been through its the best thing you can do. Words can relieve the heart.
and billy thank u for ur service brother my hats off to u i hope u stay strong and keep bring us amazing videos.
Warrior song by warrior song project. Little different perspective on military.
Pass the ammo by moonshine bandits. Is another one.
Personal message to Billy;
Stand with me, You'll never stand alone. You have another mission. Whether or not you realize it. Keep talking an spreading the word. An be as successful as you can. To reach even more.
Love the channel. Please stop making me cry.
LOL!!!!
Thank you for your service Billy from one veteran to another god bless you and keep you my military brother.
This one hits home
Montgomery Gentry " Tattoos And Scars " TRUST ME ON THIS SONG !!! Thanks.
I will 2nd this request
Hits different...
And the “aye’s” have it. 👍🏼👍🏼
Wow, this one hit me so hard. PTSD is it’s own hell. I’ve never heard it say better: I’m back but I haven’t made it home. Didn’t feel right coming back as the only one.
I have 4 deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan and this song hits hard,. I deployed to RC East, Kanar Province, Pesh River Valley, COP Honaker-Miracle. This was my worst and best deployment.......difficulty to explain, but the brothers and sisters I was there..... I will remember them until the day I die
Thank you for your service & sacrifice. Sometimes you make it home in body but mind & soul is still in military. Want to thank all veterans & serving military. Sometimes you have to relive the darkness to appreciate the sunlight
Thank you for your service
This hits hard brother. Some days I'm not all here. It can be hard, but I will not loose, I will not quit. I will always win in the end. Nothing can beat me.
Tjank you sir for your service bro
Billy I just want to say thank you for your service
my favorite band of all time the lyrics they put in songs is amazing. Bad guy by Casey Donahew is such an amazing song and hits hard
I'm going in soon. I'm excited and scared, but it has been what I have wanted to do for almost 10yrs now.
Why, you are wasting your life
@@Peopleofthesun386 How do you figure this?
@@daltondurbin5329 Because there is no reason why you should risk your life and health by joining the Army. nobody is invading us kid. you are basically risking your life just so some scumbag in Whas. be able to afford another House or Yacht
@@Peopleofthesun386 You got a fair point. My Uncle did about 28 yrs. and he is doing great. I want to follow in his footsteps.
My daddy never really made it home. They have their demons that they can not really let go.
Billy you're right. I've been in the same shoes. Didn't even know how bad it was. And tonight you have a new sub keep it up my brother
Powerful...thank YOU for your service!!!
OMG! All I needed was that first chorus and I was crying. I’m not even a veteran or from a veteran family.
Thank you for reacting to this song
I have seen it time and again men and women go and fight in a war, made it back but not home yet, many with PSTD, and many struggle to just fit in and adjust. Sadly many may never make it home and it is disgusting how there is very little help for them from the Government. I never was able to join as I wanted due to disabilities (Tried joining with my best friend, he is like my brother) He made it out right before 9/11. I moved from Virginia to NJ the following year for better opportunities and a woman I met (yea I know but it was a great choice, she is awesome still married after 17 years) I have met through work many that served some of those not home yet. I may not have served over there, in the military but the war I fight and serve in is no less important or less deadly. I fight for them they know how to find me if they want to talk, or something to do to get their minds off that blood-soaked sandy hell that their minds keep drawing them back to. I have the feeling that I was unable to serve because I may have ended up worse off than some of them and my mind needed to be clear so I can help them. A friend told me once that you are right where you are supposed to be at that time, it may not be clear at the time why you are but it will be at some point.
I served 16 years but thank you for your service
I’m a daughter in law of a 30 + veteran of the Air Force he retired Chief Master Sergeant & our son in law is station right now in Korea with the Army while our daughter & 4 yr old granddaughter are bk here in the states. Blessings to you
Salute to you my brother!!!
I'm from the Philippines happy New year there.
Improvise, adapt , overcome, then keep it pushing
my dad served two tuors in veitnam...and my brother served two tuors in iraq so i can relate to this song
Thank you brother from SSG. Rose U.S. Army,,160thSF
Special shout out to Billy you so crazy I wanted to thank you for your service in the military I'm a big supporter. Please check out the song divided we fall by overtime
This is a band from Texas they’re awesome
I never served I tried to but I had too much of a criminal history so I do want to thank everyone that did
Mitch Rossell "A Soldiers Memoir" It will hit home promise y'all
Let my tears be still Josh abbot great song
My dads sister said that about my dad when he returned from World War 2 he just wasnt the same sweet young man that left
Billy. We are out here. The mission is never done. We talk about it. But the mission is never done.
There it is
there are many days that i miss that young innocent kid that i was before going to the sandbox.
this one has me thinkin of my uncal brice brother kyle an ex girlfriend heather brice an kyle r retired vets who both served over seas heather is still active duty even tho we dnt talk any more shes always in my prayers eveyday i held her evey nite for months well she woke up screaming and crying she watched three of her friends die by i.e.d shes doing better now but i miss her eveyday
I found your reaction videos today, temporary home by Carrie Underwood. I've enjoyed the videos I've watched. After watching this video, wanted to say from one Vet to another, thank you for your service. Keep up the good work.
My sis came home from being a medic numb & still quite when before bubbly now back in work force yet not herself really
Not a country fan, but good song. Btw ty for your service young man. Gulf war vet from 1990 here. Reenlisted at 40 after 9/11. Ty for that. It's hard. Still have issues. Lotta brothers left and didn't come back the same.
There should be a six-month MANDATORY de-mob for troops transitioning out. Have it start out like almost normal military, but with key differences. Later formations. Low-key job training, lower-intensity exercise, encouragement of wearing civilian clothing certain times of the day, etc. It sounds stupid, but a lot of people don't know how to do that stuff anymore, or it they've been in forever, they never have. There's nothing worse than seeing someone who's been in since high school, been in for fifteen or twenty, then they have to get out. They're frigging lost.
Bruh did you see which way the train that just blasted me go? Right in the feels...
Thank you for your service Billy. PTSD is real, and there are more places to find help nowadays. Maybe you could pin some info here. God bless you all.
Joe Diffie "Ships that don't come in"