{"id":2399,"date":"2022-10-15T06:30:03","date_gmt":"2022-10-15T06:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/podcastreporter.com\/?p=2399"},"modified":"2022-10-25T14:13:26","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T14:13:26","slug":"ral-03-military-experiences-in-the-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/podcastreporter.com\/?p=2399","title":{"rendered":"RAL 03- Podcasting memoirs &#8212; Military experiences in the war"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8720\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2399-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/fgcastgain\/RAL003E2intro-_Experiences_in_the_Military_during_the_war-f.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/fgcastgain\/RAL003E2intro-_Experiences_in_the_Military_during_the_war-f.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/fgcastgain\/RAL003E2intro-_Experiences_in_the_Military_during_the_war-f.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/fgcastgain\/RAL003E2intro-_Experiences_in_the_Military_during_the_war-f.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/podcastreporter.com\/?powerpress_pinw=2399-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/fgcastgain\/RAL003E2intro-_Experiences_in_the_Military_during_the_war-f.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"RAL003E2intro-_Experiences_in_the_Military_during_the_war-f.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2244\" src=\"https:\/\/podcastreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/BONUS-Mack-Payne-interview-site-image.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/podcastreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/BONUS-Mack-Payne-interview-site-image.jpg 960w, https:\/\/podcastreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/BONUS-Mack-Payne-interview-site-image-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/podcastreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/BONUS-Mack-Payne-interview-site-image-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is episode 03 of <em><strong>RealAcademyOfLife.com<\/strong><\/em> &#8211; My Military life in the war &#8212; as part of my memoirs.<\/p>\n<p>In this episode, I wish to publish my experiences in my <em>real academy of life<\/em> described by podcast episodes &#8212; they can do a better job of providing the content for memoirs that really is part of the podcast of REAL ACADEMY OF LIFE, as well as syndicating it to PODCAST REPORTER.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2399-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/fgcastgain\/Episode_2245__Vietnam_Vet_Fred_Castanedas_killer_PTSD_remedies-byMackPayne.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/fgcastgain\/Episode_2245__Vietnam_Vet_Fred_Castanedas_killer_PTSD_remedies-byMackPayne.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/fgcastgain\/Episode_2245__Vietnam_Vet_Fred_Castanedas_killer_PTSD_remedies-byMackPayne.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<hr \/>\n<p>If I take a look at my life (currently without a bucket list), I would approach this from the perspective of my funeral services. You see, Ordinarily, I would have requested 5 photos to be put on display during my upcoming funeral services:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Photo of myself with my wife and children (myself as a family man);<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Photo of myself in business attire (showing myself as a business man);<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Photo of myself in my charro attire (showing myself as a folklorico dancer and instructor);<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Photo of myself in my uniform in 1972 (showing myself as a military man and veteran of the war in Vietnam); and<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Photo of my wedding, with all the wedding party (showing myself surrounded by the friends and family who shared the happiest day of my life).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>However, in this episode of THE REAL ACADEMY OF LIFE, we will focus on one of these eras in my life &#8212; just a part of my experiences in the military when I was a combat infantryman and paratrooper during the Vietnam War.<\/p>\n<p>For the initial discussion points in my life, I would want to include a repurposed podcast episode that focused on <strong><em>combat and camaraderie<\/em><\/strong> &#8212; which is the title of the episode content that Mack Payne (podcaster with his show of <em><u>VietnamVeteranNews.com<\/u><\/em>) published in his show with my own thoughts of those two situations.<\/p>\n<p>Then we would want to discuss how I dealt with the return from combat and assimilated myself back into THE WORLD after my tour in Vietnam.<\/p>\n<p>To do this, we will first admit that I had a bad case of PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) when I came back from the war). And then I had a 45-minute discussion in an interview with Mack Payne in the same podcast show (i.e., <em><u>VietnamVeteranNews.com<\/u><\/em>) in which we discussed my multiple ways of dealing with the PTSD situations after the war. The four main ways of my dealing with my post-war problems and complications were:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Writing &#8212; both nonfiction stories and later podcast and blog content;<\/li>\n<li>College and graduate education (in a rather obsessive manner);<\/li>\n<li>Joining and participating in Veterans Service Organizations; and<\/li>\n<li>Podcasting and blogging.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr \/>\n<p>However, I do wish to mention that there were another few minor experiences that I had while in the Army, especially when I was an instructor in the <em>82nd Airborne RECONDO<\/em> school, as well as being a recruiter-canvasser for the <em>82nd Airborne Division<\/em> in the West and Southeast of the USA, just before my participation in the deployment of the 82nd Airborne for entering the Yom Kippur war in October of 1973.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, I will also discuss and describe my experiences with my treatment by the VA &#8212; the Veterans Affairs (earlier referred to as the Veterans&#8217; Administration) &#8212; and the struggles to deal with my physical complications from the war as a disabled veteran.<\/p>\n<p>However, we can deal with those in a later episode of this podcast series called <strong><em>THE REAL ACADEMY OF LIFE<\/em><\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p>So, for this long episode, we will first include the 24-minute discussion of combat and camaraderie&#8230;and then follow it up with a 45-minute interview with Mack Payne about dealing with PTSD for VietnamVeternanNews.com.<\/p>\n<p>I salute those veterans who fought in the infantry in the Vietnam war, and who experienced the combat and camaraderie.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your attention.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright (c) 2022, Matrix Solutions Corporation and michaelandmike.com and vietnamveterannews.com and Mack Payne. 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