Society of Dysfunctional Veterans
And he writes with elegiac insightabout life’s losers,
the people he calls “Strange Rangers,”
the addicted, insane or destitute
--August Kleinzahler
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One perk of writing a blog is meeting some fascinating people along the way. One of our special friends is Ranger Andy, founder of the "International Society of Dysfunctional Veterans".
He founded his society after a eureka moment years after leaving the service: After much effort to the contrary, he realized he was never going to fit back into society precisely the way he had come out, and he was going to embrace his alterity hook, line and sinker. Kind of an it is what it is mentality.
Ranger Andy is a bona fide Ranger, and you can understand why he and RAW Ranger share a special camaraderie.
But Andy has also been kind enough to send several of his unique dysfunctional veteran creations (like the above patch) to me over the years, and I find him to be quite a vehement gentleman.
Happy 4th, Ranger Andy.
Labels: ranger andy, society of dysfunctional veterans, sohk
posted by Lisa at 9:56 PM
4 Comments:
i'm glad for people like you and Ranger Andy....
GD,
Without your passive and sometimes active support then neither of us would be operational.
A little research on Ranger Andy highlights a rather unique individual.
I'm glad for people like.
jim
"After much effort to the contrary, he realized he was never going to fit back into society precisely the way he had come out"
I can definitely relate to that! Not that I fit in prior to doing 3 years in the Army. But still there was this new strangeness as though looking through Alice's Looking Glass knowing peace and tranquility ride a razoes edge of illusion that one bomb can shatter.
Terrible,
Well-said. this would make for an interesting meditation, I would think.
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