Any Military DLs ??

[RampDog]

I had multiple Corp Of Engineer MOS. I could design, build, and then blow it up, just let me know which one in advance so I don't default to blowing things up. The driving was moving equipment around. COE has alot of large equipment. Mostly Baghdad but got to see most of the country south of there, did not venture north too much as it was not our AO.

60% from the VA is not bad. Just to get them to accept my initial claim I had to go get copies of an MRI taken during redeployment to prove "before/after". Fortunately, the MRIs were all done by private hospitals, and they kept the original records.

Makes sense. I always found it amusing that the most of the COE and 12B guys got to blow up more stuff than EOD ever did. They also showed up quicker than eod to help out.

I got most of my med stuff done by non-dod docs and specialists as well, so that probably helped in the long run for getting docs for me, and having someone more understanding of my issues. If they hadnt lost my initial records, i might be in a different situation. Its insane tho how much burden rests on the service member sometimes. Im curious as to how the other nations from GWOT handle it after the member leaves, even with universal healthcare in some places.

 

[MarineJohn]

USMC 90-94
K 3/7 In 29 Palms

 

[BBChris]

I'm former army, ordering diapers while I was stationed in Iraq was one of the most nerve wracking experiences of my life.

 

[RampDog]

I'm former army, ordering diapers while I was stationed in Iraq was one of the most nerve wracking experiences of my life.

It was embarrassing/frustrating for me at first too, but i quickly realized everybody was too tired or preoccupied with something else to care. I was also able to have my stuff sent to the clinic rather than thru the trailers, and then haul it in a duffle back to our shack. I tried to time pick up with the shuttles or if we had a duty driver, but i was rarely that lucky with the flt sched. I dont miss that moon-dust over there either. Instantly found it’s way into every nook and cranny, somehow even in a medically sealed bag and would constantly mess up the tapes for me.

 

[stevieg]

It was embarrassing/frustrating for me at first too, but i quickly realized everybody was too tired or preoccupied with something else to care. I was also able to have my stuff sent to the clinic rather than thru the trailers, and then haul it in a duffle back to our shack. I tried to time pick up with the shuttles or if we had a duty driver, but i was rarely that lucky with the flt sched. I dont miss that moon-dust over there either. Instantly found it’s way into every nook and cranny, somehow even in a medically sealed bag and would constantly mess up the tapes for me.

talk about diaper rubbing you wrong

 

[SirRichard]

Army/Infantry/6Years...

 

[RampDog]

Army/Infantry/6Years...

Many of our best pilots were prior 11b. Though they tended to have the worst backs out of us. 6 years for me blew by too quick imo. Were you in before or during GWOT?

 

[SirRichard]

Many of our best pilots were prior 11b. Though they tended to have the worst backs out of us. 6 years for me blew by too quick imo. Were you in before or during GWOT?

During. Two tours to Iraq, 2003-2004 and 2006-2008.

 

[dfabuk]

Ex UK Royal Air Force here. Most scary moment was when there was a drug dog search of the barrack block. I had several pairs of plastic pants in my wardrobe and was dreading them being discovered. Thankfully they didn't go rooting around!!

 

[Dorsetdl]

Ex UK Royal Air Force here. Most scary moment was when there was a drug dog search of the barrack block. I had several pairs of plastic pants in my wardrobe and was dreading them being discovered. Thankfully they didn't go rooting around!!

Also been there, after years in the block I moved to the Mess so felt a little safer. But on deployments I have to purge everything in case I didn’t return.

 

[RampDog]

During. Two tours to Iraq, 2003-2004 and 2006-2008

i dont envy the 03-04 tour. As much as we all wanted to be apart of the initial invasion of something, I know it was likely shit. Was 06-08 one of those “wonderful” extended NG deployments where they get screwed and confined somewhere prior to actually deploying or was that just how the dates stacked up?

 

[dfabuk]

Also been there, after years in the block I moved to the Mess so felt a little safer. But on deployments I have to purge everything in case I didn’t return.

Having to purge all the time must have been hard, but then you get the fun of buying nappies all over again

 

[Nowididit]

Army Vet here. I'm out over 29 years. I wore diapers while I was in the military. I buy them off base in the local town and kept them in my car trunk. When I had the room to myself I'd sneak a few diapers in using my rucksack.

 

[PeterPPeevy]

Former U.S. Navy hospital corpsman/U.S. Marines medic. Best four years of my life, despite PTSD from combat and a serious wound early in the Vietnam War.

I’m proud of my service, especially my Vietnam service, but I have to say that I didn’t fight for democracy, the flag, Mom, or apple pie. I fought hard for the Marines in my unit and for myself. They would have died (and some did die) to keep me alive, and I did my best to keep them alive, not that my Commander-in-Chief gave a damn. On the day I was wounded, 100 Marines in four battalions were killed, including 10 in my company. These days, it seems that our sacrifice was in vain.

 

[dfabuk]

Royal Navy here

I'm presuming there was never the opportunity to take nappies on board a ship!!

 

[perlFerret]

I did join the USAF but washed out of basic on a medical, then went on to do the same job (Personnel Specialist, AFSC 3SO, which they've now changed to Personnelist, AFSC 3FO) as a DoD civilian for 6 years until they closed the base and I didn't feel like moving.

 

[Dorsetdl]

Having to purge all the time must have been hard, but then you get the fun of buying nappies all over again

Yip

 

[NappyCouple1980]

I'm presuming there was never the opportunity to take nappies on board a ship!!

Not really, and never tried. Always when ashore.

 

[PeterPPeevy]

I did my time, three years with the Navy, as a hospital corpsman, then a year with the Marines, which include a tour of duty in Vietnam which ended after 37 days when a sniper nearly blew off my right leg above the knee. I'd never heard of AB/DL then, but between age 13 and my enlistment at age 19, had been using my underwear and pants as "substitute diapers, although I'm sure that I never even thought of using a diaper, which I assumed were only for babies.

Except for one brief lapse, I was able to control my desire to poop and pee when I was on liberty or on duty. That lapse was almost indistinguishable from a failure to use enough toilet paper. In other words, I had an intentional "skid mark" that was easily washed away in the shower. But it took only a day or two after I was discharged and into my own apartment before I had much more than a skid mark in my skivvies!

I'm always a bit uneasy saying that I'm a DL, since I wear pull-ups only occasionally. I bought a package of diapers about 15 years ago, and was appalled when I looked at my diapered self in a mirror and saw the future: an old, possibly incontinent man, which I did not want to be! So, for now, it's panties and the odd pull-up. But You're Not Broken — Dr Rhoda's Guide to Strong Self Worth for AB/DLs — makes it clear that people don't have to wear diapers to share the same psychosexual"profile as continent DlLs. I don't dislike using pull-ups, and I don't think I'd dislike using a diaper. I probably would like it! But I like soiling and wetting my panties and pants more, a LOT more! I guess that's because of its nature as a "forbidden" act. For me, I think it was a way to engage in sex without committing the terrible "crimes" of masturbation (which I did anyway, in fear of Heavenly retribution) and sexual relations outside marriage (which terrified me because of my parents' sex-negative viewpoints and religious beliefs).

 

[whoknows]

Army 12b