"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"

Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.

You've been "getting ready" for two years.

She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.

Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.

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Any other Marines or veterans here?

"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"

You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.

For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.

Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.

The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.

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I had my last C&P exam a week ago for a claim that they are treating as a 'Gulf War Presumptive' from my time in the Middle East 2015 and 2017. I believe this falls under PACT Act guidance as well. It's over a kidney issue. Camp Lejeune and PACT Act claims are supposedly getting elevated status now, but at the same time they are flooded with all of these new claims and appeals. Just FYI for those submitting docs.
 

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I had my last C&P exam a week ago for a claim that they are treating as a 'Gulf War Presumptive' from my time in the Middle East 2015 and 2017. I believe this falls under PACT Act guidance as well. It's over a kidney issue. Camp Lejeune and PACT Act claims are supposedly getting elevated status now, but at the same time they are flooded with all of these new claims and appeals. Just FYI for those submitting docs.
Gosh man glad you're taking the proper steps for getting your claim
 

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I'm glad the testing came back with normal functioning, even if this doesn't give me a 100% rating. Gulf War Presumptive claims have a new statute of limitations through 2026. For PACT/Lejeune issues, I just tell people to get the claims, testing and exams done sooner rather than later because of the backlogs. See if you can go through your state's department of veterans services to represent you/your claims. That's what worked for me, after VFW didn't really want to do stuff like that for me, just sit around and drink.
 

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I'm glad the testing came back with normal functioning, even if this doesn't give me a 100% rating. Gulf War Presumptive claims have a new statute of limitations through 2026. For PACT/Lejeune issues, I just tell people to get the claims, testing and exams done sooner rather than later because of the backlogs. See if you can go through your state's department of veterans services to represent you/your claims. That's what worked for me, after VFW didn't really want to do stuff like that for me, just sit around and drink.
That's too bad but glad you got your claim in.
 
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"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"

You paid for dinner. You drove. You said "whatever you want is fine" every single time. All the effort, no expectations.

And she left anyway — probably for a guy who makes her pick up the pizza.

Painful. Also predictable. Her mind quietly concludes that anything requiring zero effort from her is worth exactly zero. You became a free sample, and free samples get taken for granted.

The 22 Rules flip the dynamic. Small shifts that get her investing effort, money, and time in you — until SHE'S the one afraid of losing YOU.

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Just discovered I’ll be at least 60% frankly all I want is healthcare and PX/Commissary access. And free state college tuition for my kids if they end up staying in the state.

Only took me 30 years to make the claim. And if any of you vets aren’t using USAA YOU HAVE TO LOOK INTO IT. Insurance premiums alone are worth the trouble.

Hey man were you deployed in the desert?
 

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Just discovered I’ll be at least 60% frankly all I want is healthcare and PX/Commissary access. And free state college tuition for my kids if they end up staying in the state.

Only took me 30 years to make the claim. And if any of you vets aren’t using USAA YOU HAVE TO LOOK INTO IT. Insurance premiums alone are worth the trouble.
Thank you for your service sir. I'm rated 100% for mental disorder.
 

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Just discovered I’ll be at least 60% frankly all I want is healthcare and PX/Commissary access.
Just discovered this the hard way a month ago--- For PX/Commissary access, your VA ID needs to have TWO lines under your photo. "VA Healthcare Enrollee" and (most importantly on line 2) "Service Connected". Have the VA enrollment office at your local hospital make you a new ID after you get the rating.
 

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Just discovered this the hard way a month ago--- For PX/Commissary access, your VA ID needs to have TWO lines under your photo. "VA Healthcare Enrollee" and (most importantly on line 2) "Service Connected". Have the VA enrollment office at your local hospital make you a new ID after you get the rating.
thanks for the tip
 

"She's Out of Your League"

You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.

Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.

She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.

Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.

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toxic water claim on base
That’s no surprise coming from swampy Lejeune…
You can’t run that many men thru that kind of a sh|thole and not expect some future health problems.
The on base water is believed to have become contaminated about 1953 and confirmed by Army labs mid 1980’s.

Thirty years of not adequately testing or giving a dam about base water quality is inexcusable …
 

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That’s no surprise coming from swampy Lejeune…
You can’t run that many men thru that kind of a sh|thole and not expect some future health problems.
The on base water is believed to have become contaminated about 1953 and confirmed by Army labs mid 1980’s.
Interesting.....
 

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yes. I just got back from Navy Dive/EOD school in Panama City, FL. And I also just went from nothing to a 90% disability rating before the holidays. Life is great. It's going to be even better when I see all these beta cucks that voted for fgt bullsh it get drafted & slaughtered soon. You reap what you sow. And yes, your vets are everywhere around here, gyms, hospital, etc. I don't know why they settled here. I have avoided the VFW lately and I am independently advocating for local vets looking to get a rating. There's just too much info out there that these guys don't know about and that's where I'm stepping up rn.

I'll be at MCRD-San Diego and Coronado NB next month if any of you wanna rip weights on/off base and go drink in the Gaslamp District lol...
Im in miami walking distance from vfw hit me up
 

"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"

Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.

You've been "getting ready" for two years.

She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.

Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.

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Looked into donating, but Charity Watch and Charity Navigator show no records for them.

I'm surprised "donate" page lacks taxpayer id, and "contact page lacks a mailing address. I found both here:
 

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It’s been many years. Sounds like they may have dissolved or merged into another organization.
 

"How I Made Sure No Woman Ever Friend-Zoned Me Again"

She calls you when her car breaks down. When she needs help moving. When some guy she's actually dating treats her badly.

You're the listener. The reliable one. The guy who would treat her so much better, if she'd just open her eyes.

She won't. You trained her to see you as the low-effort option — the friend who requires zero risk and zero investment. Every favor dug the hole deeper.

The "22 Rules" break the pattern. You'll stop auditioning for a role she already cast and become the man she chases instead. It starts with Rule 1.

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