Letters to the Editor - November 12, 2026

Coming home is only part of the journey “Welcome home! We’re so glad you are with us again. “Now go find a life that matters.” Joining the ranks in the military means that everything is reduced to black & white. The word uniform says it all. No dissenting opinions, no questions and one purpose: serve the mission and your team. Coming home does not include a playbook. There’s no reverse boot camp. Civilians are more about the individual than the unit or the cause. That’s why so many military vets go into law enforcement or jobs as first responders. It’s the sense of belonging and their resourcefulness that make them willing to put them in harm’s way again. You may meet them on your worst day, when they can do what you can’t do for yourself. Others go into various careers, but some kind of capacity to sacrifice and serve is underneath it all. One vet said to me that she thinks the word veteran is thought of as a diagnosis.

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