{"id":9095,"date":"2012-11-12T15:17:55","date_gmt":"2012-11-12T23:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spokeo.com\/compass\/?p=9095"},"modified":"2022-04-13T12:19:20","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T20:19:20","slug":"helping-veterans-reconnect-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spokeo.com\/compass\/helping-veterans-reconnect-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Helping Veterans Reconnect &#8211; Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-align: justify;\">It takes much more than one day a year to thank Veterans for all that they have done to defend our freedom, but we are glad that there is at least one special day reserved just for this specific appreciation. Though yesterday was officially Veteran\u2019s Day, today is the day many workers have been given the day off to reflect on their appreciation for those who have served in the military.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>We are still in the midst of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spokeo.com\/compass\/helping-veterans-reconnect\">recruiting submissions from you for Vets who are looking to reconnect with their military buddies<\/a>. We are anxious to give out these free accounts as we know how much friendships mean to those who have served in the armed forces.<\/p>\n<p>How much do those friendships really mean? We were lucky enough to hear it firsthand from a Veteran himself.\u00a0Mark is in his early thirties and is veteran of the United States Air Force. He completed two tours in Iraq and shares his thoughts on how much his friendships mean:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spokeo.com\/compass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Mark-S.jpg?ssl=1\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9120\" title=\"Mark S\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spokeo.com\/compass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Mark-S-300x244.jpg?resize=300%2C244&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spokeo.com\/compass\/image\/2012\/11\/Mark-S.jpg?resize=300%2C244&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spokeo.com\/compass\/image\/2012\/11\/Mark-S.jpg?w=489&amp;ssl=1 489w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>One of the most confusing things about coming back from war was asking myself, \u2018how could I live a normal life again? How could I ever even talk about some of what I witnessed, or what I felt sitting there at night and listening to the sound of gunfire and explosion that always seemed to get closer.\u2019 I thought of those nights and always wondered if that night was going to be \u2018the night.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" dir=\"ltr\"><em>I relied so much on the men and women who joined me, and I always knew I had someone to talk to. They understood, they had been there for me when I needed them. We cried together at our losses; they were my brothers and sisters. As the years passed, so many of us went our separate ways. Many got out of the military or moved to different bases.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" dir=\"ltr\"><em>You always promise each other \u2018we will keep in touch\u2019 but everyone is so busy, or you can\u2019t even find them if you wanted to. \u00a0With modern day technology and the incorporation of social media, the gap is narrowed a bit but it still can be difficult. Even after all of these years, finding my brothers again and talking with them about some of what we dealt with allows healing, and allows for some form of closure. Spokeo\u2019s drive to aid veterans to reunite helps us more than ever. It helps ensure these bonds between those who have shared so much isn\u2019t broken.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We are so touched by Mark\u2019s words and are even more inspired to help veterans find their friends again.<strong id=\"internal-source-marker_0.5233310463372618\"><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>If you know a Veteran who is in search of someone they previously served with, email your story to veterans@spokeo.com. We will continue accepting submissions through Friday, November 16.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It takes much more than one day a year to thank Veterans for all that they have done to defend our freedom, but we are glad that there is at&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[638,648],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","category-connectors"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Helping Veterans Reconnect - 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