{"id":80787,"date":"2018-07-26T08:00:41","date_gmt":"2018-07-26T12:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=80787"},"modified":"2022-01-23T22:43:01","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T03:43:01","slug":"kevin-hipple-phony-ranger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=80787","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Hipple; phony Ranger"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Someone sent us their work on this fellow Kevin Hipple<\/a> who told his local news people at KSWO<\/a> that Fourth of July fireworks trigger his PTSD;<\/p>\n

On Independence Day, we celebrate the founding of our nation with friends and family, BBQ’s and fireworks. But the jaw-dropping light shows can trigger PTSD in veterans. <\/p>\n

“People like me, we’re not rare, but we have an injury you can’t see,” said Kevin Hipple.<\/p>\n

Kevin Hipple is referring to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Hipple served in the United States Army for 13 years, fighting for our freedom in Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm. His time in the 82nd and 18th Airborne Corp exposed him to the unthinkable.<\/p>\n

“You get people blowing off fireworks and it reminds me of what I did over there,” he said. “I did some mean, nasty, ugly things that my country made me do to protect it. I get real bad nightmares.”<\/p>\n

Hipple was diagnosed with PTSD 10 years ago when he spent six months in the hospital for the disorder. While the Fourth of July is a time to celebrate our country and thank those who keep us safe, Hipple encourages people to find out if their neighbors are veterans and give them a heads-up about the fireworks.<\/p>\n

“Not everyone has done what we’ve done,” Hipple said. “If you’re going to blow off fireworks, at least check out your neighbor and see if they’re okay.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In the video at this link<\/a>, you can see his Ranger Tab tattoo.<\/p>\n

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He did go to Desert Storm with the 3rd Battalion, 8th Field Artillery which deployed to Desert Storm as part of the 18th Field Artillery Brigade of the XVIIIth Airborne Corps which supported the 101st Airborne Division during Desert Storm.<\/p>\n

According to his records, Hipple attended two weeks of Pre-Ranger training but he didn’t go to Ranger School;<\/p>\n

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I don’t know what Hipple thinks were “mean, nasty, ugly things that my country made me do to protect it”, but since he was assigned to a unit that made the some of the loudest noises on the battlefield, I kind of doubt that pop-pop-pop fireworks trigger him.<\/p>\n

And, he’s not a Ranger because he attended a two week orientation for Ranger School.<\/p>\n

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