Veterans: Do Something More

Nov 24, 2014

November 24, 2014
Mike Liguori

When you signed a piece of paper to join the armed forces, you knew there would be pain, countless hours of lost sleep, and a possible deployment to an unknown land against an unknown enemy. You wore a uniform that signified more than nametapes. You know that your life was on the line at all times and you embraced it. Because your country, and the core values and beliefs that it was built on coarse through your veins. Service is in your DNA.

You should do something more, because now that you are home, you may face an uphill battle with your transition out of the military, trying to replicate the feeling that uniform gave you. It probably hurts to think about how much you miss the digital camouflage print, the American flag on your arm, the eagle, globe and anchor on your left chest. The pain won’t be there long. The Mission Continues is here to assign you a new mission and a new unit.

Closing Ceremony Mission Continues

Do something more. You can’t go back to the past. But that’s okay. Your country still needs you. You can still put others in front of your own needs like you did overseas. You can teach citizens the power of the American military, the loyalty of its veterans, the commitment and resolve to take anything thrown their way. You can make a huge difference in the lives of others.

Do something more. You already know how you feel about wanting to be part of something bigger than yourself. You already know the sheer thought of having an organization giving you the chance to make a difference again and surrounding yourself with dedicated, like-minded individuals makes you feel like that hole that grew the last few months or years is slowly shrinking. We can help fill it.

We don’t do handouts. The only thing we give out here is an opportunity. Apply for a Mission Continues Fellowship or join a local Service Platoon and commit yourself to serving your country once again.

Do something more because you want to do more. It’s who you are.

Applications for The Mission Continues Bravo Fellowship Class are due December 8. Don’t miss your chance to do something more.

Liguori

Mike Liguori, left, from The Mission Continues checks in for the Boston Recovering Warrior Employment Conference sponsored by PeopleScout and hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s Hiring Our Heroes, Wounded Warrior Project, and Paralyzed Veterans of America on Tuesday, October 14, 2014. (Aynsley Floyd/AP Images for U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation.)

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Mike Liguori Mserved two tours in Iraq as a Marine from 2002-2006.  He is an alum of the Wounded Warrior Project and currently works as a  Veteran Outreach Specialist for The Mission Continues. Mike is the author of the Sandbox Stories of Human Spirit and War and is a blogger for the Huffington Post.