Thank You for Your Service Page #4

on the road here...?

I look.

That's the first real thing

you've told me about the war.

I feel so much better now.

Hey, don't be an a**hole.

Two army commendation medals.

An army achievement medal.

Impressive.

You never told me about those.

Is there a specific incident

that troubles you?

Maybe a name?

Emory.

What happened with Emory?

I dropped him.

I was carrying him.

I dropped him.

And they had to cut

two inches of his brain out.

And then doster happened.

What happened to doster?

Why don't you tell us

our options?

There is no cure for trauma,

but we can learn to manage it.

Long-term care

has the best results,

but every facility

is different.

Some are four weeks.

Some are nine months.

What works for one person

may not work for another.

But all these places are

equally difficult to get into,

so the smartest thing to do

would be to apply everywhere

and cross our fingers.

Cross our fingers?

There are hundreds of thousands

of men and women seeking help.

But he's a veteran.

That's what I mean.

There are hundreds of thousands

of veterans seeking help.

Will we get priority

to places closest to us?

I'm afraid not.

What do we do in the meantime?

What if I had a job?

- I think a job would help.

- A job is good.

Your benefits

won't be kicking in

for another couple

of months, so...

Another couple months?

Wow. I mean, what the f***

is going on around here?

I have a position

at a heavy-ordnance range.

Okay, he wants to kill himself,

and you want him to work

at a gun range?

It's a tank range.

You think I could kill myself

with a tank?

Maybe.

Well, it would take

some serious planning.

Well, you're pretty

f***ing resourceful.

I used to be good at that.

At what?

Making you laugh.

Was I laughing?

You should have told me

i was married to a hero.

I'm not a hero.

Hero enough.

I just want to get back

in our house.

Me, too.

We're not that far off.

Oh, yeah? You win the powerball

and not tell me?

Amanda loaned us some money.

Amanda doster?

Yeah.

We were at will's funeral,

and she offered.

What the f*** are you doing?

I told her we were trying

to get back into our house.

Do you not f***ing get

that she has that money

because her husband's dead?

And that her husband is dead

because of me?

What the f***, saskia?

F***ing Christ.

What's up, homey?

What you want?

I got nickels, dimes,

two finger sacks.

What about some ecstasy?

Some ecstasy? Man, I don't

sell that around here.

- Get the f*** out of here.

- Come on, man.

Roll it up.

Who I got to see?

F*** does that mean?

F***, is you 12?

Show me some bread, dawg.

- I got some pills.

- I don't f***ing take pills.

I look like a f***ing pawnshop

or something to you, nigga?

Well, you look like your

f***ing balls ain't dropped.

Huh? How about this,

motherf***er?

What up, big army?

You all out of pocket here.

How'd you know I was military?

Yeah, I stormed that desert

myself back in '91.

24th infantry.

All right.

Did you get in on waivers?

You got that look.

Army saved my life.

What they doing for you now?

Got to make your own way now.

Ah, yeah!

Oh, sh*t!

You know where I can score

some ecstasy?

Ecstasy?

Man, does this

look like a goddamn rave?

It's not for a rave.

It's for an injury.

Sh*t, if you're injured, man,

doctors up there at fort Riley

giving out that oxy

like it's candy.

It's not that kind of injury.

You was all in it, wasn't you?

Did you lose some guys?

Or you one of them

murdering motherfuckers?

Hey, buddy. It's okay.

It's all right.

I got you.

It's okay.

It's okay. It's okay.

- I got you. -Adam: Was this

dog fight downtown?

You're gonna make it. You're

gonna be all right, buddy.

Can't be going

down there, man.

- You got a kid coming.

- I got you.

Hey, stop moving, man.

You're vibrating

the whole damn table.

Do you remember the dogs

in rustamiyah?

That runt that went on raids?

Little Caesar.

He was Emory's dog, wasn't he?

You ever talk to him?

No.

Do you think he's like us?

I just told you, man, I haven't

f***ing talked to him.

Do you remember what

that Iraqi cop did to Caesar?

Yeah.

Wanted to kill

that motherf***er.

Two guys in bravo

got back at him.

- You hear about that?

- No. What'd they do?

Same sh*t he did to Caesar.

Held him down and snipped

his f***ing achilles

with a bolt cutter.

F*** yeah.

F***...

We're gonna be all right, man.

We're gonna get in

a treatment facility somewhere.

And then what?

Huh? Just...

Just goes away?

What is that?

It's a dog.

I can see that.

Why is it here

and not at a vet?

I- it's a fighting dog.

They won't let

dogs like this in.

Were you outside of Amanda's

earlier tonight?

Nope.

She said you were.

She saw your truck.

Well, if you weren't

sucking money off her,

you probably wouldn't

f***ing care.

I care about you, not her.

The dog has to go.

It's a pit bull.

We have kids.

We're not allowed dogs

in our apartment.

Well, sh*t.

I guess I got a dog.

Hello?

Something's burning.

Alea.

F***!

Oh, my god! Oh, my god!

Mom, call the police!

It's okay.

- Oh, my god, the baby!

- I'm so sorry.

Jaxy, come here, baby.

It's okay.

Mommy's got you.

What happened?

- Did you drop him?

- I don't know.

Shh.

Get away from us, Adam.

It's okay, jaxy.

Mommy's here.

Mommy's here. I'm right here.

I know. I know.

I'm sorry.

Fell asleep.

It's okay, Jaxson.

Mommy's here.

I'm right here. I know.

Shh.

Shh.

Baby.

You need help.

You have to go away.

I'm sorry.

You've got to go.

Police!

I can't help you, sol.

I can't help you.

What up, big army?

You still looking for Molly?

Who?

Ecstasy.

I got your medicine.

Get your ass in the car.

Are you some kind

of island nigga?

Samoan.

Damn, samo,

you looking raggedy, man.

I got your sh*t.

But here's what I need

from you.

I give you a car

and an address.

You park the goods

and walk away.

- That's it?

- That's it.

Why don't these guys do it?

'Cause these are my guys.

And you're just some grunt

nobody recognizes.

And if sh*t gets hairy,

oh, you can Rambo

your way out of it.

I need shoes.

Hey, Jay, man,

stop by the big 5.

Let's get this big motherf***er

a pair of shoes.

Adam?

Is Jax okay?

He's fine.

Where are you?

I'm in Arkansas.

Arkansas? Why?

I need to find Emory.

Babe, I can't live like this.

Adam...

I'm gonna get this job,

and we're gonna move back

into our house.

We can move in right away.

It'll be like

we're starting over.

Does that sound good?

That sounds great.

I love you.

Love you, too.

Hey, Emory, it's shoe.

Come on in.

What's up, man?

Where you at?

Right here.

There's my man.

You got skinny.

Really? Did I?

Hell yeah.

Skinnier than you were.

You got kind of fat.

Got fat, did I?

- Yeah.

- Well, f***.

You just f***ing show up, huh?

Yeah, what do you

want me to do?

- You ain't got no phone.

- F*** you talking...?

I got a phone right there.

I got Internet.

What the f*** you think?

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