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Pau l Ha s ty Veteran | 12 years in the Army Whats your perspective on patriotism? We went to war but I went to war for me and my family more than I did the United States. Not that I am not a patriot. I bleed red, white, and blue but I understand that as a black man we are not treated equally. So my focus was to do a good job in the military so that I could come out and have a good job and a good life for my family. But very sincerely when I first went in I was still being called the n-word I was being treated differently than my other white soldiers and I just understood that so I had to act accordingly. It is what it is, it got me what I want. I wanted to go in and get a medical degree. I wanted to see the country. I mean, I went to the Holy Land on Uncle Sam’s dime. You can’t make that up. I got to Germany on Uncle Sam. I mean, I went to Holland, Egypt, Israel. So the army did me good and I got what I went in to get.
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Pa ula Polk Veteran | 12 years in the Army .
What area of your life has the military helped you grow the most in? Learning that no matter what challenges you face in life never give up and try to help others who one day may encounter those same obstacles and help them overcome it as you did. What was your experience transitioning from active duty to civilian life? My experiences were hard, I did not want to leave the military. But, after a year long deployment, getting hurt and knowing that I was getting ready to deploy again was to much. I was also an MST survivor not getting then help I needed. What do you do, post active duty? I am now a supervisor GS-11 Administrative Officer for Care Management & Social Work Service. I started working for the Department of Defense while on terminal leave from the Army. So I have a total of nearly 29 years of federal service.
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