Best products from r/Veterans
We found 23 comments on r/Veterans discussing the most recommended products. We ran sentiment analysis on each of these comments to determine how redditors feel about different products. We found 40 products and ranked them based on the amount of positive reactions they received. Here are the top 20.
1. Mindwise
- Impeccable lifelike visuals with 27” 16:9 2560 x 1440 with 100% sRGB and 178° wide-viewing angle
- ASUS Eye care technology with Flicker free for less Eye fatigue; Ergonomically-designed stand with Tilt,Swivel,Pivot,Height adjustment plus wall-mount capability for comfortable viewing position
- Extensive connectivity with native WQHD content support with HDMI, DisplayPort, and Dual-link DVI
- ASUS-exclusive QuickFit Virtual Scale and Splendid Video Intelligence Technology for true ‘what you see is what you get’
- Audio features stereo speakers : 3W x 2 Stereo RMS
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2. 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
- Marriage
- Love
- Psychology
- Secret
- Touch
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3. Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment
- Nasal Allergies, Dryness & Hay Fever
- Sinus Pressure & Nasal Stuffiness
- Nasal Symptoms from Flu & Cold
- Nasal Irritation from Occupational & House Dust, Fumes, Animal Dander, Grass, Pollen, Smoke, etc.
- Post Nasal Drip & Nasal Congestion
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6. The Strategic Student Veteran: Successfully Transitioning from the Military to College Academics
- Great product!
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7. BOYOVO Reflective Vest for High Visibility All Day and Night with Emergency Identification Label,3 Modes USB Rechargeable LED Light,Fully Adjustable - Neon Green
USB rechargeable: just need the power source with USB port to charge for the LED vest, 6 hours running time; when charging, the LED light will lighted up and the light will automatically close after 3 hours full charging.Adjustable size: each strap is made out of 2" wide elastic, shoulder strap can ...
8. Nite Ize NCLS02-03-03SP ClipLit Designs, Blue Spiral
Easily adjustable straps on both sides of the vest allow for precise fit for comfort while runningBright Red LED illuminated Stripes are located on the front and back of the vest, and can be turned on/off individuallyEasily replaceable batteries included (2 x 2032 3V Lithium Batteries)Available in r...
9. noxgear Tracer360 Visibility Vest (XL)
- ALL THE COLORS IN ONE – Change between 8 super bright solid colors - Green, Red, Blue, Pink, Yellow, Blue & Pink (mixed), Pink & Green (mixed) and Blue & Red (mixed) AND 8 eye-catching multicolor flashing modes – Our special illumination modes are based on visual science to give visibility to you and warning to motorists. Modes are easily selectable at the press of a button, easy to access if you're walking, running, playing ultimate frisbee, riding a horse, or even riding a motorcycle.
- TRUE 360 DEGREE ILLUMINATION, REFLECTIVITY, & FLUORESCENCE – Unlike other reflective running vests and hi viz cycling gear, our flexible fiber optic cables, and 3M reflector chest belts actively keep you safe by alerting distracted drivers and traffic before their headlights are on you. The unique X shape of the led lights guarantees a larger visibility area, illuminating both sides of the body and making you visible from over a quarter mile in any direction
- LIGHTWEIGHT, BREATHABLE, & EXTREMELY COMFORTABLE – If it’s for a short jog in the morning with the kids, walking your dogs in the evening, or an all night solo ride, at only 6.5 oz – you’ll forget you’re wearing it. Using High Quality Sports Mesh and elastic makes the Tracer2 Sweat Resistant, Chafe-free, comfy to wear. The slim, minimalist design ensures minimal fabric-to-body contact, less sweat-trapping, and helps it not interfere with your HRM (heart rate monitor)
- HIGHLY ADJUSTABLE - WEAR IT ANYTIME OF YEAR – Expand it to fit over your cold weather coat or jacket or adjust it down to fit more snug on t-shirts or singlets during those hot summer night activities. Experience a perfect fit and zero bounce, no matter the season or clothes, Spring, Summer, Fall, or Winter, the Tracer2 will go as long as you do, even rain and snow won't slow you down with the waterproof design
- ENGINEERED FOR EXCELLENCE– Noxgear was founded by engineer athletes, who continue to apply the same rigor and discipline as they did designing rockets and robots to providing you a 5-star product with 5-star customer service.
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10. The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts
- Northfield Publishing
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11. Quartet Magnetic Whiteboard, 17 x 23 inches White Board, Dry Erase Board, Black Frame (MWDW1723M-BK)
- Dry erase board provides a smooth writing surface and doubles as a magnetic bulletin board
- Performs best under light use
- 17 inches x 23 inches
- Available with a black frame
- Board can be hung in either portrait or landscape orientation
- Mounting hardware, dry erase marker and magnet accessories included
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12. Cracking the Coding Interview: 189 Programming Questions and Solutions
- Careercup, Easy To Read
- Condition : Good
- Compact for travelling
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13. Jobseeker's Guide 8th Ed: Ten Steps to a Federal Job for Military Personnel and Spouses
16. Audio-Technica ATH-M50x Professional Studio Monitor Headphones, Black, Professional Grade, Critically Acclaimed, With Detachable Cable
- Critically acclaimed sonic performance praised by top audio engineers and pro audio reviewers
- Proprietary 45 millimeter large aperture drivers with rare earth magnets and copper clad aluminum wire voice coils
- Exceptional clarity throughout an extended frequency range with deep accurate bass response
- Circumaural design contours around the ears for excellent sound isolation in loud environments
- 90 degree swiveling earcups for easy one ear monitoring and professional grade earpad and headband material delivers more durability and comfort
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17. Cooler Master MH-751 MH751 2.0 Gaming Headset with Plush, Swiveled Earcups, 40mm Neodymium Drivers, and Omni-Directional Boom Mic for PC, PS4, and Xbox,Black
The MH751 gaming headset offers high quality sound with high comfort fit for your longest battle Royale sessions40 millimeter neodymium drivers provide full, balanced 2.0 sound for total immersion and full situational awareness of your surroundingsThe Omni directional boom mic keeps communication in...
18. Sabrent USB 3.0 to SATA External Hard Drive Lay-Flat Docking Station for 2.5 or 3.5in HDD, SSD [Support UASP] (EC-DFLT)
- Supports all 2.5 and 3.5-inch SATA drives
- Connects via SuperSpeed USB 3.0 (up to 10x as fast as USB 2.0)
- UASP (USB Attached SCSI Protocol) support for even faster performance. UASP requires UASP capable host system
- Serial ATA bus up to 6Gbps Signal bandwidth for fast storage backups
- This Docking station comes with a free download of Acronis True Image for Sabrent software for easy cloning
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19. Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes
- Mariner Books
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20. VictoryStore Jumbo Greeting Cards: Giant Birthday Card (Birthday Cake) 2 Feet by 3 Feet Card with Envelope
- BIRTHDAY CARD - Our jumbo cards will make someone feel special. Big happy birthday card for a funny surprise on the great day. Big birthday cards are a treat on a special day.
- MESSAGE INSIDE: "May everything happy And everything bright Be yours on your birthday From morning till night, And then through the year, May the same thing hold true, So that each day is filled With life's best things for you! Happy Birthday!" 2' x 3' card with envelope
- QUALITY MADE - These large greeting cards have full color graphics and are made from high quality corrugated plastic for elegance and extra durability and come with an envelope.
- BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED CARDS – VictoryStore features more than 200 big cards for all occasions like retirement, graduation, wedding, Bar Mitzvah, holidays, as well as birthday, thank you, wedding, anniversary, congratulations, and get well and more.
- FAMILY BUSINESS - Founded in 1999, VictoryStore has been a pioneer in the design-your-own space for products and yard signs. Founded by Steve and Kelli Grubbs and is still a family business located in Davenport, Iowa.
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You are loved, cared, about and wanted beyond what you believe. Speaking as a veteran, Your discharge doesn't matter to me. You are a human first, and you deserve to be helped. If it was up to me, the Va can shove it. That being said; It can still be a cruel place for both veterans that get out honorably, and civilians in general who need help but can't afford it., and I'm saying this because I can relate to your struggles as I wasn't able to go to therapy for months when I was going through it. But I just want to say this....It get's better. It always gets better! No matter what you believe, in or how you feel now. The present you isn't the future you, and all though the present you doesn't have the answers the future you does. So don't get caught up in the lies your mind is telling you now. They are all lies, none of it is true. You have a future, you are loved, and you can find happiness again. Don't compare yourself to others either! This is a journey. Your Journey, but some people never get past the first part of it because they don't reach out for help. But reading this post I can see that you want it. So I'm going to tell you everything I did, and I pray that you do the same. Keep in mind, I was at the bottom of the bottom, I was 4,000$ in debt, no job, and living with my parents. So there's no excuse for you to say that I was gifted. Because hope was all I ever had to begin with. I tried something, and guess what I don't consider myself depressed, anxious, or anything anymore. I found PEACE. So listen to me EVEN if it sounds stupid, even if it sounds ridiculous, even if it seems pointless. Please if you would rather, grow than be destroyed when confronted by evil. Start doing some of these things, and I promise you, you'll find what I did. Inner peace, and a gifted outlook of the world.
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Here are some videos right now you can examine.
https://youtu.be/Xm_2zmX6Akc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3rhPa7h4ro&t=1257s
https://youtu.be/4OmC6LyO5QI
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Books:
https://www.amazon.com/Mindwise-Misunderstand-Others-Think-Believe/dp/1491544325
https://www.amazon.com/12-Rules-Life-Antidote-Chaos/dp/B0797Y87JC/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2CJEEHYRE681V&keywords=12+rules+for+life+by+jordan+peterson&qid=1573031274&s=books&sprefix=12+rules%2Cstripbooks%2C189&sr=1-1
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Challenge your thoughts. Challenge your beliefs. Look at things for what they really are, and not how they make you feel. There is no place you can go were you can't go back from again. Because if you examine it truly. You'll see that it really isn't all that bad. All you have to do is do this or do that. Nothing is unfixable.
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Here's a song I want you to listen to. The reality is that life is beautiful, and it's worth living. We just need to find the reason why beyond our perception because perception isn't forever. It can be changed like a pair of glasses. We just need to give the time it deserves.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e934LuQlAeg
I'll pray for you, things will get better. I'm proof.
https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/FcBm4twGgR/
(Notes to my therapist.) (Look at how recent this was.)
Often times in the lives of humans we let ourselves be defined by externals, but this is only truly harmful to those who have never defined themselves internally, because without this internal definition, this laying out of who we are as defined by what we value most in the universe around us, without this, external definitions become the only thing we are and this is a horrible place to be.
When I find myself in a dark place, defined by things external to myself which leave me little control or direction in my own life, I look again at my internal definition of myself, my definition of the universe around me and when those are again refreshed in my mind, the external things loose their power because the master context of my life is switched back to those things most important -- valuable -- to me and my life.
If you don't have your own base definition of yourself, only just some awkward feeling of self left over from times past, then I envy you your task, for you get to build your definition in your immediate future, while mine was built so long ago -- not yet complete, but then I'm not yet dead.
Build your definition of yourself. There are many ways to do this. One thing which was most helpful to me at the age of twenty-two when I found it was this warrior's book, "A Happy Death" for it helped me understand that morals need not be religious, that self-interest and care was not selfishness, and that to live your life with the purpose of becoming the best human you can be is the most honorable way to die, and if you were this guy, well, the answer would be the same. His book tells a warrior's tale, too.
Accept that you were a warrior then, that you're a warrior now, and only the battle has changed. Build your self, it's your primary tool and will let you permanently put the externalities in their proper perspective.
Best wishes, warrior.
Did you go straight to a 4 year or a community college? I went to a community college at first and I highly recommend it. That is sort of why they exist- to help you prepare for a four year degree. You can take a few classes and get back in the swing. My (and most) JuCo offered a class on school habits: how to study, how to take notes, writing papers. I highly recommend one. They are not super challenging, JuCos that is. You could definitely hold down a part time job to pay the bills simultaneously, so you dont waste your GI Bill on community college. Also, there is this helpful book https://www.amazon.com/Strategic-Student-Veteran-Successfully-Transitioning/dp/1499341245
But college aint designed to be easy- remember that. It is supposed to be challenging. Even after community college, going to a University was a shock the first couple of semesters. Eventually you get the hang of it, however.
On the social note, I also tried to "fit in" and make friends. Be a part of campus. And I failed. But the truth is.....you will never be a regular student. You are radically different than everyone else on that campus. I'm definitely not suggesting you become the grumpy, recluse vet, but there is not something wrong with you because you are unable to fit in with college students. Dude, they are much younger and much less exposed to the real world. In general, it is harder as adults to make friends. All I can say....PUT YOURSELF OUT THERE. If you want to meet people and make friends, you have to make yourself a bit uncomfortable. What are you into? Find a meetup group or some organization dedicated to it and attend it. I got into vegetable gardening, so I joined a community garden. Met new friends. Many different ideas (for adults) out there- book clubs, sports leagues, volunteer organizations. You can't be a recluse and then complain about not having friends (not saying you have been one). Your school may have a veterans organization. I would at least suggest checking it out. You may or may not take to it. Some are cool, some are stressful and stupid. But I think you owe yourself to at least check it out, if it exist. You might be able to meet some similar people to you.
You owe yourself a college degree. In whatever. You have a fucking mechanism to make it completely free for you. Latest data suggest the average college grad will make $1mil more over their lifetime than a high school grad. You have a chance to attain that for free, so don't give up.
Look, a lot of talk going on here about loud noises, bangs, booms, PTSD and scary situations.... not to worry my friends....
Just make sure you all have your authorized safety vests on !!
That is all !!
Sincerely, Navy Medicine Representative
Sparklely Good Feeling Vest
Vest for all E-2C Hawkeye Aircrew
Ultimate for all those super cool Tacticool types
Happy 4th of July !! God Bless America and all Her Service Personnel, home and abroad !!
I’m a vet and married to a vet with PTSD.
Try this book The Five Love Languages
A counselor recommended it to me. Basically there are 5 ways in which people give and receive love. If you don’t speak the same “language” one or both of you will always feel like your being neglected. It helps both of you figure out what “language” you speak so you can both better meet each other’s needs.
Way too complicated. Budgets do not need all of this and when people see this type of complexity they tend to say "fuck this mess".
It works for you, fine. You do you.
I use this. Easy Peasey. I'm looking at it now, it's propped up in the corner.
https://www.amazon.com/Quartet-Erase-Whiteboard-Magnetic-MWDW1723M-BK/dp/B00UNNRFOI/ref=sr_1_3?s=office-products&ie=UTF8&qid=1521845388&sr=1-3&keywords=dry+erase+board
I 'm not a net worth person. Tracking net worth is worthless to me. I don't care what my accounts were worth 10 years ago.
What are my monthly expenses? How much can I draw at 4% from my investments? That's all I care about.
I use the boglehead philosphy. If you have a simple portfolio, no need for layers of complexity.
The key o money management is a budget. I use whatever I have laying around, be it an envelope or old note pad. every pay check we write it down, "Got paid x. Our budget is Y. This gets paid. This gets saved." After you set your 401k percentage and autodraft the iras and savings, it all falls into place.
I say all of this as someone who makes his living using excel.
I will add, it's not "lucky" your housing is cheaper than market. It's because you choose to take a family discount in rent. I would never do that. But I'm not you. But maybe rephrase it from "lucky" to another more accurate term. It's like someone explaining to me how to save a million dollars and in the last paragraph casually mentioning they won the lottery.
Glad this works for you. But for others looking at it, remember you don't have to have something so complex.
Some tips...
I can't be of any direct help to you, however, you may want to look and see if there are any 10 Steps to a Federal Job workshops around you (bases host them wherever they have their transition workshops). Here is a slideshow I found that was similar to what I went through.
They gave pointers on making a federal resume, such as really reading the job posting and emphasizing the KSA's. These things are long, as in several pages long. The bread-and-butter of the workshop is the book they gave you which has guides & sample resumes throughout it.
Best of luck!
There's an excellent book out there that tells a number of stories in this format; The Longest War
I'm currently in Afghanistan but I have zero interest in sharing, sorry.
You’re not coming across as a douche, but understand this isn’t gonna change - ever.
My recommendation?
These:
Audio-Technica ATH-M50x Professional Studio Monitor Headphones, Black https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HVLUR86/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_p2UgDbRHWGKVK
I’d never heard of the brand before, and I always prided myself on having good headphones - but these are amazing.
Start practicing mindful meditation. "Why Buddhism is True" by Robert Wright is a good book on the subject that focuses on the science behind why it helps your brain.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MPZNG63/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
Get lots of exercise.
Talk to a therapist.
They're not bad, but check out Hi-Fi Guides to find your next pair. These are a better headphone at like half the price, never mind that they're a "gaming headset".
Alternatively you can just get a HDD dock. This will be a bit easier to do than a full enclosure for something that will likely only be used once to pull data.
Also, look at setting up Google Drive or something similar to back this stuff up going foward so you don't run into a similar situation in the future!
(If you have any questions please ask!)
Punished By Rewards. It's a good read; I promise.