[Blindtlk] FW: Army's First Blind Active-Duty Officer

[Mari Hunziker]

Well, I appreciate you sending this. I posted it on my Facebook page. I sent
it to my relatives, friends who are currently in or were in the military. I
think it give a ray of hope that one is able to continue to live their
goals. I enjoyed the story despite the very ignorant reporter.

Mari Hunziker

On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 11:38 AM, Hyde, David W. (ESC) <
david.hyde at wcbvi.k12.wi.us> wrote:

> I saw the depression and the other problems in the story too. We all know
> people who went blind and found that stage. We all know people who never got
> past it. I sent this for a couple of reasons. First, it does represent a
> change in what the military generally does. Some of us would have liked to
> serve, and have always been told that it just couldn't be done. This is in
> spite of the fact that we know of jobs that could be done with ease by a
> blind man or women. A clerk is a clerk, a programmer a programmer, and a
> contract specialist a contract specialist, whether he or she can see or not.
>
> I also sent it because I hope it gives some hope to those who are
> recovering military personnel who may not want to leave the service. If this
> guy can do it, they may be able to do it too. While I would have written the
> story differently, I believe that it has value in itself. Remember, He is
> the one who wanted to do something. If his belief in god, or  anything else
> helps, that's a good thing.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Robert J Smith
> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 11:27 AM
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> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] FW: Army's First Blind Active-Duty Officer
>
> Hi all.  I feel that the negative elements of Captain Smiley's
> psychological adjustment should be brought to light, because that's what he
> went through.  I have always been blind so I didn't have any of that. I know
> that there are those who will key off on all the negative elements (or a
> more appropriate word would be difficult) but they need to be told because
> they are part of his story and he strengthened and re-developed his
> character because of them.
>
> Bob Smith
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> From:
> "Jewel S." <herekittykat2 at gmail.com>
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> 09/23/2010 12:04 PM
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> Re: [Blindtlk] FW: Army's First Blind Active-Duty Officer
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>
> A small step forward for the military, but a big step back for the image of
> blind people in my opinion. They talk about how devastating losing his sight
> was, how he wanted to die, that his life was black literally and
> figuratively, and how he broke down crying because his life was so horribly
> changed.
>
> Captain Smiley tries to push that his life is normal. He makes light of his
> wanting to have fun (surfing, mountain climbing, parachuting), but the Fox
> announcer seems so shocked and awed that a blind person could do such
> things.
>
> Good for Captain Smiley. I'm sure he'll go far and represent people with
> visual impairment well, but this video certaionly doesn't.
>
> My two cents,
>
> On 9/23/10, Hyde, David W. (ESC) <david.hyde at wcbvi.k12.wi.us> wrote:
> >  I think this represents a small step forward by the military. They at
> least
> > didn't give him a discharge and a thank you..
> >
> >
> > http://news.yahoo.com/video/us-15749625/21915181
> >
> >
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