Thomas Frost

Happy Men's Health Month. Men's mental health is so important. I am going to open up on something dark from my past. I was stationed overseas. I had gotten a "Dear John" letter when I was deployed. It fucked with me. It drove me to almost taking the forever yeet! I went to get help. The ship did get me to the Docs to get the help I needed. However the base medical needed a Chief to lead and take charge of monitoring and handling all of the Forever yeet cases for the entire basin. I had 3 to 5 cases every week for 7 months straight. A lot were male. The hardest part was the sailors I was forced to make to watch the patients were the former ones that were there a week before (At my strong disagreement). There were sailors that I had to go to that had succeeded. There were ones that I had to tell their brothers and sisters in arms that they had lost someone. I fought this for so long. I argued with the medical staff. I did finally win but at my own cost. I didn't go for help and didn't trust the system after what I experienced for way too long. I am getting help now. But I want to stress to all out there. Please take care of yourselves! And as hard as it may be reach out and get help and ask for it. #MensHealthMonth #menshealthawareness

You are right. I know I need mental health help. The furry part is just a form of escapism. I am not in the fandom for the sexuality, that now has leached into it. I joined when it was just here to be a dumb dog on the Internet. I am not happy with how this fandom has become way too sexualized. And Zoo's that have latched onto this fandom deserve the same treatment as chomo's. They deserve to meet Mr. chippy. But again, thank you for the well wishes and yes I will be looking for help. If it leads to me not being in this fandom... So be it.

@ThomasFrost42 I can respect your service but I think you need serious mental health help…a grown ass man obsessed with furries and porn is not healthy.

Today is the day. An end of a part of my life and a beginning of a new one. I am Retiring from the Military. I am now hanging up my Anchor. I Will be a Veteran tomorrow. I started this journey back in OCT 2009. I joined as a Electronic Technician Nuclear. Graduated out of MARF in class 1101. Went to the Sub USS NORTH DAKOTA (SSN-784). During my time there I got Medically Disqualified for Subs and Nuclear. I had an EDMC that wanted me to not be a Nuke and he made it happen. When I left the Sub. He told me that I should really consider not being in "His Navy". I told him to go fuck himself. While waiting to move on to the next part of my naval carrier I worked over at DEVRON 12 and the TAG. My job was the personnel driver for the Commodore. However I found and did multiple jobs. Including working in the TAG. The Tactical Analysis Group. I had so much fun and saw so many cool and wild things in that job. Cross rated over to GSE (Gas Turbine Systems Technician - Electrical) and served on board the USS GETTYSBURG. Was on their last deployment before they went in the yards for SLEP (Service Life Extension Program). We went from a 350 man crew down to 42. We didn't have a Doc. So as a First Class I became the Medical Officer. That was stressful. But it made me learn how to be a better leader. I left there in 2018 where I became an Instructor over at what was called at that time SWOS Newport RI. I taught Chengs and MPAs. My claim to fame is I wrote and designed the entire class for LHA class ship. The classroom and trainers didn't exist before I got there. That is where I put on Anchors and became a Chief. After my time there I went to The USS Higgins out of Yokosuka Japan. That is where I finally broke hard. I was out on patrol and I got a Dear John letter. My 4th in my military carrier. This affected me hard. I had recognized the dark thoughts and asked for help. The ship was the best and made sure I got the help needed. While TAD to CSD. The base Doc looked at the pool of bodies that were broken and trying to heal and used us to be the suicide watch for the entire base. I was in charge of that. I had 3 to 5 people attempt suicide every week for 7 months straight. a few had succeeded and I had to go to them and had to tell their Brothers and Sisters. That completely broke me hard. I went Medical board. They sent me off to San Diego where I worked as the LCPO for Division 2 of LIMDU Sailors and then I was the DLCPO of all LIMDU and Medboard. When I left I had 250 Sailors under my command. I have PTSD from all of the trauma that I had dealt with. I am sadly medically retired. However I take solace that I have touched sailors lives and I have kept people alive. I am proud of what I have done. I still want to do more. However I am taking comfort in that fact that the Military said I had done enough. To all of my friends still in. Thank you. To all of my family. I love you and thank you for all of the support. I could not have done this without you. Navy Chief Navy Pride. Thank you and you have the watch.

@cf24372723 I will try to not "Nuke" it

@ThomasFrost42 Your welcome! We all stranded watch and did our time. You’ll get your sea legs soon enough. Don’t over think it and it will all figure itself out

@jcarls0 Best job I ever had! And thank you and to you as well, brother!

@ThomasFrost42 Wow. Sounds like you frequently made the best out of bad situations. Good luck in the future Chief.

@JARTHURAFA Thank you and thank you for all of the support!

@ThomasFrost42 Thank You for your Service.

@gunny_retired Thank you very much, Marine!

@ThomasFrost42 Semper Fi, shipmate

@whisperingcandl Thank you! Coffee is life Coffee is love. And I fully agree. Everyone disserves a papercup!

@ThomasFrost42 im at the va. just poured you a papercup of coffee. hurry up.

IT was! The animated Character is and was a form of escapism for me during my time in. I could go online as this "avatar" and not be "Chief". No one would see my face or see who I was on that side of the fence. It helped me make it though some hard times. Yes I had the Chief logo on my sweater. But unless you knew you would think twice about it.

@ThomasFrost42 What a ride that was. What's with the animated character?

@DrChrisR Thank you so much brother!

@ThomasFrost42 Congratulations, Brother!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

@benignantShelly I was on Subs. I precommissioned the USS North Dakota. We weren't an Official Commissioned Sub when I got DeSub Qualified. I will always be a NUB. I have a lot of pride for those Dolphins to not tarnish it with stolen valor.

@ThomasFrost42 If you qualified subs, SS and surface, SW, I thought you could wear your SS on the pocket along with SW?

@USMC0302Mustang Thank you. It is my time to heal. I know I have family. I know I have friends that may not understand it but are here to support. I know I have God. I will make it!

@ThomasFrost42 The night sweats will (probably) end in a decade or two. So you've got that going for you from the get-go.

@knowledgewins8 And thank you for all the support. I look forward to what is over this horizon.

@ThomasFrost42 Congratulations and Thank you for your service to this country. Enjoy the new journey.

@Navydoc842 The irony is I wanted to be Doc. But when I enlisted they got me with the Nuke stuff. lol. My father was Doc from 69' to 72'.

@ThomasFrost42 I enlisted for a Corpsman A school. While in bootcamp at the "job fair" the nucs talked about the bonus money. I tried to switch but in 71 the Navy was so short on Corpsman I could not.

@cf24372723 And thank you for what you have done too. I will admit it still feels weird being on this side.

@ThomasFrost42 Congratulations on your career! Thank you for standing watch! Welcome to the other side!

@cdrgrimm Thank you very much brother!

@ThomasFrost42 congrats, welcome to the club

@1general93 @JesseMock4 Thank you brother.

@ThomasFrost42 @JesseMock4 Fair Winds and Following Seas Chief🦅⚓️🇺🇸🫡

@BarkhurstT46231 And thank you so much for all the support. I plan on it!

@ThomasFrost42 Thank you for your service sir!! Enjoy retirement

@BrianMoore88149 Thank you brother!

@ThomasFrost42 Fair seas brother!

@TacticalGramps With Respect no. Him and I got it done and done with. He now still has to call me brother. That is enough for me.

@ThomasFrost42 Welcome to CIVLNTFLT! Would love to know who the EDMC was. So

@pete_shearer God that brings back memories. SWOS was a good time.

@ThomasFrost42 Had GT engineering at SWOS in '01...

@williamlgensert Thank you.

@ThomasFrost42 Congratulations and good luck!