Spiritual Minded Military Iowa Army Reserve: What You Wear Reclaims Your Post-Military Identity—The Visible Veteran Protocol
THE HOODIE THAT SAYS NOTHING
It's Tuesday morning. Drill weekend ended. The school uniform is stored in the wardrobe. You grab a hoodie. The hoodie is gray. There are no words for the hoodie. The hoodie doesn't have any significance. The hoodie is from a brand that you don't know.
You put it on. You check yourself out in the mirror. Does not recognize the person looking back.
The one soldier in formation at Camp Dodge has departed. One soldier deployed has disappeared. The soldier that served is now gone. In his place is a civilian. The man was a civilian wearing a hooded, blanket-like jacket. A private citizen who had no military rank. A civilian that is not in a unit. A man without any name. A citizen without a name.
You're not a different person once you put on the uniform. You're still recognized as you are. It's just lacking in clothes.
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WHAT THE UNIFORM DID FOR YOU
You weren't invisible when you wore the uniform.
The uniform identified you to everyone. The uniform revealed to all what you represented. The uniform spoke for everyone: what they were prepared to die for. The uniform was louder than your voice.
The uniform also spoke to you. As soon as you put it on, your posture changed. Your alertness sharpened. A sense of purpose that has been set. The uniform did not constitute clothes. The uniform sparked a reaction. A trigger that would cue your brain:
"You are on a mission. You are a soldier. You are not a civilian."
You've been going without that trigger. It is this reason that you feel lost.
Visible Veteran Protocol isn't a memory mania. The Visible Veteran Protocol is all about finding a new trigger. A new uniform for your new mission.
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THE IOWA CHALLENGE
Iowa is not a small state at all. The armories are widely dispersed. The reserve hours are no more than 1 hour apart. From Des Moines you drive to Sioux City. You are traveling between Cedar Rapids and Council Bluffs. The road is deserted. Radio doesn't work. There is silence. There's silence.
The enemy separates you from the others in Iowa. If you are in the truck by yourself, then you are by yourself. You are no longer a soldier, you think. Your thoughts tell you that your service is in the past. You're convinced that no one cares.
This is a wrong view in your mind. The Visible Veteran Protocol is the counter.
Clothes do make the man, as well as the woman. Before you get in the car, wear your Spiritual Minded Military shirt. Use the uniform to remind your brain, “I'm still a soldier, I'm still on a mission, I'm still on the enemy's radar.
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THE VISIBLE VETERAN PROTOCOL
There are three parts of the protocol. Not three suggestions. Three actions.
1. The Morning Declaration
When heading out the door, wear your Spiritual Minded Military shirt. Not the OCPs. Not a dress uniform. Your new uniform. The clothing of the veteran seen from the outside.
The shirt is not a t-shirt. The shirt is a statement. “Not hiding, I am a soldier; I served, and I am still serving.”
2. The formation that has been seen.
If you cannot be seen by your tribe, you will not be found. Get dressed in your Soldier for Christ field armor and go to the reserve center. Put it on for the civilian job. Wear it to the BBQ. The uniform is caught by the remnant. The Remnant approaches. The Remnant forms.
You aren't alone, Iowa Reservist, in feeling invisible. The others are waiting for someone to go first. Go first.
3. The Identity Anchor
When you don't remember who you are, the enemy attacks. The enemy attacks when you are alone. When you are at night and your guard is down, the enemy comes.
Your Red Leg Field Armor is your identity anchor. If it is time to eat, focus on your chest. Read the words. Be mindful of yourself. There's no one who can beat the uniform.
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THE SCIENCE OF THE SHIRT
Clothes make the man – or in this case, the woman. It is called enclothed cognition by psychologists. The clothes you wear send signals to your brain. Signals modify your behavior.
A uniform sends the message to the brain, "I am on duty, I am accountable, I am capable.
Your brain is getting another message when you put on a hoodie. Out of duty: not responsible, not accountable, just like everyone else.
Your enemy is trying to send you a wrong message. The Visible Veteran Protocol is doing the right thing.
Your Spiritual Minded Military shirt is NOT magic. Your Spiritual Minded Military shirt is a trigger. A brain "key." An identifier for who you are. An ignition for your tribe.
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THE THREE IDENTITY LIES
1. "Your service was in the past."
The truth is your service changed you. You are not the same person who enlisted. You are a soldier. Soldiers do not retire from being soldiers. Soldiers change uniforms. The Visible Veteran Protocol is the new uniform.
2. "No one cares what you wear."
The enemy wants you to believe that clothes are just clothes. Clothes are not just clothes. Clothes are signals. The enemy reads your signals. Your tribe reads your signals. Your brain reads your signals.
3. "You will look like you are trying too hard."
The enemy wants you worried about civilian opinions. The enemy wants you self-conscious. The enemy wants you quiet. The Remnant does not care about civilian opinions. The Remnant cares about the mission. The mission is visibility.
"The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart." — 1 Samuel 16:7
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Conclusion
Iowa Army Reserve, you asked, "What you wear reclaims your post-military identity?"
The answer is your uniform. Not the OCPs. A new uniform for a new mission.
Your Spiritual Minded Military shirt is that uniform. Your Soldier for Christ Field Armor is that uniform. Your Red Leg Field Armor is that uniform.
The gray hoodie is surrendered. The uniform is a declaration. The enemy does not fear what he cannot see. Your tribe cannot find what is hidden. Be visible. Wear the uniform. The Iowa Remnant needs to see you.
"The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light." — Romans 13:12
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This is the Spiritual Minded Military Visible Veteran Protocol for the Iowa Army Reserve. Your identity did not disappear. Your uniform changed. Put on the new uniform. Be visible. Fall in.
The Remnant does not transition. The Remnant re-enlists.
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