Mariela Meylan
In Recovery
From Livermore, California and Costa Rica
Army, Sergeant
Heavy Equipment Truck Driver, M-1000 Driver
Iraq, Kuwait 1/04-12/04
Words Provided 2010
Army, Sergeant
Heavy Equipment Truck Driver, M-1000 Driver
Iraq, Kuwait 1/04-12/04
Words Provided 2010
Mariela received traumatic brain injury, multiple other injuries, and was in a coma for eight months after December 18, 2005 when she was changing a tire on a military vehicle and was struck by another vehicle.
Written Statement
What can I say, or what am I supposed to say, about how I put myself in this whole WAR. Nothing, about it was memorable, or should I say good memories. It was hot just about every day. All I remember is that I had to be at a certain place, at a certain time, whether I liked it or not. I felt like I was part of a mission, to me was pointless in the first place. We as a team all had to be there to pick-up someone, or something. We had to be very cautious, about not being so loud, but our trucks were already loud. So there, was no point in hiding that we were close by. I was just doing what I was told to do, whether I liked it or not. It was not very pleasant.