My petition for military sexual trauma (MST) back pay—retroactive to our service connection date—has gained traction with over 7,500 signatures and nearly $4,700 raised. But that’s not enough. I run a Facebook group I barely touched, yet it ballooned to 30,000 members worldwide and pulls 100,000 hits a month. That happened by accident. MST reform won’t. If we want real change, we’ve got to wake up, get serious, and fight for it—nobody’s handing this to us on a silver platter.

Watch We Were Soldiers. The Colonel says, “There’s always one more thing you can do.” That’s the mindset we need. Think outside the box: call people, make them squirm, hit them with stats, leverage AI as a force multiplier. We’ve got to get strategic and push hard. Right now, focus on Republicans—they hold the power. Like it or not, they’re where the decisions are, just like Willie Sutton, the old-school bank robber, said when asked why he hit banks: “Because that’s where the money is.” Let’s go where the influence is and make this happen. Let’s get serious, all of us, this is you too.