I miss my homies and I miss the job. Some days with I was back overseas. Just felt like venting. Hate it when you’re in, love it when you’re out🤷

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You have one responsibility when you're in Afghanistan. There's so much more in life back home

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No I still hate it being out

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Hahahaha yeah I have some days when I’m like “man if my body wasn’t all shiddy I should reenlist” then I remember the terrible leadership and absolute stupidity of some days. Still miss fuggin about with my buddies though and working on badas$ aircraft

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Yea the military definitely had its highs and lows for sure. But on the whole I’m glad I did it, both financially (degrees, VA loans, etc) and from a life experience perspective. Got to do some badass things and travel to cool places in my 20s.

PowerPoint presentations don’t bring me as much of a sense of accomplishment and purpose but they do bring in a lot more money. Everything in life’s a trade off.

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Slide quest my friend ;)

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I didnt want to get out. Served 11 years and planned to retire. Military reduction got me and they terminated my contract. I wish I could find a way to finish my time in service and get the retirement

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I don’t miss my job but definitely miss the comrade and the port calls 🫡

Haha understandable. I worked on Apaches myself and even though it was a love hate relationship it was pretty awesome overall.

I miss the safety briefings before weekends, but I’m also a knuckle dragger from the 75th Rangers

I definitely wish I would’ve recognized the good parts of it while I was in the moment.

I miss the sense of purpose and involvement in something bigger. And I miss many of the people. But I do not miss the day to day absurdity and f*ck-f*ck games.

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