re: How do you deal with the guilt of living far away from your aging parents?

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Dad joined the Marines when he was 18 and stayed in the Marines for 32 years.

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I am guessing he went Enlisted out of high school and then became a Mustang Officer and made it up the chain? Anyway, very impressive career staying in that long but obviously in your post, it meant a lot of time spent away from family where you missed a large part of connecting with them.