re: Retiring

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It's perfectly natural to feel guilty for "not being out there"

It happens to most veterans.

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Very true. My last enlistment was up only a few months before 9/11. When it happened I came within a whisper of going and joining back up. The main thing that stopped me was the fact my wife was only a couple months from giving birth to our first child. Looking back, I still feel pangs of guilt for not going back, despite the fact I'd already fought one war in 91.

But I also know I'm the end it was the right decision because had I rejoined I'd have missed most of my son growing up and possibly not even been around for us to have our daughter in 08.