re: Is there a soldier's paradox -thinking about home while deployed and vice versa

I miss my time with active duty Army. I was with the 2nd ID and deployed twice, once to Iraq and once to Afghanistan. The Iraq deployment was tough. My unit was conducting combat operations in Ramadi which was hot during the surge back in 07. I miss my unit and we lost some good soldiers and people and will always remember my time over there. Most of it was intense and there were days I thought I'd never see home again, but made it through round 1. Afghanistan was a whole different animal and was pretty shitty all around. My unit was in the Loy Kalay area and every day it seemed like we ran into some shite on a daily basis. More firefights and death always felt it was around the corner. To this day I still have to appreciate everything I have here because while deployed in a combat zone, you miss home on daily basis.

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Same thing for us civilians that work on boats. When offshore we want to be on land, and crave the sea when on the hill. The grass is always greener.

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Not to hijack my own thread, but Justin Wilson had a good bit about that - how on "the boat" the guys all talk about "women, women, women" and when they're on shore they all talk about "the boat, the boat, the boat". (or something along those lines - wish I could find a link to the bit).

Some people who can't assimilate into society when graduating high school go into military. So when they get out of military and can't assimilate into society sometimes it has nothing to do with military service happenings or Pstd or whatever, they were never able to assimilate before enlisting so they are not able to assimilate after serving.