I'm sure this question's been asked before, but what do you miss about military life? Is it your battle buddies? The ranges? That a**hole platoon sgt of yours? Getting to travel? The meals at the DFAC?
I think the one single thing that I will miss are all the buddies that I was close with. How many of your friends right now would take a bullet for you? I think may be one, but he was in the military as well. There's just a bond you share that you possibly can never share with anyone else. A close second would be all the jumps we had to do. My favorite jump would have to be blackhawk jumps, and Chinook jumps. Third were the times we went in the gas chamber to work with our gas masks, and my squad leader smoking a cig while the CS gas filled the room. I guess when it boils down to it, I had a lot of good memories, mixed in with the bitter ones. Much respect to anyone still serving now, and to those who served before.
2006-09-16 09:38:13 · 19 answers · asked by Jay 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
I see that a lot of you miss the buddies you've made as well. And there's a comedian in here with the homosexual remarks. Whatever floats your boat guy, I'm not one to judge. You sound like one of the guys standing in the corner in the showers checking every one else out. To each his own! Yeah, it was definitely a worthwhile experience. Even if, I'll admit, that it wasn't something that I wanted to do at first(military service is something every male in my family has done) but I can honestly say it was so much better than the college experience I'm having now. It was so much less superficial. I don't know. Great responses.
2006-09-16 10:06:21 · update #1
man i read this question and answers and thought about some of the things that happened during my eight years of service the food from the dfac was always good but never great, i miss the hell out of my platoon seargent god bless and may he walk forever in his light, i damn sure miss my buddies out in the field having not showered in two weeks smoking marlboros and playing dominoes, but most of all i miss the sense of pride and professionalism that came from everyone that served our country yeah we might have screwed around and pulled some **** but at the end of the day or week or months in the field we did our job and made **** happen, yeah there were times that we fought and times we mourned the loss of a brother but we all did it and would never look back. i miss all the men that i served with and sometimes i have thought about going back and serving again but i think for the time being i am going to work my crappy city job and watch my kids grow
2006-09-16 12:22:14 · answer #1 · answered by wrenchbender19 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with you and everyone else's answers. I have a lot of great memories and a few bitter ones also ,but I wouldn't trade any of it. Missed being a part of something that was worthwhile. Had a lit'l trouble adjusting to civilian life again at first ,more so than dealing with my new disabilities. I finally joined my local American Legion Post and i now believe that it was the best move i could have made. I am a part of a great organization, I feel needed and useful again and i am surrounded by people who can relate to my issues. I highly recommend joining one of the many organizations such as A.Legion, VFW-Veterans of Foreign Wars etc. trust me, it will help with the transition to civilian life. I still keep in touch with friends that I made while in the service. I too have much respect to Military personnel past and present. Someone had to fight for our freedom and someone has to fight to maintain it.
2006-09-16 17:00:04 · answer #2 · answered by psykobarbi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the military, there are rules equally intended for everyone. Break a rule and you pay one way or another. Civilians can literally get away with murder IF they enjoy celebrity status and can buy the jury. My wife and I are both retired officers. We are still in wonderment of the double, triple, quad, etc. standards by which civilians live their unremarkable existence. They believe it is OK to roll through a stop sign and break all the other laws associated with an orderly society (not Orwellian). We refer to civilians and the "undisciplined rabble".
2006-09-16 17:03:32 · answer #3 · answered by RANDLE W 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I miss all the great people I met in the military. I also miss wearing the uniform and being proud to be a part of something so important. I also miss traveling around the world.
2006-09-16 16:51:51 · answer #4 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The security, you know that someone is looking out for your well being and that you have medical coverage, housing, food etc no matter how you choose to spend your paycheck. Moving from the military to the civilian word is a huge change and the knowledge that I suddenly was responsible for all of those things was the scariest part for me.
2006-09-16 16:48:07 · answer #5 · answered by Tink 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It would be the friends that I had, that I miss the most. There is a special bond when you are overseas. I will have memories my whole life through of all the wonderful people I have known and all the fun we had.
2006-09-16 16:45:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Being places and doing things that were going to be in the History books for a long time...
even if our names never were mentioned (which is probably a good thing!! hahahahahahaahaa!)
2006-09-16 16:49:58 · answer #7 · answered by ♥Tom♥ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds stupid, but I miss the structure. You knew how things worked, no matter where you went. As a LCpl, I answered to a Sergeant, who answered to a Staff or Gunnery Sergeant, who answered to a Master Sergeant, who answered to a Warrant Officer who answered to a Major who answered to a Lt. Col. (so on and so forth). There was never a question of who was in charge, what needed to be done, and who to go to get that thing done. If I didn't know where to go to get a particular piece of gear, or a bit of information so I could fix my airplane, or who to talk to to arrange a class for my Marines, I knew that who I could talk to to speed that process along.
Out here, everyone seems to have their head up their ***, no one knows who to talk to to get things done, and you have to figure it all out on your own.
A little frustrating
2006-09-17 07:19:20 · answer #8 · answered by The_moondog 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Seeing someone's rank on their shoulders would be very helpful in the civilian world. Too many of them aren't even PFC's but act like 4-stars.
2006-09-16 16:46:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Travel, friends made around the world.
2006-09-16 16:44:32 · answer #10 · answered by utahraptor88 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋