Had one really good friend who went into the Army. Was in the Bosnia Conflict. Came back after a two year tour a little messed up. Didn't talk a lot about the shit that went on there. While his MOS (Intelligence) generally kept him out of harm's way, he still got enough of it to mess him up a bit. Another buddy of mine was a Marine. He did a little better. Unsure of his occupation, but he worked a lot with the encrypted radio stuff used for battlefield communications. He told me as much as he could about it, fascinating field. Was a little jealous ;)
Me and the first guy wrote a shit ton of letters back in the day. Made communications a bitch. We eventually drifted apart after I moved up to KC. Still email on occasion, but it's been years since I've touched base.
Takes a lot of willpower to decide to cut things off. I can understand where you're coming from, tho. letting things linger ends up worse in the long run.
Had one really good friend who went into the Army. Was in the Bosnia Conflict. Came back after a two year tour a little messed up. Didn't talk a lot about the shit that went on there. While his MOS (Intelligence) generally kept him out of harm's way, he still got enough of it to mess him up a bit. Another buddy of mine was a Marine. He did a little better. Unsure of his occupation, but he worked a lot with the encrypted radio stuff used for battlefield communications. He told me as much as he could about it, fascinating field. Was a little jealous ;)
Me and the first guy wrote a shit ton of letters back in the day. Made communications a bitch. We eventually drifted apart after I moved up to KC. Still email on occasion, but it's been years since I've touched base.
Takes a lot of willpower to decide to cut things off. I can understand where you're coming from, tho. letting things linger ends up worse in the long run.