Can you describe how you felt coming home from a deployment or combat?

I felt like a boss. The feeling alone was more like a CEO mindset. Coming back to my home office being able to wear my own clothes was amazing I was more so grateful for the smallest of smallest things. My clothes lol as odd as It sounds. When you are exposed to such austere environment and then you return to one thats far greater the appreciation level increases.

I was so proud of my service and I felt even more proud of the freedom we have here in the USA.

Well the first thing that comes to mind is the honor in the proudest of being a Navy guy standing on the deck as we come into a port okay. I felt that was such a great honor in yeah it was a great honor. As to emotions except there wasn't too many emotions because I really didn't always have someone out there waiting for me because I was from another state there was sometimes a friend who would be out there and at that time knowing that I would be excited and you know happy that you know coming into port and everything

Relived live a big wait was lifted.

I received an early out, so I was worried that the Army may make me do the rest of my time in the reserves.
We felt a huge burden lift from our life. We felt we could finally start a real life. I started using the GI bill for college, which I completed my college education with a degree in Sociology. I was a social; worker and teacher for a while. But my in-laws' worked for the post office and pushed me in that direction for the money, which, going from a state salary was a big jump in wages.
28 years later I retired and enjoying retirement.

Excited to see family, miss the structure and adrenaline spikes of combat. The lifelong bonds that were formed in some of your darkest hours-brother and sisterhood.

For me on my second deployment, it was several emotions. First it was a sense of relief that I had made it through a second year in a combat zone. The other was fear, I had a situation at home that didn't feel right and ultimately proved to be what I feared that my wife had an affair while I was deployed. Other fear was that I was a stop lossed soldier and I had no job lined up once I PCSed from the Army. I got out in a poor economy in 2010 during a recession. Then reintegration was a challenge as we were demobing, facing a divorce, and separation from Army. Crazy times for sure!

I felt overjoyed to be back home and on American soil

I always felt like a stranger in my own home for the first couple of weeks it is difficult to adjust to being home. Sleeping was always hard so I gave up on the idea.

I always looked forward to leave and coming home to visit fam and friends. I has tons of stories to tell and I was proud to be serving my country.