Do you miss the military?

I miss the gun line, the boom, the goose bumps when artillery rounds went off. I miss it because being a civilian sucks big hairy ba*%s
I miss it more just thinking about missing it.

SGT Mitch McKinley

Absolutely ... every day.

I was fortunate to have gone to work, following retirement, with a company where a great many of my former Army friends also work. In addition, our company is one of the most military/veteran-friendly companies in the USA and a vast majority of the people we hire are veterans.

I've been out for 5-1/2 years now, and not a day goes by that I don't think of going back in. I miss the army, I miss the feeling of having purpose in my life. I haven't had a job that's made me feel that way since. There's a lot of BS that goes on, but the people you serve with is what makes it

I do with regards to friends and some of the fun I had as both an observer and forecaster but not the silly people who seemed to spend their waking hours being a nuisance. On the other hand, those same types are on the outside as well.

I do miss the ARMY so much, that I find myself wondering where I went wrong and what I could've done to change the course of my history. I am extremely unhappy with my civilian life. There are time I wish I was down range, I don't care if I live or died in the process. Just as long as I was still serving. WHY do I feel like this!? (one sad SSG)

I am a DAV 31B20, I was discharged on 18 Feb 2007, from Fort Drum, NY. I miss everything about the military but most of all I miss the teamwork, the camaraderie, the unity, the family fun while stationed in different areas of the world. I have tried everything there is to get back into the job I loved the most. I sometimes sit and sulk on what I could've said or done to stay in. But I though about my health, one of my 1SG told me he had back issues and that he takes these humongous horse pills to help him get through the pain. I chose to get the medical surgery done for my back and the ARMY sent me packing. WHY!? (One sad SSG)

I been missing the Army since January 2008, and the friends I made military and civilians.

Retired 17 years ago. Of course I miss it. All the Travel, working with the crème de la crème in computers, communications, electronic and information warfare. Don't miss carrying a "Get out of Jail Free Card" as a DIA Courier "Screw up 10,000 dollars and 10 years in jail" don't miss being responsible for all those codes. For the most part I had a Great Time for 21 years.

Every day! I retired in 2009 after being QRBed and do miss it.

Great Question I've only been out a little over a year, but if I was capable I probably would of stayed in. Instead I retired on 31 Mar 13.