Posted on Mar 19, 2016
Does Anyone Else Have Recurring Dreams About Being Back In the Military?
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I retired from the Army with 24 years of service back in late 2011. In the last 3 years, I have had dreams that I had to go back in the Military and I am now unable to keep up with the young troops and all the changes to the equipment and gear. The dreams are unsettling and very real to me. I know they are not about having an unsettled life that needs structure again, as I have an excellent job and great post-military career. I am finally settled in one spot and am very happy, so it can’t be an unhappy thing. Anyone else have these dreams?
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Me too. I even talked with a recruiter about it. He said that I would have to go back to basic. It maybe worth it.
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I was drafted in 1972 while I was still in college (long story). Got out early in 1974. Had dreams for years that they came back to me and said they had made a mistake letting me out early and I had to come back and serve those last two months. I have to say that after going through all that way back then I have a great admiration for professional military people.
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Yes, I do.
Sometimes they are dreams that center around going back because we are at war- and sometimes they involve things that happened.
Sometimes they are dreams that center around going back because we are at war- and sometimes they involve things that happened.
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Yes. I was drafted in 1972. At that time draftees served 2 years. I got out a couple of months early in 1974. I had dreams for a long time that they came back to me and said they had made a mistake and I had to come back and serve those last two months. This lasted for many years.
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I've been retired eight years, I have one reoccurring dream every night, but it is actually a memory. I just deal with that one, but I do have normal dreams about being back in, they normally have occurred after something jog an old memory.
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Formation dreams, PT dreams, and deployment dreams. The every day stuff is what I dream about.
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i still get up at 0430 hr and get every thing done and ready as i will need for the hold day as i did in the Army and i been out for now going on 16 years
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I was on a BMM detail doing gate guard and my wife kept telling me that I was mumbling the welcome praise to the base I was on at the time, in my sleep… I would call it more of a nightmare because it was a BCT/AIT post and on family day/ graduation day I had to say at around 700 times an hour!!!!
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I have been out for over 40 years and still have dreams. Nothing major for i was maintenance and later a First Sgt. The dream that I have most is that I got to inspect the barracks, that it has been weeks since my last inspection.
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Once in a while i do. Usually involves two of my Navy buddy's, we've known each other for over 30 yrs now. We're always in some weird, off the wall, crazy situation. Nothing that's scary or life threatening though.
I take it as a sign to get together and hang out, go camping or something. Luckily we all live within a couple hours of each other.
I take it as a sign to get together and hang out, go camping or something. Luckily we all live within a couple hours of each other.
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