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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