For those no longer serving: if you could get back in for 1 year but had to be deployed to Afgh the whole time, would you do it?

I am 57, this year and would go back so fast with my broken ass it would make your head swim. all I need is one of them new cyborg units to keep me upright and an assault laser and self contained breathing apparatus

I may only currently be in the Guard, but I'd go to Afghanistan tomorrow if they'd let me. Hell, give me a spot back in the Corps and I'll stay there for the next five years.

i wanted to go back in when the towers went down only to be told im to old. bullshit. im 58 now and i am still very active in life. these young kids out there these days could not handle the basic training of the old days. the snowflakes now need safe spaces. can you imagine that. drill sergent you have make me afraid and i feel unsafe and i wish to go to a safe space. lol back in the old days you would have a boot in your ass as your pumping out 100 push ups.

and I would give my S.S.I check for the year

LCpl Richard Barnhart - I been out 6 years, still having a hard time with somethings

LCpl Derrick Dupre -
It took me a while to realize that the civilian population is clueless as to how tough the transition can be. For example, you can be working your civilian job, and YOU are locked and cooked and ready to rock, while the civies are a bunch of lazy whine tits (pardon my french) with NO discipline r since of urgency. It didn't take very long however, for those that matter, to realize that they have an awesome employee on the job, and wish they had 10 more just like us. We crave responsibility and it shows. They know they can count on us.
Unfortunately, we can't change the civilian mind set. We just have to keep telling ourselves that it's ok, and to not get too worked up over it.
Semper Fi brother, and keep your head up.

I have been retired for 18 years (after 24.5 years). I did work as a defense contractor for 9 years until 2014 and deployed to Iraq 3 times and Afghanistan twice. I miss every day I am not around soldiers.

I was retired for nearly 9 years when I got my first re-call in '01. Back to retirement and got another one in '05. Retired again in '08 and have been waiting for another since.

I managed the "out" feeling the first time but now I don't think I ever will again.

LORD BLESS US!!!!!! Troubling times, big Sarge!

hahaha. She is going to federal prison anyway. Shouldn't worry about that.