What is the hardest part about the Army emotionally?

Leaving my children at home to go to war wasn't nearly as hard as coming home to a child who didn't know me.
I am still dealing with fallout from that over a decade later.

In my opinion leaving family knowing that I may make the ultimate sacrifice for my nation. We have faith that keeps us together. We actually managed to survive the Army, I retired in 2013 and just celebrated our 29th wedding anniversary. I will say I don’t have many close friends because of the Army, the ones I do have are in other places in their career and we do meet up occasionally.

I concur with other warriors concerning leaving family behind for months and years. However, I did not have time to think about emotions. Twenty years are tough in any profession. But after twenty threes years of retirement, I still cannot wish the Army off of me. “Old Soldiers never die...we just fade away.” Too many made the ultimate sacrifice.