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The love-hate relationship with everything that happened. Hating an event because of what it entailed but loving the comraderie and the stories that come out of it. Words don't it justice.

The sense that everyone i worked with, regardless of orientation, background, race, ethnicity, was family to me and I would have their six no matter what. My family was military so they understood, my friends, however, did not fully comprehend it.

I was surrounded by people yet I felt alone quite a bit. It was hard to plug in to any community during the majority of my time in servic. This led to me doing acitivities to fight the loneliness I would not have considered in an ordinary life. Not until i pcs'd to my final community near family did I ever feel a sense of belonging. And it took awhile to settle in.

why I stand by some shipmates who at times are/where shit heads. nightmares and Navy dreams

The friends you made,the fear in combat,the loneliness when away from home ,only home 37 months in 8 yrs.

Just about everything. Missing family was hard.

Fortunately,during the Vietnam war,very little was written about Korea.My family knew I was on the DMZ,but knew very little else.I'm sure,while explaining my experience ,some family and friends though I was exaggerating.

The closeness you came to have with your buddy and the gas chamber; Lord that gas chamber was a beast. The buddy helped to motivate you, keep you focused, keep you encouraged, pushing you to succeed. The gas chamber was really hard to conquer let alone explain. SMH hated that thing

I communicated "nothing" regarding my duties, work environment, etc. to my family during and after my last assignment. Many years later my wife tried to get me to tell her about the activities, promising that she would tell no one. I explained that I held a Top Secret Clearance and that prior to my discharge I had signed "non-disclosure" documents. Needless to say, my reluctance did not go over too well.

The things experienced during times of war or conflict. Some family has no idea what experiences are like in a combat zone and even if there is an explanation, they still do not grasp the magnitude of what occurred.