https://www.rallypoint.com/command-post/what-normal-becomes-once-you-re-in-the-military <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-105667"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fwhat-normal-becomes-once-you-re-in-the-military%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=What+%22normal%22+becomes+once+you%27re+in+the+military&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fwhat-normal-becomes-once-you-re-in-the-military&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AWhat &quot;normal&quot; becomes once you&#39;re in the military%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-normal-becomes-once-you-re-in-the-military" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="126ca4842b949cf7e8a13d3199be6b12" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/105/667/for_gallery_v2/a681f238.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/105/667/large_v3/a681f238.jpg" alt="A681f238" /></a></div></div>When we were younger, everything was all about &quot;Me and I&quot;. Why is the world against me? Why can&#39;t I work in management right away? Why do I have to study or work my way up? My parents and bosses don&#39;t do anything except make me do more work. At some point we decide for whatever reason that we want to enlist. Whether it was to get away, the need for money, the desire to try to better ourselves, or for the pursuit of adventure - whatever the reason, we did it. <br /><br />Now we are forever changed. Our perspective on normal will be based on who we surround ourselves with. Our friends will be different, as well as our families. Or is it that we are different and how we view the world has changed?<br /><br />We have subjected ourselves to being stripped of all comfort and stature. We’ve been treated like vermin and slaves; we are told what to do in the harshest of ways and in the worst ways. We are deprived of rest and made to complete complex training and tasks, always while sleep deprived, and with the fear of our controllers. Our individuality is stripped from us and we are turned into a small part of a larger being. We are needed but not necessary, so we must struggle to stay a part of the whole regardless of the embarrassment and degradation of who we think we are. <br /><br />Within a few months, we found ourselves walking across a stage and were forever changed. No longer are we the normal that we knew. We are now a new twisted kind on normal. <br /><br />Discomfort has become less and we no longer procrastinate as we have learned the negative consequences. Timeliness and attention to detail are now part of our normal. We work for weeks on end (and what normally would be considered double shifts) without a complaint...most of the time. We eat for calories and not for taste. We try and get taste but often times we just eat and walk away. Twenty plus hour days with sleep pockets here and there broken up. Weeks on without a day off and no overtime or compensation. This is normal now. <br /><br />Extreme is the new normal. <br /><br />When we have time off, we tend to be extreme. The pendulum swings as far to one side as it does to the other. Our antics, drinking, and hobbies would normally scare the average college kid, and yet we were still kids ourselves. <br /><br />A “good day” at work means asking to stay longer on the job and do more. It normally has to do with bullets flying and explosives. Your job is to plan for the worst, and at times you will want what normal people would never want. But you have dedicated yourself towards being ready for that horrible event. <br /><br />When you volunteer to push your fear aside and go to yet another school to do more abnormal things that will put your life in extreme danger, you are the envy on your normal friends. You will get into trouble when you return from your training and practice your new skills on weekends when you are off duty.<br /><br />It will be normal for you to volunteer for more of the training that sucked while you were doing it for weeks at a time. You will continue to fight to attend the next school that will suck while you are attending. Seeking tasks that are difficult, hot/cold, uncomfortable, and generally terrible are what you now normally seek. <br /><br />Pain, injury and illness are now part of your life. There will always be a medical specialist close by in your normal life. Your life will always consist of doing things that others run from. You will face extreme adversity in order to prepare you for any situation. You will always hope that you trained harder than your task at hand. <br /><br />Normal vision is 20/20. You have something more now. It&#39;s not just what you see, but how much more you see and understand. You’re more observant than you have ever been. Your programming serves you well. <br /><br />After Normal Changed<br /><br />After your previous normal life changed to a new normal it will again change, but it will never be what you used to know as normal.<br /> <br />You will try to transition back into civilian life. It will be difficult at times because nothing is normal anymore. What they see as normal, you see as petty and boring. <br /><br />Your coworkers will think you are a suck-up for doing your best and more than asked of you. You will not complain about hours or weekends worked. <br /><br />This is your normal. <br /><br />You will find that you don&#39;t understand how others are so frivolous and into useless fads. You will pull back from people who do not understand you as you can&#39;t understand them. Is this normal?<br /><br />Then it will happen. You will find people who think like you on a normal level. They think like you and talk like you and have a twisted sense of humor like you. They understand you and you understand them. No one understands your level of normal except for these new friends and people like them. <br /><br />You will hang out with these new normal friends and talk about how much things sucked and how much you loved it. You will talk about how you remember this guy or girl and how, even if you never see them again, you will remember that face and that name. You will remember that thing that they did that one time. You will remember how you kept each other out of trouble and helped get each other into trouble. <br /><br />When you reconnect in years gone by with a friend from your normal days, you will introduce them to your friends and they will be instantly accepted as they are normal like you. There will be no color or religion. They are who they are, and you are who you are, and the differences are normal. <br /><br />We normal people go farther for each other and do more, for no one understand us but normal people like us. <br /><br />So when you feel like the world is closing in on you, remember...<br /><br />You are Normal. <br />They are different. <br /><br />Don&#39;t blame them. They have not had the Honor to do what you have done or seen what you have seen. It has not always been easy, but your life is fuller. It has so much greatness in it, it must also have an equal amount of bad in it. A normal life is balanced. <br /><br />They have not been able to grow beyond themselves and accomplish what you never thought you could. They have not been able to continue driving on for their buddies. Because that&#39;s what normal buddies do. You have had closer friends than any of those other normal people can. <br /><br />This is your normal. Mon, 15 Feb 2016 14:33:40 -0500 https://www.rallypoint.com/command-post/what-normal-becomes-once-you-re-in-the-military <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-105667"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fwhat-normal-becomes-once-you-re-in-the-military%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=What+%22normal%22+becomes+once+you%27re+in+the+military&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fwhat-normal-becomes-once-you-re-in-the-military&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AWhat &quot;normal&quot; becomes once you&#39;re in the military%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-normal-becomes-once-you-re-in-the-military" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="b69eb168ecf5462ee3d522069f89479e" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/105/667/for_gallery_v2/a681f238.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/105/667/large_v3/a681f238.jpg" alt="A681f238" /></a></div></div>When we were younger, everything was all about &quot;Me and I&quot;. Why is the world against me? Why can&#39;t I work in management right away? Why do I have to study or work my way up? My parents and bosses don&#39;t do anything except make me do more work. At some point we decide for whatever reason that we want to enlist. Whether it was to get away, the need for money, the desire to try to better ourselves, or for the pursuit of adventure - whatever the reason, we did it. <br /><br />Now we are forever changed. Our perspective on normal will be based on who we surround ourselves with. Our friends will be different, as well as our families. Or is it that we are different and how we view the world has changed?<br /><br />We have subjected ourselves to being stripped of all comfort and stature. We’ve been treated like vermin and slaves; we are told what to do in the harshest of ways and in the worst ways. We are deprived of rest and made to complete complex training and tasks, always while sleep deprived, and with the fear of our controllers. Our individuality is stripped from us and we are turned into a small part of a larger being. We are needed but not necessary, so we must struggle to stay a part of the whole regardless of the embarrassment and degradation of who we think we are. <br /><br />Within a few months, we found ourselves walking across a stage and were forever changed. No longer are we the normal that we knew. We are now a new twisted kind on normal. <br /><br />Discomfort has become less and we no longer procrastinate as we have learned the negative consequences. Timeliness and attention to detail are now part of our normal. We work for weeks on end (and what normally would be considered double shifts) without a complaint...most of the time. We eat for calories and not for taste. We try and get taste but often times we just eat and walk away. Twenty plus hour days with sleep pockets here and there broken up. Weeks on without a day off and no overtime or compensation. This is normal now. <br /><br />Extreme is the new normal. <br /><br />When we have time off, we tend to be extreme. The pendulum swings as far to one side as it does to the other. Our antics, drinking, and hobbies would normally scare the average college kid, and yet we were still kids ourselves. <br /><br />A “good day” at work means asking to stay longer on the job and do more. It normally has to do with bullets flying and explosives. Your job is to plan for the worst, and at times you will want what normal people would never want. But you have dedicated yourself towards being ready for that horrible event. <br /><br />When you volunteer to push your fear aside and go to yet another school to do more abnormal things that will put your life in extreme danger, you are the envy on your normal friends. You will get into trouble when you return from your training and practice your new skills on weekends when you are off duty.<br /><br />It will be normal for you to volunteer for more of the training that sucked while you were doing it for weeks at a time. You will continue to fight to attend the next school that will suck while you are attending. Seeking tasks that are difficult, hot/cold, uncomfortable, and generally terrible are what you now normally seek. <br /><br />Pain, injury and illness are now part of your life. There will always be a medical specialist close by in your normal life. Your life will always consist of doing things that others run from. You will face extreme adversity in order to prepare you for any situation. You will always hope that you trained harder than your task at hand. <br /><br />Normal vision is 20/20. You have something more now. It&#39;s not just what you see, but how much more you see and understand. You’re more observant than you have ever been. Your programming serves you well. <br /><br />After Normal Changed<br /><br />After your previous normal life changed to a new normal it will again change, but it will never be what you used to know as normal.<br /> <br />You will try to transition back into civilian life. It will be difficult at times because nothing is normal anymore. What they see as normal, you see as petty and boring. <br /><br />Your coworkers will think you are a suck-up for doing your best and more than asked of you. You will not complain about hours or weekends worked. <br /><br />This is your normal. <br /><br />You will find that you don&#39;t understand how others are so frivolous and into useless fads. You will pull back from people who do not understand you as you can&#39;t understand them. Is this normal?<br /><br />Then it will happen. You will find people who think like you on a normal level. They think like you and talk like you and have a twisted sense of humor like you. They understand you and you understand them. No one understands your level of normal except for these new friends and people like them. <br /><br />You will hang out with these new normal friends and talk about how much things sucked and how much you loved it. You will talk about how you remember this guy or girl and how, even if you never see them again, you will remember that face and that name. You will remember that thing that they did that one time. You will remember how you kept each other out of trouble and helped get each other into trouble. <br /><br />When you reconnect in years gone by with a friend from your normal days, you will introduce them to your friends and they will be instantly accepted as they are normal like you. There will be no color or religion. They are who they are, and you are who you are, and the differences are normal. <br /><br />We normal people go farther for each other and do more, for no one understand us but normal people like us. <br /><br />So when you feel like the world is closing in on you, remember...<br /><br />You are Normal. <br />They are different. <br /><br />Don&#39;t blame them. They have not had the Honor to do what you have done or seen what you have seen. It has not always been easy, but your life is fuller. It has so much greatness in it, it must also have an equal amount of bad in it. A normal life is balanced. <br /><br />They have not been able to grow beyond themselves and accomplish what you never thought you could. They have not been able to continue driving on for their buddies. Because that&#39;s what normal buddies do. You have had closer friends than any of those other normal people can. <br /><br />This is your normal. SGT Joe Sabedra Mon, 15 Feb 2016 14:33:40 -0500 2016-02-15T14:33:40-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/command-post/what-normal-becomes-once-you-re-in-the-military?n=1304308&urlhash=1304308 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Thank you for this excellent essay. SCPO Private RallyPoint Member Mon, 15 Feb 2016 14:47:28 -0500 2016-02-15T14:47:28-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/command-post/what-normal-becomes-once-you-re-in-the-military?n=1304470&urlhash=1304470 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Normal now is being the disciplinarian, mentor, trainer, and SGT Rock for your section. MAJ Ken Landgren Mon, 15 Feb 2016 16:03:51 -0500 2016-02-15T16:03:51-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/command-post/what-normal-becomes-once-you-re-in-the-military?n=1304501&urlhash=1304501 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>This post deserves far more up-votes than we are allowed to give. PO1 Tony Holland Mon, 15 Feb 2016 16:18:16 -0500 2016-02-15T16:18:16-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/command-post/what-normal-becomes-once-you-re-in-the-military?n=1304521&urlhash=1304521 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Thanks to All. SGT Joe Sabedra Mon, 15 Feb 2016 16:23:16 -0500 2016-02-15T16:23:16-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/command-post/what-normal-becomes-once-you-re-in-the-military?n=1305335&urlhash=1305335 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Great post! I entered the service in 1968, so I was prepared to work hard and advance according to my merits. The military changes all of us, with most of the change being good. Sgt Private RallyPoint Member Mon, 15 Feb 2016 23:25:51 -0500 2016-02-15T23:25:51-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/command-post/what-normal-becomes-once-you-re-in-the-military?n=1306691&urlhash=1306691 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>This says it all Sgt Matt Johnson Tue, 16 Feb 2016 13:31:24 -0500 2016-02-16T13:31:24-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/command-post/what-normal-becomes-once-you-re-in-the-military?n=1306965&urlhash=1306965 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Right on point! I always reply that the way I am now is my new normal. MSgt Private RallyPoint Member Tue, 16 Feb 2016 14:51:42 -0500 2016-02-16T14:51:42-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/command-post/what-normal-becomes-once-you-re-in-the-military?n=1306971&urlhash=1306971 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Right on point! When people tell me I am different or that I have changed I just reply that this is my New Normal, I am still me. MSgt Private RallyPoint Member Tue, 16 Feb 2016 14:53:10 -0500 2016-02-16T14:53:10-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/command-post/what-normal-becomes-once-you-re-in-the-military?n=1307649&urlhash=1307649 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Sp4 Byron Skinner While I disagree with much of what SSg. Sabedra said the basic premies I agree with. After you leave a hitch in the military especial if you went in as a teenager, you are leaving a world that totally looked after you. If you blew all you money the weekend after payday it made no difference just stay on base, live in the barracks and eat in the mess hall till the next pay day. In the outside world it doesn't quite work that way. This is just one of the "adjustment problems" The other is the gals/guys who have been in combat and killed or wounded people, you will never get back to anything your fellow citizens call normal. You are an outcast from your peers. If you have had the unfortunate experience of receiving a major wound, you are totally alien to most of the American people or even other Veterans that had it lucky. Years ago these guys were called the empty sleeves. With in your peer group you will make others feel guilty and as you get older the problem only gets worse. Forget about having family, wife,husband, children understand you. If you are lucky they will tolerate you. Even at the VA Medical Center if you have a visible injury form a war people would rather not sit next to you. Then of corse you will always run into the meathead who says the disability payments to the wounded are just another government give away. Just for FYI the value of the VA. 100% Disability claim has had it buying power devalued by over 50% since the 1960's. The year 2016 is a good example of how that happened. In conclusion, suck it up and get use to it, you are not the first generation of veterans to be treated by their fellow citizens in this course manner and unfortunately you will not be the last. Many of you will start to think sometimes that the guys/gals who got killed were the lucky ones and the joke is on us. SPC Byron Skinner Tue, 16 Feb 2016 18:19:27 -0500 2016-02-16T18:19:27-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/command-post/what-normal-becomes-once-you-re-in-the-military?n=1307715&urlhash=1307715 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>there is no such thing as normal in the military anymore the battlefield has no boundries the enemy walks with us MSG Private RallyPoint Member Tue, 16 Feb 2016 18:41:52 -0500 2016-02-16T18:41:52-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/command-post/what-normal-becomes-once-you-re-in-the-military?n=1307984&urlhash=1307984 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Outstanding! MSgt James Bowers Tue, 16 Feb 2016 20:45:51 -0500 2016-02-16T20:45:51-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/command-post/what-normal-becomes-once-you-re-in-the-military?n=1308024&urlhash=1308024 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>SGT Sabreda,<br />I actually got goose bumps ready this!.lol.lol<br />By far this is the best way anyone of us could explain to "them" what it means to be either active duty, reserve, or a veteran. I served, was proud to do it and would do it all over again in a New York minute.<br /><br />SGT Cruz<br />100% Combat Disabled<br />2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment<br />"Toujour Pret" <br />Always Ready! SGT Private RallyPoint Member Tue, 16 Feb 2016 21:04:35 -0500 2016-02-16T21:04:35-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/command-post/what-normal-becomes-once-you-re-in-the-military?n=1308499&urlhash=1308499 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Good narrative on the transformation from childhood to a adult - keep working it. There's great value in understanding that maturity comes at a cost, that self actualization places one in a different place than those who never arrive. The 'new normal' is actually just the shaking off the false, protective filters of immaturity. Nice effort! COL D Zimmer Wed, 17 Feb 2016 01:29:15 -0500 2016-02-17T01:29:15-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/command-post/what-normal-becomes-once-you-re-in-the-military?n=1308660&urlhash=1308660 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I prefer this normal to the other normal every day of the week. I woke up at 0130 on Saturday morning (the morning I was going to a pistol qualification course) and had the opportunity to reconnect with one of my platoon mates from Lima 3/3. I would not have asked for a better way to spend those few hours that I would have otherwise been sleeping. PO3 David Fries Wed, 17 Feb 2016 06:46:48 -0500 2016-02-17T06:46:48-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/command-post/what-normal-becomes-once-you-re-in-the-military?n=1309861&urlhash=1309861 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>this.is.me...ESPECIALLY WITH PTSD. people LIKE ME with ptsd. KNOW... they just ....know. There is no explaining it, there never will be any explanation for it. There never WAS any explanation for it. My therapist gets me, my mom; gets me, my wife; gets me, and Jesus...and those WITH ptsd, they dlon't need mentioning, because they are going through the EXACT same thing I'm going through....thanks for this article man. appreciate it. SGT Private RallyPoint Member Wed, 17 Feb 2016 14:03:02 -0500 2016-02-17T14:03:02-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/command-post/what-normal-becomes-once-you-re-in-the-military?n=1310459&urlhash=1310459 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Well written. Thank you. SCPO Bill Toth Wed, 17 Feb 2016 18:03:17 -0500 2016-02-17T18:03:17-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/command-post/what-normal-becomes-once-you-re-in-the-military?n=1310985&urlhash=1310985 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>We all feel it but it takes time to be able to put it into words. <br /><br />Placing things into words changes when normal does. <br /><br />You would have never thought so deeply about things before. <br /><br />Now your a deeper person. SGT Joe Sabedra Wed, 17 Feb 2016 22:13:50 -0500 2016-02-17T22:13:50-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/command-post/what-normal-becomes-once-you-re-in-the-military?n=1313960&urlhash=1313960 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Wow. Thank you for putting our unusual bond to words. TSgt Melissa Post Fri, 19 Feb 2016 03:36:16 -0500 2016-02-19T03:36:16-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/command-post/what-normal-becomes-once-you-re-in-the-military?n=1465168&urlhash=1465168 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I just came across this post this morning and I must admit I got a little misty even after 50 years spot on great! SGT Philip Roncari Wed, 20 Apr 2016 09:08:54 -0400 2016-04-20T09:08:54-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/command-post/what-normal-becomes-once-you-re-in-the-military?n=3105412&urlhash=3105412 <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-191403"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fwhat-normal-becomes-once-you-re-in-the-military%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=What+%22normal%22+becomes+once+you%27re+in+the+military&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fwhat-normal-becomes-once-you-re-in-the-military&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AWhat &quot;normal&quot; becomes once you&#39;re in the military%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-normal-becomes-once-you-re-in-the-military" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="8d6fd7ef2e0c9ebc49669c3eb41cdc49" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/191/403/for_gallery_v2/f820d87.jpeg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/191/403/large_v3/f820d87.jpeg" alt="F820d87" /></a></div></div>This term now seems to be trending. SGT Joe Sabedra Sun, 19 Nov 2017 22:36:54 -0500 2017-11-19T22:36:54-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/command-post/what-normal-becomes-once-you-re-in-the-military?n=3105484&urlhash=3105484 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The normal then becomes working as a team, thinking of others besides Yourself, doing thing not because You always want to but because You know they still need to be done. You are never late for anything, its not proper and shows no respect for the time of others. Lasting friendships and a bond with Your all fellow Veteran&#39;s based on the understanding and mutual respect for each others service. Passing on the lessons I learned from My own father, a veteran of the Armed Forces Himself and being even closer to Him due to our mutual Military service. The list goes on to many other areas of life, work, family and dealing with people. The change is forever and that is a good thing ! SMSgt Lawrence McCarter Sun, 19 Nov 2017 23:22:38 -0500 2017-11-19T23:22:38-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/command-post/what-normal-becomes-once-you-re-in-the-military?n=3105583&urlhash=3105583 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Well Done! CSM Charles Hayden Mon, 20 Nov 2017 00:50:58 -0500 2017-11-20T00:50:58-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/command-post/what-normal-becomes-once-you-re-in-the-military?n=3136853&urlhash=3136853 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>very will said SP5 Larry Morris Fri, 01 Dec 2017 17:23:00 -0500 2017-12-01T17:23:00-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/command-post/what-normal-becomes-once-you-re-in-the-military?n=3280762&urlhash=3280762 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>SGT Sabedra, You are a very inspiring young man and your essay is extremely insightful thank you for writing something so beautiful. 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