When you transitioned out of the military, did you transition to a place where your mother and father/siblings lived?

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Response by SPC Margaret Higgins made Nov 14 at 2015 9:24 PM

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I did indeed. I made the transition from Ft. Lewis, Washington; to my sister's apartment in San Francisco.
I am a native San Franciscan.
There was no transition counseling, when I was discharged; during the Cold War.

Response by SGT Jerrold Pesz made Nov 14 at 2015 9:27 PM

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Yes.

Response by MSgt Curtis Ellis made Nov 14 at 2015 9:43 PM

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No, I ensured we were at least 1 or more states apart. Since I was having some "mental" issues, I really value my "deflation" time and not having them so readily easy to visit me was one of the many things on my list to "becoming a civilian".

Response by LTC John Mohor made Nov 14 at 2015 9:45 PM

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I really didn't have a choice given my wife and I were stationed overseas in Germany when I was involuntarily released from active duty due to the end of the "Cold War" and the "Peace Dividend". We moved in with my Mom and Dad. It was certainly a humbling and learning experience. It made us all closer! I miss both Mom and Dad now!

Response by SR Mark Howard made Nov 14 at 2015 9:48 PM

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Yes

Response by PO1 John Miller made Nov 14 at 2015 9:49 PM

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Negative! I had already bought a house in California so there I stayed when I retired! Though we did live about 10 miles from my wife's parents! :)

Response by SPC Michelyn Vien made Nov 14 at 2015 10:37 PM

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No, I transitioned to New Hampshire with my soon to be husband.
I am orginally from Ohio.

Response by SrA David Steyer made Nov 14 at 2015 11:30 PM

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They followed me! But they live two hours away. Ironic I am reading this and responding because I am currently spending the night because my father got his pacemaker replaced and is doing really well considering but limited for the next couple of weeks to month. Thinking about it some more, a lot of people followed me from back home.

I PCS’ed down to Florida in the middle of 2012 and my parents moved down about a year ago at the end of 2014 to retire for good. Around the time I PCS’ed down my parents were starting to figure out where they wanted to move to when my mother would retire a couple of years later. They saw I was down here in Florida, many of their friends live here a few months of the year/half the year and they changed their plans from other places down to Florida and at the time my half sister and her husband were stationed down in Florida too, and PCS’ed about a month ago. I ended up meeting a wonderful girl shortly after I PCS’ed down and we got married earlier this year and her family is down here too. Not to mention my dad’s best friend decided that he was going to buy a house down here since he is widowed and he bought one near my parents. Took him a while to sell his house but he’s down for good, and my aunt (mom’s sister) moved down too after a divorce and lives near my parents too.

It seems everyone I know lives down here!

Response by MSgt Daniel Attilio made Nov 14 at 2015 11:35 PM

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Not us. I retired and headed to Tulsa to attend Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology. Prior to the plan to move to Tulsa I had never stepped foot in OK. One year prior I did a route recon to verify if Tulsa was "doable" for us and 30-days out did another trip to buy a house.
We are gypsies at heart and haven't figured where our next move will be but so far the states "our people" are in aren't in the running. Not for any bad reasons, just more of a been there done that and looking for new challenges mentality. Both of us want to work and live somewhere overseas.

Response by Capt Seid Waddell made Nov 14 at 2015 11:56 PM

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No, I went where I had a job offer.

Response by Capt Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 15 at 2015 7:20 AM

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No. I stayed near where I was last stationed.

Response by PO2 William Smith made Nov 15 at 2015 7:23 AM

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When my wife and I left Norfolk, we moved to an area that had local phone service for both of our parents. We lived about 45 minutes from each set in opposite directions. In 1973 cell phones and expanded home service weren't available yet.

Response by MAJ Alvin B. made Nov 15 at 2015 2:06 PM

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No. I went to where a civilian job was being offered.

Response by MAJ Alvin B. made Nov 15 at 2015 3:31 PM

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One could debate that point, but thank you. I retired in GA, and was not able to,find work there or near family. I had a couple of job offers within a month of retiring and started working in FL six weeks after my retirement. I worked as a government contractor for over 13 years supporting the same customer. Eventually downsizing caused me to find a new job, and eventually start my own company.

Response by SP5 Joel O'Brien made Nov 15 at 2015 9:40 PM

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Yes, at least for a short while. I lived with my mom in the house I grew up in while looking for a job. After visiting a local office of a state-sponsored employment service(which wasn't able to help me except to offer re-training in another field), within a few months I found a job in a nearby state, about two hours away.

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 16 at 2015 11:27 AM

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I was already living in my father's house in Walnut Creek my last three months at the Presidio of San Francisco. I also commuted from there to college in Hayward and Berkeley. Gas was cheap and a Toyota was safe in 1976.