Posted on May 12, 2017
This Is Why So Many People Struggle With Their Military Transition
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RP Members and Connection here is another great article by SSG Eric Burleson right here on RallyPoint that was published in Task and Purpose.
That said, the article today deals with the neuroscience behind why transition is so difficult. In short, it's difficult because our brains adapt to certain ways of seeing and doing things. When all of that changes, we have to readapt, and that can be very difficult.
Share your experiences and provide feedback based on Eric's article. Thanks
That said, the article today deals with the neuroscience behind why transition is so difficult. In short, it's difficult because our brains adapt to certain ways of seeing and doing things. When all of that changes, we have to readapt, and that can be very difficult.
Share your experiences and provide feedback based on Eric's article. Thanks
This Is Why So Many People Struggle With Their Military Transition
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I have been retired now from the U S Air Force for nearly 5 years and I miss it terrible, that is except for my 750 mile round trip to Guard duties. I do not miss that traveling but the military life I do!
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SFC William H.
SSgt Marx: I have written 3 comments reference your above comment and erased all three. This is the forth so I am just going to agree with you; I loved the military life and I miss it terribly also. Nothing else I type makes any sense to me.
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SSgt Robert Marx
SFC William H. - I feel your pain, SFC William H. ! I recall feeling like I wanted to leave it all when I exited active duty; I missed the life badly during my time on terminal leave; I had enlisted into the National Guard less than a week after my ETS.
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SP5 Dennis Dorsey
If only I knew then, what I know now. I miss my service and sadly, never knew it until years later.
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Thanks COL Mikel J. Burroughs for sharing the article by [~301229SSG Eric Burleson]. I fully retired last October. Since I was a USAR officer since October 1992 transition was less difficult by the time I left the service with no recognition other than my wife's in May 2008. At the time, I had botulism and diverticulitis so I wasn't at my best.
Interestingly enough. I was brought back to brief the VCSA in October 2008 on a subject I was the Army's expert on. The brief was extended based on a white paper I wrote one evening.
I met with the VCSA and the HQDA DCS G4 accompanied me along with some DCS G-3 personnel. At the time I was prepping for colon resection surgery and relying on coffee to keep me going.
COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. Capt Seid Waddell Capt Tom Brown SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SFC William Farrell SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4"TSgt Joe C. SGT John " Mac " McConnell SP5 Mark Kuzinski SPC (Join to see) SrA Christopher Wright Maj Marty Hogan PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SP5 Robert Ruck SCPO Morris RamseyCPL Eric Escasio LTC Ivan Raiklin, Esq. CPT Gabe Snell MSG Andrew White
Interestingly enough. I was brought back to brief the VCSA in October 2008 on a subject I was the Army's expert on. The brief was extended based on a white paper I wrote one evening.
I met with the VCSA and the HQDA DCS G4 accompanied me along with some DCS G-3 personnel. At the time I was prepping for colon resection surgery and relying on coffee to keep me going.
COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. Capt Seid Waddell Capt Tom Brown SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SFC William Farrell SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4"TSgt Joe C. SGT John " Mac " McConnell SP5 Mark Kuzinski SPC (Join to see) SrA Christopher Wright Maj Marty Hogan PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SP5 Robert Ruck SCPO Morris RamseyCPL Eric Escasio LTC Ivan Raiklin, Esq. CPT Gabe Snell MSG Andrew White
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