When You Can’t Be a Warrior Anymore…Is There a Reason to Go On?

And to be honest a good portion of Soldiers faced it prior to enlisting and thats one reason why they enlisted in the first place. You know what I found out that was really wierd. It's kind of like your directionless when you enlist but at the point of enlistment your so convinced this is what you want to do with your life, then you ETS and your right back where you started as if the enlistment never took place. Your again not really sure what you want to do with your life. It's kind of like an enlistment is a type of suspended animation from the age you enlist until ETS date. You get the same feeling after being layed off for the first time in your life, initially your shocked that it happened then you start questioning if your chosen path was the right one..........all over again. Doesn't happen with the second layoff.........only the first one.

It's hard to explain. It's just how and who we are. The brotherhood of the Infantry is like no other bond.

My theory is, stress, lack of sleep, and adrenaline are precursors to PTSD.