Redeployment or How I learned to Not Worry and Stop Giving A Fuck

[paladyn]

Returning from a deployment (i.e. redeployment) is like going into to rehab. One minute, you can get your fix, you're riding high on the endorphins, feeling alive and nigh invulnerable. The next minute you're curling up in the corner with shakes and the itch hoping to God that you'd just die already. My mind and body need the two months of

Comments

[volare]

know the feeling man.

[disownedheidi]

Are there any jobs where you could get the thrill but not be in actual danger, or at least not much? I dunno, Whitewater guide or something?

[paladyn]

The rush isn't the same. It's like drinking a cocktail made from the finest top shelf alcohol, real mint, freshly mulled berries, and cane sugar then trying to recreate the flavors and sensations using a mix bought at the grocery store. The fear, the adrenaline, is still there...but it lacks flavor.

[montieth]

Hey, there's good beer stateside and not on deployment. At least there's that to look forward too.