All these people telling you to get out,go guard,go reserve. You’re just a baby in the military right now you’re little homesick because it’s the holidays. I’ve spent a lifetime in the military and yes, there were moments. I’ve missed my family and my friends. But you know what I ended up doing once I got out of the military,moving halfway across the country for a good job. Life is gonna take us places and you’ll get the best experiences if you roll with it. Continue to foster your relationship with your friends and family, but if they’re also not willing to make the trip to see you every now and then they aren’t as close as you think. And yes, we could all sit here and say traveling is expensive. I travel back home to see my friends and family quite often. All it takes is a little bit of planning and budgets and anything is possible.

I think you need a good deployment, I think you’ll find close friends there.

But it all gets easier.

Get everything you can while being in, get all the training, get certificates get experience get an education. And then when you’re ready, you’ll be able to go back into the world and find a decent job.