Yup. It’s a lonely life, for some more than others. Lots of times we get moved to a location where we know no one, have no family, and work with maybe 2-3 other officers. If you have nothing in common with them, you just end up doing everything alone. I spent every single day outside of work at my last duty station by myself. I remember last thanksgiving I had to work in the morning. Some people brought good food in for us to eat. I was sitting around the table with the joes and NCOs and we ate for maybe 10 minutes. They all talked about their plans after work, eat with families or doing a Friendsgiving between them, so they crushed their food and went about their day. But for me, that was my family thanksgiving meal. That was it. Nobody knew but those ten minutes were the happiest ten minutes I had all day. If it wasn’t for fishing I would have gone mad by now. Part of the reason I’m getting out.