the id, the ego, & the single misfiring brain cell - Latest Comments on issued friends https://pdblack.twistedpair.net/index.php?disp=comments en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 Barefoot Bree [Visitor] in response to: issued friends Sun, 12 May 2013 00:42:36 +0000 Barefoot Bree [Visitor] c34652@https://pdblack.twistedpair.net/ <p>Oh yes yes. There is NOTHING like the sense of close-knit family and community you find in an overseas assignment, especially (but not only) unaccompanied. The friendships you make and the feeling of all of you - the entire base - all pulling together to make this strange little life in a strange land, simply cannot be replicated stateside, where even the best, tightest units disperse into the sea of civilian humanity at the end of the day.</p> <p>I do miss the military, when I think about the community aspects. The years I spent at Ramstein, Lajes, and Toledo were among the top highlights of my life.</p> Oh yes yes. There is NOTHING like the sense of close-knit family and community you find in an overseas assignment, especially (but not only) unaccompanied. The friendships you make and the feeling of all of you - the entire base - all pulling together to make this strange little life in a strange land, simply cannot be replicated stateside, where even the best, tightest units disperse into the sea of civilian humanity at the end of the day.

I do miss the military, when I think about the community aspects. The years I spent at Ramstein, Lajes, and Toledo were among the top highlights of my life.

]]> https://pdblack.twistedpair.net/index.php/2013/03/22/issued-friends#c34652 Hinermad [Visitor] in response to: issued friends Sat, 23 Mar 2013 13:13:44 +0000 Hinermad [Visitor] c34651@https://pdblack.twistedpair.net/ <p>Diana,</p> <p>Your friends are smart people. I can see how having to leave some behind would be hard, even though it was to come home to the one you love.</p> <p>Grieving. I would never have thought of that, but it fits. You&#8217;re experiencing a loss, and that&#8217;s the normal response.</p> <p>Anyway, enough of the amateur head shrinking. Welcome home.</p> <p>Dave</p> Diana,

Your friends are smart people. I can see how having to leave some behind would be hard, even though it was to come home to the one you love.

Grieving. I would never have thought of that, but it fits. You’re experiencing a loss, and that’s the normal response.

Anyway, enough of the amateur head shrinking. Welcome home.

Dave

]]> https://pdblack.twistedpair.net/index.php/2013/03/22/issued-friends#c34651 Damon [Visitor] in response to: issued friends Sat, 23 Mar 2013 05:16:10 +0000 Damon [Visitor] c34650@https://pdblack.twistedpair.net/ <p>An insightful piece. I am sorry for missing your last hours at Bahar&#8217;s.</p> An insightful piece. I am sorry for missing your last hours at Bahar’s.

]]> https://pdblack.twistedpair.net/index.php/2013/03/22/issued-friends#c34650 Aunt Bann [Visitor] in response to: issued friends Sat, 23 Mar 2013 02:45:00 +0000 Aunt Bann [Visitor] c34649@https://pdblack.twistedpair.net/ <p>Welcome Home, Diana! Glad you made it back, and would love to be able to walk in and give you a big hug! Guess I&#8217;ll probably have to wait until Reunion, huh? April 19-20-21</p> Welcome Home, Diana! Glad you made it back, and would love to be able to walk in and give you a big hug! Guess I’ll probably have to wait until Reunion, huh? April 19-20-21

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