Life in the Military!

Well, It has now been a full month since I left Colorado and the family, again. These deployments sure do get old fast, but I am getting some good education which is a good thing. I was thinking about it the other day, and I have almost been on active duty time with the military either in the army or in the Air Force for 2 years, the same amount of time I was on my mission. Just an interesting little fact. That doesn't even count for all the time I have been with the Guard in training either on the weekends or in the summers. If you added all those together, they would add up as well. I don't complain about this, but I do look foreword to when my enlistment is up so I can finally be somewhat done with this type of lifestyle.

I do have to admit that their is little comparison between the Army and the Air Force. They seem to be quite different from each other, at least from the experience I have had. My opinion may be skewed some because of the fact that I served with the Army in Iraq and in training to go to Iraq for a year and a half, (A time I would not wish for anyone to have to go through) but the Air Force does seem to be much more civil. My personality type did not fit into the Army very well by any means. I am a type INFJ which is only 1% of the population of the world, but needless to say, this personality type is not the type of person who likes contention, and the Army was full of that from sunset to sundown. Anyhow, I am quite glad phase of my life is over, at least being with the Army.

It is kind of cool meeting so many very interesting people in this world, many of which I would never have met if I was not in the military. I can honestly say that it was in the military that my innocence was lost; where I learned there is more than one definition of thong. That was an interesting story in and of itself. We finally got a break from boot camp and we were going to six flags, and I told the group I was going to go get my thongs, and they all started laughing. I did not get it. I was wondering why my sandals were so funny. Later they told me the other definition of thongs, and I have to admit I laughed pretty hard myself. Who knew, (Well I guess everyone but me) that thongs can be worn on your feet and to cover your derrier, or as the case may be to not cover your derrier if you know what I mean.

Well, the point of all this is that although military life can be quite difficult, it can also be quite rewarding, adventurous, and at times down right hilarious. Although it has been a tough 2 years, it has been a great learning experience I would not give up. Now if you would have asked me that a couple of years ago, that probably would have been a different story, but that is for another day and time.