<p>I am then the pessismist, although I chose to say that I hope for the best and expect the worst. None of the time frame matters for us, since DS has already stated that he wants to do the 20+, so I have already accepted that we will be flying to the ends of the earth to visit him. And yes, I consider Cannon New Mexico the ends of the earth, along with Mt. Home Idaho, hopefully we won’t have to go to Almogordo. :D</p>
<p>After being married to Bullet for 20, our first chance to step out is now at 20+. He went to UNT, then when his 1st committment was close to being over he transferred into the Strike from the 111, which incurred more committment. when that committment was almost up he accept his promotion, bonus and PME. When that committment was up he accept another promotion, he finally finished his last committment at 19 yrs.
We have been very fortunate and never got hit with a remote. Those were our choices to accept promotions and xtraining. I have never regretted one moment and I am sure that is why DS says he wants a career. My DD just informed me the other day she expects to marry someone in the military because she loves the life and would be bored if she had to stay in one place…I’ll remind of her that as she packs and unpack 20k pounds of household goods ;)</p>