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Originally Posted by RyanAllen
I can relate to what this person is saying. I also enlisted in the Air Force in 1958 and was released in 1960 with an Honorable discharge through a 39-16. Mine was for a different reason though. I had been brought up as an Foster child due to my Biological mother spending all my childhood years in a State hospital in Massachusetts. While I was in the Service I found out she was being released and had, I was told, no one to take care of her. That's when I asked to be released so I could help her out. This was a big mistake. When I got home, I found she didn't need me at all. To my surprise and shock I found out I had two uncles and an Aunt that lived on the South Shore of Boston, who for 18 years had never bothered to contact me or taken any interest in my welfare. To this day, I regret leaving the Air Force. I felt that I left my country down when I should have been there serving my full enlistment and possibly more. I think about it a lot and wish I could turn back the clock but of course I can't!
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Originally Posted by Poncho_NM
You appear to have been Honorably released for an appropriate reason. You can't turn back the clock. You did nothing wrong. You made the best decision you could at the time. Continue on with your life. And thanks ofr your efforts.
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I agree with Poncho. Sometimes there are paths we are meant to take regardless of what we had planned. It sounds like you tried to honor your family obligations, that matters irrespective of how it ended up shaking out. We don’t have crystal balls.
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