I just rejoined the active-duty military.

[Squatch]

Holy crap.

I was active duty from 1997 to 2002, then got out because I wanted to try my hand in the corporate world.

Since then, I've been working on 2 advanced degrees (PhD in Oceanography, and MBA), have been a project manager on a small government contract, have had my first child, bought my first house, and a whole bunch of other stuff.

But, over those years, I've come to realize that I truly miss the intangibles of military service such as the camaraderie of my friends, the hands-on hard work, and working, living, and playing with some truly wonderful people.

So, the writing has been on the wall for a while, and I finally decided to get back in to uniform full-time. The risk of mobilizing to any theater of war is very remote, but that's something I knew could be an eventuality when I initially signed up back in 1997.

Anyways, I just can't believe I'm back in but I am really, really looking forward to it.