Thank you for your service first of all and for the work you're trying to do. Assimilating back into society is the hardest thing to do once you leave the military, especially with doing a tour in Iraq. Thank you most of all for sharing your story. So many people don't understand what it is like to literally go one day having to be disiplined, and a strict lifestyle to nothing. Im sure you know what I mean by that. Looks like you're on a path now that suits you. :)

My son-in-law got out of the Marines in April after 6 years. He didn't go to Iraq, but had several overseas tours during that time. He's doing pretty well but having a rough go of things. He definitely is fighting authorianism. He had originally wanted to join the police when he got out and with everything happening he won't go near it. He's in a state of disbelief, that he served his country and his country is in shambles. The only people he feels that are friends are his Marine buddies. I think that is because of everything they've been through together and they understand how he feels. He was the last one to get out all of them urged him to re-enlist. He's a good kid, he'll get to where he wants.