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When Military Identity Becomes Inseparable from Personal Identity

My wife wants me to get out when my contract ends but I cannot imagine who I would be as a civilian after fifteen years in uniform.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Others want you to leave the life that has defined you, and you can't picture who you'd be without it.

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