I can definitely relate to the sentiment here. I'll be leaving active duty after 14+ some change years and transitioning to a traditional ANG job while also pursuing other opportunites that I will not elaborate on. My terminal starts on the 5th of June and it couldn't start soon enough . My process of deciding to leave the active duty side after being in this long was a long and tough one, but it's the right call for my family and myself. Initially, I thought about punching out a few years back and decided at the time that I could make it until 20. Reality then kicked me sqaure in the head. As a CSAR guy, I had to come to the realization that after my instructor tour here at the schoolhouse is over (they consider 12 hour + days teaching initial qual students a "break" from being in a line unit) I would have at the very least 4-6 more years back in the field unit(s) on a less than 1 to 1 dwell between never ending deployments to look foward to until I retire. Being in a LD/HD type of job...there is really no way out they won't let us crossflow to another airframe and being a proud "sweaty", there are no staff tours for us unless you are a E-8/9. I've already put my family and myself through the grinder before and refuse to do so again. Contrary to the kool-aid drinkers, in all services, you gotta make the descion that is best for you and your family. If you have spent the past couple of years preparing to leave active duty and have a solid plan, you'll do fine. You gotta realize that the grass isn't greener on the other side, but it isn't all "Big Blue/Green" either. I didn't have any regrets when I signed the dotted line, and I don't have any regrets in my choice leave active duty to join the ANG. "Big Blue" operated just fine before I joined and will continue to do so when I leave. Just my two cents.