Wow. I can see why you'd be inclined to stay in. As a C-17 IP, I've spent just over 2 of the last 3 years away from my wife and kids. I'm PCSing to Altus just to get a break from this stuff. And of course, others touched on the fact that when you are home, you still don't get to enjoy you time not deployed since the wing will need someone to be the POC for this or that complete waste of time...