Originally Posted by Cosmo

Albief15: Awesome words. I just made the final decsioin to separate a couple of weeks ago...11 years of service, IDE next, prior Intern...but I slowly realized that the Air Force was stringing me along one carrot at a time. The words from AFPC at A/TA this year sealed the deal..."365 deployments guaranteed to finish a career". I've had a few allude to "quiting" at first it upset me a little...but now I realize it is a reaction to those that can't handle the, as you suggested, "gut check". I'm making the leap with no employment lined up...none...no Guard/Reserve guarantee...and certainly no interviews on the horizon. Not sure what we'll do....but somehow it's the first time in a while I actually feel like I'm living. Control is an odd term in my case...it goes both ways. Similar to CFIT or like flying a Heavyweight C-17 on two engines...a controlled descent, hopefully there won't be an impact.