Life sucks in AMC today. No doubt about that. 77 day deployments followed by UCI prep/ORI prep/NORI prep/SOS/a trip or two and maybe a checkride followed by another 77 days with some Chief checking your socks on the way to the chow hall. I can understand why our guys are getting burnt out. Sure, there are a lot that have it worse--always will be. That doesn't mean we shouldn't try to make things better for our folks. So you have a choice. Stay, work within the system and make things better for all your bros. Or you can leave and be done with it. Some of us have the choice made for us. Here's my request: if you stay, don't be a careerist prick....make the tough calls that might not get you promoted but will make life better for all involved. When dudes choose to leave bacause they can't take any more, raise your glass and thank them for some of the best years of their lives.