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I don't come into contact with returning military, but as I recall my OWN return to CONUS, not only were things different than when I left, but people acted and talked (I assumed thought, also) and I spent a week or so just bouncing around trying to find my way

It was 1967 and I left in '65.

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Damn ... didn't finish my thought ... ;

So I wonder what warriors must go through while in a combat zone.

Do they get news and information?

How does it sit when you know your congresscritter is a criminal and no one seems to like your decision to be military, and your so called CIC is ...

Never mind ... I'll get banned.

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I don't come into contact with returning military, but as I recall my OWN return to CONUS, not only were things different than when I left

You bet...Try to imagine coming home nowadays and half those in your hometown now speaks Spanish...

Better yet, since Bush allowed in more Muslims after 911 than the previous two decades...Wrap your head around that.