[oh8eleven]

What makes a soldier great might also make him a lousy citizen.
Soldier and civilian are not mutually exclusive. And you just don't get promoted six times over a ten year span in the MC by behaving this way.
After five or six or maybe even eight tours in a combat zone he just freaked.
No excuses - just sayin'.

[liberalh8ter]

Maybe so. I remember my husband telling me after leaving the corps that the hardest part for him being out in the RW was not having someone telling you what to do, how to think, when to do something, etc. it took a while to get used to it. My comment was aimed more at that. Someone may follow orders in an exemplary manner and be totally lost in the RW without having an overseer.