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I did 10 years of active duty as an infantry officer and got out as a senior captain shortly after my return from Somalia in 1994. While I loved the life, it wasn't conducive to raising my 3 year old son. I transitioned straight into the reserves and finished my time in the reserves as a major. I did not pursue lieutenant colonel mainly because of health reasons -- which the VA said were not service related. But now I have two relatively new artificial joints and have thrown away my handicapped parking pass.

More than you wanted to know -- buy my heart is still out there with those young men and women in uniform and I manage to keep myself involved in that community through my work and community involvement.