HOKAY
Times have indeed changed. Groups are no longer stationed OCONUS. This has good and bad. The bad is lack of international travel which I truly enjoyed. The good is stability. Speaking of ODA-1 in Germany, ODA-21 Panama and SFT-43 in Thailand, I would have been content to spend my entire career in either. In reality, if I had stayed with either of those teams I may have stayed past 15 years. There are advantages to stability to the point thjat you know exactly how your team mates will react under various circumstances. I am sure I would also have appreciated a one station career and raising my family in one location.
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