[Buffalobob]

I think Mark alluded to an interesting point.

Getting into SF requires a lot of determination and a lot of belief in yourself.

Staying in SF for a career is a matter of personality and goodness of the match between your self and the life both in war times and peacetime. Personally, peacetime/stateside in any portion of the Army was just not something that fit me well. I do not regret anytime I spent in service, but a military career was not going to work out for me.

P.S.
I see I have repeated myself several times which means I am having a hard time expressing my thought.