[widgeon13]

"and I have no life long friends from childhood."

This is as well my only regret. I actually have contact with some early HS friends but no lifelong friends. I always thought moving and seeing new places and making new friends was an exciting part of life. I also enjoyed the benefits of living on military installations and still feel very at home in that environment.

National Guard families seem to have the worst situation, working in the real world one day and on the way to war the next, that could be very traumatic for a family.