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I just wanted to say hi to everyone. I had to go and do a job "up north" for NCIS and look for part of an IED used to try to take out an oil platform. In the 9 days i was gone i missed my daughters first birthday, my daughters 1st birthday party and one of my daughters first steps. I will also be away during mothers day. Now it's not like i can go home and be there but i can't even call. I can't help but feel that the affect of me being gone for 3 years and not in my family's lives (especially my daughters) is having a detrimental effect. I really feel like i will loose my family while finishing out my tenure in the military. All i want to do is come home to my wife and children thats it, followed closely by a career as a police officer. I just hope i have a family to come home to.
As some of you are probably asking yourself "why the hell is he telling me this" and "why the hell am i reading this"? I am writing this cause as you and i know, that any dedicated police officer makes many sacrifices trying to keep the family together. I know this cause my father recently retired from Norfolk. It is a true art to juggle a family and a career in LE. Another reason i am writing this is because all you dedicated profesionals who are trying to keep a family and be the disciplined professional that the job requires are also keeping my family safe. That is a sacrifice that all of you make everyday, I truly appreciate what all of you do. I just hope that when i get on the job that I can return the same to others. Yet another reason i am writing is because all of you do what you do everyday- and alot of you have been in the military. You are also from my home state. I feel like not to many people can actually relate, my wife and sisters certainly can't and since i am the only person i work with who is from MA and wants to be a police officer who better than all of you!
I am by no means complaining I was fully aware of what i was getting into 8 years ago when i enlisted. However i see the effect of me being gone on my wife and children and it hurts and i have a long 2+ years left. I have seen some funky stuff between Iraq and Afganistan and i have 2 years left over here. But i already have the next stage of my life "in the works" but it doesn't start for 2 years. Alot of you have been in my shoes so I guess i am just looking for some support or something.
WELL ONCE AGAIN THANK YOU ALL FOR THE SACRIFICES THAT ALL OF YOU MAKE EVERYDAY!
As some of you are probably asking yourself "why the hell is he telling me this" and "why the hell am i reading this"? I am writing this cause as you and i know, that any dedicated police officer makes many sacrifices trying to keep the family together. I know this cause my father recently retired from Norfolk. It is a true art to juggle a family and a career in LE. Another reason i am writing this is because all you dedicated profesionals who are trying to keep a family and be the disciplined professional that the job requires are also keeping my family safe. That is a sacrifice that all of you make everyday, I truly appreciate what all of you do. I just hope that when i get on the job that I can return the same to others. Yet another reason i am writing is because all of you do what you do everyday- and alot of you have been in the military. You are also from my home state. I feel like not to many people can actually relate, my wife and sisters certainly can't and since i am the only person i work with who is from MA and wants to be a police officer who better than all of you!
I am by no means complaining I was fully aware of what i was getting into 8 years ago when i enlisted. However i see the effect of me being gone on my wife and children and it hurts and i have a long 2+ years left. I have seen some funky stuff between Iraq and Afganistan and i have 2 years left over here. But i already have the next stage of my life "in the works" but it doesn't start for 2 years. Alot of you have been in my shoes so I guess i am just looking for some support or something.
WELL ONCE AGAIN THANK YOU ALL FOR THE SACRIFICES THAT ALL OF YOU MAKE EVERYDAY!