5 years 1st RANGER BATT. RANGERS LEAD THE WAY. and yes i know how it is. left for the same reason, after 3 tours to iraq and 3 to afganastan wife was done, but after 6 months of sitting around on my a-- as a civilian my wife said i can suit up again, but this time i got a job working for " a different part" of the gov. and i love it still make trips to the sand box so l couldn't ask for anything better.