02-13-2013, 01:47 PM
Shoot, I feel for these SF guys and Seals. I'm not Airborne or SF or anything close to these guys. But nearing 10 years of service, I fee like I'm 40 when I'm no where near it. One's knees and backs really take a beating. I'm not that bad off, just 2 knee surgeries. My buddy is 30 years old, 3 combat tours in Iraq, 15.5 years, finally getting a medical discharge after 2 years of waiting for ruptured discs in his spine, he can barely pick up his 6 yr old son or a sack of potatoes. I feel for him. Don't get me wrong not complaining, just trying to say that for anyone who enlisted/served after 9/11, 20 yrs of service is going to be a big, hard to earn milestone from a physical stand point. Harder than the previous 20 years before 9/11.