blue02hd-
That is very well put and the "albatross around the neck" idiom, I think hits the nail on the head. If I were to jump into this and reentry wasn't holding me back I would still be held back with the potential of flair ups. Thank you for helping me.
TR-
Thank you for your words, I trust it is time as well. Maybe I can still serve the country as an analyst somewhere, as my combatant time has seen it's days.
Thank you for your service!
JimP-
Thank you for your continued service as well!
It seems all the advice given has been gold.
My contingency is red team work, I have already become a security analyst, working toward penetration testing for physical and digital environments. I can't imagine the agencies aren't short on those folks.
Thank you all so much, it's time to keep on keeping on. I hope to work with you all in some way, at some time.
Bettersynergy