@ThatCrazyDude @ILoveAmericaNews "Lifers" will go back in a second. They're institutionalized and don't function well in civilian life.
I had a Chief and Warrant Officer on my first boat that hadn't gone to shore in over a year when I came aboard. Both were married, with kids and a nice house in Richmond
I asked Chief about it one day and he told me, "when I'm outside, I have to wait in line. Nobody listens to me. Here, I have people that jump when I tell them and have meals brought to me."