Wesley (Over There) said:
Suck it pal, I only get a chance to go home and visit my family every 3 or 4 years. Imagine that eh. Normally I am over 22,500km from dear ole Saskatchewan, and I am currently on Ops in the MEAO.
You are an adult, you made a decision, now stand and deliver!
Be a man among men, honour your commitment, and soldier on.
100's of thousands of other Canadians have made it, and so can you.
Wes
As Wes said we all spend most of our time away from family.Be it our parents and extended family in rural NWT or our wife and children.It is a part of the army life.You get to go home on vacation.And honestly at 17 I was ready to get out on my own and have my own life.
I'm 25 now and every time I leave home I still get homesick,evertime.
My friend is a Engineer (civilian) who got hired by a huge firm in Texas.He is gone and for one whole year gets very minimal leave,until his second year.Also being a lot farther from home than MOST Canadian soldiers are usually.Civilian world ain't a lot better.Unless you want to work at the local gas station or sell dope, chances are you wont find a stellar job in any rural center.
But as I said earlier,I have seen people like yourself.Who want out from day one.I also seen how bitter and twisted they become when they don't release these members.How much of a burden these whiners and negative people place on their peers and supervisors.
I'm not one for quiting however to come on a public board looking to see what you could do,says to me your either looking for encouragement on "How awesome things will become"or ideas on how to get out.Life is only as fun as you make it.And if your extremely miserable at your workplace day in day out...release.However I know I've been guilty of taking a small amount of problems I had with my career and just focusing on that.Thus I had tried to OT to another trade.After a while of sitting back and looking at the full picture, I realised even though this one part of my career sucked many things were awesome.
Sometimes you have to look at the big picture instead of the one crappy part.
You have not came back to fill us in on the details.However I'm guessing that when you got posted there,you were told at the graduation parade by some officer that you were part of the family.Brothers in arms,no longer a pee-on as you have been in the training system.However now reality that your still a Pte getting yelled at for a crappy uniform and spending your days sweeping and sharpening shovels.Your not at the level some people made you believe.And thus you are disappointed? (Just my thoughts I may be totally wrong)
It all boils down to what is right for you.Many people will rant about whats right for the army.However realise your a number,nothing else.This is YOUR life and if you choose to be a productive civilian so be it.I can't fault you for that.