The following is a question that came into my head during work tonight:

Right, it takes six months in the UK to change a civilian into a soldier and eleven months to change a civilian into a officer. In addition to that you receive specific training for the role you play in the armed forces. Quite a while then.
Yet, when you leave the services all it takes is one step outside the gates to return as civilian.

I've heard little about "councelling" to get soldiers back to the civilian way of life. It makes no sense to me. Can anyone explain?
Sayings like "you dont need to be in uniform to be a soldier" and "once a Marine, always a Marine" are not uncommon to me. Maybe once you made the transversion you can't go back?

Reinhardt