Dress blues, winter 1991.
Today marks the 20th anniversary of the end of my active duty service in the Navy. I actually was separated a few weeks prior to this due to the amount of leave I had accumulated but it was 15 Feb 1992 when my active duty was up (known as EAOS).
It would be another four years before I would be a true civilian as my inactive duty took place directly afterward. Had America decided to invade Iraq before 1996, I could have been reactivated and been obligated to serve.
It wasn’t just a life, it was an adventure!