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I was USN from 81 to 90 and I was going to make it a career, but it was a funky time. They were starting to cut people loose due to the end of the iron curtain and my wife was over me only being home 25% of the time. She wanted to have kids, but wanted me to be there to help raise them. So I had to make a choice and we actually flipped a quarter in the kitchen, with her making the call, heads I stay in, tails I get out. The next day, I went to tell the command I had decided to exit the service and as timing is just perfect, the chief's board results came out, and I had been selected, but it would require another 4 years. I was really conflicted, but I told her I would stand by the flip of the coin.