Quote Originally Posted by comicshorse View Post
In Fredrick Forsyth's 'The Dogs of War' a novel about a mercenaries being hired to assassinate the head of an African state its quite clear most of the mercenaries are totally unable to fit into ordinary life. Addicted to the thrill and danger of the mercenary life style they will keep coming back until the inevitable bloody end.
even that may wear after a while. i come from Israel, where most of the populations serves a few years in the army. however, a fairly large percentage of people who served in Elite units are later drawn to do mercenary or "professional specialist soldier" works across the world. (had quite a few friends down that road). things is- most of them get tired after 3-10 years, and retire as well. (if they make it that is). they do feel... "not quite fitting" with normal life, and often choose dangerous jobs (but far less dangerous than professional soldiering) but they do get families and so on.

true, a few get addicted to that life, but those are usually the very few. most seem to find a way... somehow.