Brilliant piece. The grey net framing is spot on becuase it captures how those skills become both an asset and a trap once civvy street fails to make sense. I rememberworking security briefly and seeing that same restlessness in guys who'd been deployed. Theres something deeply uncomfortable about calling it a "holding pattern" when for some people its literally the only place they still feel functional.
Brilliant piece. The grey net framing is spot on becuase it captures how those skills become both an asset and a trap once civvy street fails to make sense. I rememberworking security briefly and seeing that same restlessness in guys who'd been deployed. Theres something deeply uncomfortable about calling it a "holding pattern" when for some people its literally the only place they still feel functional.