Today we had a cohesion event for 207 at AFM Officer's mess. A day where active and NSmen come together for some time.
Initially I was somewhat concerned if I knew anyone at the event. I was relieved to walk into the mess and immediately saw familiar faces. There quite a few familiar faces, it almost brought me back to a decade ago when I was on service.
After some chatting around and catching up. I realised once again how completely I had tried to let go of this past. I saw that many of them who had left the service still retained contact with a few. This probably allowed them to get updated more with the ongoings in the service. On the other hand I had pretty not been in any active contact with anyone aside from reading updates in Facebook.
Nonetheless it was good to see familiar faces and catch up. If only reservist periods could have such familiarity. Once again I would like to exclaim that the service have evolved so much that it's such a huge cultural shock for me.