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If you don't mind me asking.. why is your pet in the military if he has such issues?

We don't and cannot know how and when sachiaiko met him, either before or after his commitment or all of the reasons why he might have signed up. I am aware that, for some, the signup bonus is up to some $20,000, which is getting into the "down payment on a house" region for finances and that is pretty compelling.

I completely agree with AquaticSub. It would be very unwise for him to "come out" while overseas. He could forfeit his signing bonus, paid-for education, rehabilitation and many other advantages he is accruing. And a Dishonorable Discharge is the kind of thing that may make him utterly unemployable in the future. With an H.D. he can go to work (easily) as a teacher, for the USPS and many other civil service jobs that have pensions attached to them. With the D.D., he would have a very hard time realizing his dream.

Both of you need support, sachiaiko, as well as GhitaAmati and her Dom. You have my absolute best wishes and my full-hearted sympathy.

CuriousLord, I don't mean to flame your post but, these days, there are so many mitigating circumstances in peoples lives that one can never really know the whole story. I'd imagine sachiaiko's pet's anxiety problems are not necessarily due to issues created here in the US. Iraq is in a civil war where Americans are seen by both sides as invaders and occupiers. At least in Vietnam one side was ostensibly cooperating with the American presence even though one did not necessarily know which side a Vietnamese person was on.