I might have mentioned briefly that I was actually a Canadian Forces soldier beforehand. I'm still a serving reservist member, but I'm 30 years old right now and still apprenticing, trying to finish it up, so I'm definitely in that category.
I've served in the military for about nine years. I left because being a mechanic was something that I always wanted to do throughout high school, but so was the military. I left the military because it was a bit of a wake-up call overseas that it was time to do something so that I could actually raise a family, so I made that sacrifice to change careers.