Welcome home (soon) and thanks for serving. You sound like my Dad except he grew up in East TN and retired in middle TN after 30+ years in Air Force.I know how you feel about the state. When I left Nashville to join the Air Force, I assumed I would return to TN when I was done. Forty-two years later, after 20 years in the Air Force and 22 teaching, I'm retiring and coming home. Well, sort of. We're moving to the Knoxville area. It's taken longer than I thought, but we can't wait. Getting misty-eyed just thinking about it. But the economic impact of our response to this virus is threatening to change things.
Thank you for your service and welcome back, when you arrive. The virus issues will pass before long.