Basic Trope: A former soldier is so used to military life that it's difficult for them to adapt to a peaceful civilian life.
- Straight: Sgt. Gunny Buford "Biff" Hubert is so used to living life on the battlefield that, once he gets back to civilian life, he feels hollow and purposeless.
- Exaggerated: Sgt. Gunny Biff is so used to living life on the battlefield that he can't possibly fathom living civilian life. He automatically goes From Camouflage to Criminal once he returns home, and even if he doesn't, he definitely shows signs of being a Stranger in a Familiar Land.
- Downplayed: It takes Sgt. Gunny Biff a month or two before he gets back to normal.
- Justified:
- War Is Hell. It's only even worse because Biff served for years on end, and as a result, he's definitely gone off his rocker. He may have degenerated into a Colonel Kilgore if he got too engrossed into the fighting.
- Biff is a Blood Knight who loves fighting and killing enemies on the battlefield. He can't do that in civilian life.
- Inverted: PFC Finnigan, a soldier working under Sgt. Gunny Biff's squad, hated war so much that, once he gets back to civilian life, it's as if he never even fought in the war at all!
- Subverted: Sgt. Gunny Biff manages to successfully ingratiate himself back into society...
- Double Subverted: ...By expertly hiding his shell shock from the world. He's still a broken old vet under his Mask of Sanity.
- Parodied: ???
- Zig-Zagged: Whether or not Sgt. Gunny Biff feels at home after the war is Depending on the Writer.
- Averted: Sgt. Gunny Biff manages to successfully ingratiate himself back into society, and without any mental illnesses and/or trauma from fighting in the war.
- Enforced: ???
- Lampshaded: "I can't stand this peace! I'm too used to being in the armpit of the earth, fighting some random insurgents out there... I should've stayed in the damn army when I still had the chance!"
- Invoked: ???
- Exploited: ???
- Defied:
- Sgt. Gunny Biff is hired by his brother Marston Hubert in the local police department. At least Biff would still be fighting for something.
- The army either keeps Sgt. Gunny Biff in the army until death, or gives him enough therapy to ensure he won't go crazy trying to ingratiate himself back into society.
- Discussed: "God, imagine being in peace after fighting for so long... The horror!"
- Conversed: "I've seen guys like Sgt. Gunny Biff go crazy when they get home and find out that they're not made for peace. Sometimes they go so crazy that they... Go on a rampage."
God... All this peace, after all the fighting... It's No Place for a Warrior!
