It's short for "demobilized." In other words, released from an existence quite different from the one looming: sent home from active service with a small amount of cash, maybe some honors, maybe not, and hoping there is a life in this new world that can give meaning to the future. Many worthier than I have been here, are here every day. My experience is just a faint whisper of the returns of others who have been eye-deep in hell. I've not been in hell, just a funny version of what I thought was heaven.
