He laughs some more, then grows more reflective. I still think it's honorable. It was my original intent to be a soldier, to stay a soldier, but, hey, something changed in my life. And he notes that this can happen to people who aren't gay, too. Lots of things.
People go through changes in their lives.
As they mature, value systems change. At one point your military career was everything, but now you realize it's your family. And for me, now, it's like, yeah, at one point, the military was everything, but now I'm a little concerned about my life and my personal well-being and my personal happiness. And that's more important to me than being a general. And that's the bottom line.