Looking at life as a DSS agent, I think that it would be great if one was single. I worked in hardship locations in the Army and as contracted
security operator for almost 13 years. No matter how strong the bond is with your spouse it will be broken, you will grow apart, your dreams will change, you will become strangers...She will spend all of your money...oops, I'm sure that was only my ex that did that!
Anyway, I think that anyone interested gets the drift. I look back at all of the things I missed with my kids while I was in some under developed stinkhole of a country, saw a lot of guys drown themselves in booze and women, and of course those that just went Col. Kurtz...way off the farm, lot of my buddies are still in Central America. BTW, if you ever get in trouble down south, just get a cabbie to take you to ANY bar that has a name like "Macs/Buds/Smurfs" "American Bar and Grill", there is at least one in every C. American country, owned and operated by a retired SF MSG/SGM that went a little loco and decided he found paradise.
Cheers