Question

Hello,
I would appreciate another halakhic consultation, this time on a different topic — returning home on Sabbaths and holidays after operational activity:
 
I am a section head in the army, and reality requires working at least six days a week, and currently even seven, including the Sabbath and holidays, or at least part of them.
 
In such situations, is returning home by car without waiting for the end of the Sabbath (or in the case of the coming week, all 3 days of the holiday and the Sabbath), so as not to leave a wife alone with four small children, a halakhically justified consideration?
 
This is in light of the clear understanding (from analyzing my own psychology) that if I choose to stay, then in future cases I will very quickly start making calculations about whether my coming is really necessary, whereas at present, on an objective level, every time I did come it was clear that my presence on that Sabbath was helpful in advancing the mission (in a way that would have been harmed had it been postponed until Sunday).
 
I am basically extrapolating from various halakhic permissions that even doulas have to return after assisting a woman in labor, where compared to the benefit in terms of saving lives, it seems to me that we are talking about significantly lighter risks to life than in our mission.
 
I should note that the frequency of events requiring me to be present on Sabbaths and holidays is not fixed, but such things do happen sporadically and not infrequently during the war period — once every month or two on average.
 
 
Thank you.
 
P.S. I would appreciate some reference to where, in your view, the line is drawn when it also comes to easier cases, for example:
– single soldiers
– newlyweds with one child
 
 
Thank you very much