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Posted: 3/13/2008 1:33:25 PM EDT
[#1]
It is my greatest regret. I tried twice, but didn't get in. Had I tried a bit earlier in life, I probably could've.
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Posted: 3/13/2008 1:36:31 PM EDT
[#2]
I regret not enlisting but I would have regreted
having James Earl Carter as my CIC 
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Posted: 3/13/2008 1:37:15 PM EDT
[#3]
Cue the miles of guys who say "yes" thtey regret it and put this smiley on their posts:
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Posted: 3/13/2008 1:38:07 PM EDT
[#4]
Gee, I'm glad I left that off. 
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Posted: 3/13/2008 1:38:17 PM EDT
[#5]
When I could, I was too distracted to even think about it.
When I wanted too, it was too late. 
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Posted: 3/13/2008 1:38:17 PM EDT
[#6]
I have never regretted joining the Marine Corps. My regret is getting medically discharged, I would much rather be active duty still.
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Posted: 3/13/2008 1:38:26 PM EDT
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I joined the swedish military but I didn't have much choice at the time thiugh since I was drafted. I liked it so much I'm still in the home guard.  |
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Posted: 3/13/2008 1:39:24 PM EDT
[#8]
I regret not being able to join.
 Having a liver transplant at 19 kind of eliminates all possibility of future military service. |
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Posted: 3/13/2008 1:40:29 PM EDT
[#9]
Wanted to, but medical reasons wouldn't let me...hinking.gif
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Posted: 3/13/2008 1:42:12 PM EDT
[#10]
Not a decision I regret overall but I have my moments.
The US of A may appreciate my service, etc. But the military itself seems to view me as no more than a liability to be controlled. I doubt I'll miss it. |
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Posted: 3/13/2008 1:44:05 PM EDT
[#11]
Everyone should have a chance to join the military. I feel sorry for the people who didn't serve. I have done the college thing and the Army thing. The wildest times I ever had I had in the Military.
I see people who didn't serve and I don't feel bad they didn't serve. I feel bad they didn't get to serve. I learned so much in the Military, I experienced so much in the military. THE TRUTH BE TOLD I REGRET LEAVING THE MILITARY I WISH I COULD GO BACK MORE THAN ANYTHING. If you are an ARFCOMer who didn't serve you don't know what you missed. I have fired many many many different weapons. I have learned so much about self defence and combat. The military is an ARCOMers wet dream. |
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Posted: 3/13/2008 1:44:07 PM EDT
[#12]
Do regret it but only because of the injuries that resulted in my discharge.
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Posted: 3/13/2008 1:44:25 PM EDT
[#13]
Sorry. That's just the way these threads tend to go. People need to realize that if it's not their calling to join the military, it's just not their bag. There is no shame in that. |
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Posted: 3/13/2008 1:44:31 PM EDT
[#14]
The way things worked out in life, joining the Army was just 1 of many things that helped put somewhere I needed to be a few years later. ( Long story ) So nope, don't regret it a bit. I am DAMN glad however that it was peace time. The guys, and gals, in the sandbox are going thru hell. Not to mention every other 3rd world shit hole that the .mil has sent troops.
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Posted: 3/13/2008 1:44:35 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/13/2008 1:45:03 PM EDT
[#16]
Im still tossing around the idea, i tried when i was 17 and almost got in but i pissed someone off that i shouldn't have and it basically fucked me. Tried like 2 years ago and i couldn't loose the weight. Im on another diet now loosing weight like crazy and will probably go for it again, 3rd time a charm, right?
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Posted: 3/13/2008 1:45:25 PM EDT
[#17]
I was physically unqualified to serve due to my eye problems.
Flat feet, too. My brother is a Naval officer. |
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Posted: 3/13/2008 1:46:06 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/13/2008 1:46:42 PM EDT
[#19]
I will never regret the service I've put in so far, and won't regret when I decide that its time to move back to civillian life. Just not yet.
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Posted: 3/13/2008 1:47:04 PM EDT
[#20]
My only regret is that I let my dad talk me out of enlisting as an 11B
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Posted: 3/13/2008 1:47:24 PM EDT
[#21]
I didn't get drafted and I didn't join but over the years I think that I should have........
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Posted: 3/13/2008 1:48:07 PM EDT
[#22]
I know one guy who would run daily even on holidays and weekends to strenghen his lungs enough not to be a problem. |
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Posted: 3/13/2008 1:48:17 PM EDT
[#23]
Overall, I regret joining but I dont regret serving.
I wouldnt trade anything in the world for the deployment to Iraq we had...some things that happened there, yeah but not the trip itself. I had the time of my life, I would love to go back on the civilian side doing PSD. |
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Posted: 3/13/2008 1:48:50 PM EDT
[#24]
Four years was great.
Any more would have sucked. |
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Posted: 3/13/2008 1:49:58 PM EDT
[#25]
 Had a great time, I would do it all over again.
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Posted: 3/13/2008 1:50:07 PM EDT
[#26]
I sometimes regret leaving the military.
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Posted: 3/13/2008 1:51:36 PM EDT
[#27]
If you are an ARFCOMer who is thinking about joining I say try combat medic. More likely than not you will be sent to a combat unit. A medic in a combat unit will eventually experience every aspect of that unit.
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Posted: 3/13/2008 1:52:58 PM EDT
[#28]
I had some VERY serious injuries that led to my discharge.. on top of that I do not regret it one bit and would do it all over again. |
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Posted: 3/13/2008 1:53:59 PM EDT
[#29]
Worst part of my day is passing the ROTC building at FSU and seeing the future officers in uniform. It actually pains me to see the ROTC guys practicing with old M16A2 in front of my parking area. God I want to be back in the Army. |
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Posted: 3/13/2008 1:54:01 PM EDT
[#30]
I went through the process. Aced the exams, lobbied my congressmen, was given the first nod toward an academy appointment. Went to the physical and was told they would not accept me, due to being colorblind, for any flight status whatsoever. That kyboshed the deal for me.
Looking back, it would have done me good to go in. Military service has, since the decade before the Civil War, always skipped a generation in my family. Dad was in, I opted out, Junior is in. The good news is that Junior is enjoying the constant challenge and pushing himself. Will he stay on past his eight-year enlistment? Who knows? |
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Posted: 3/13/2008 1:54:26 PM EDT
[#31]
my regret is my dad DIDNT talk me out of going 11b...  |
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Posted: 3/13/2008 1:57:03 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/13/2008 2:00:04 PM EDT
[#33]
Something To Be Proud Of -- by Montgomery Gentry
There's a story that my daddy tells religiously Like clockwork every time he sees an opening In a conversation about the way things used to be Well I'd just roll my eyes and make a bee-line for the door But I'd always wind up starry-eyed, cross-legged on the floor Hanging on to every word Man, the things I heard It was harder times and longer days Five miles to school, uphill both ways We were cane switch raised, and dirt floor poor 'Course that was back before the war Yeah, your uncle and I made quite a pair Flying F-15's through hostile air He went down but they missed me by a hair He'd always stop right there and say... That's something to be proud of That's a life you can hang your hat on That's a chin held high as the tears fall down A gut sucked in, a chest stuck out Like a small town flag a-flyin' Or a newborn baby cryin' In the arms of the woman that you love That's something to be proud of So I'm graduatin' college, that was mama's dream But I was on my way to anywhere else when I turned 18 Cuz when you gotta fast car you think you've got everything I learned quick those GTO's don't run on faith I ended up broken down in some town north of L.A. Working maximum hours for minimum wage Well, I fell in love, next thing I know The babies came, the car got slow I sure do miss that old hot rod But you sure save gas in them foreign jobs Dad, I wonder if I ever let you down If you're ashamed how I turned out Well, he lowered his voice, then he raised his brow Said, lemme tell ya right now That's something to be proud of That's a life you can hang your hat on You don't need to make a million Just be thankful to be workin' If you're doing what you're able And putting food there on the table And providing for the family that you love That's something to be proud of And if all you ever really do is the best you can Well, you did it man That's something to be proud of That's a life you can hang your hat on That's a chin held high as the tears fall down A gut sucked in, a chest stuck out Like a small town flag a-flyin' Or a newborn baby cryin' In the arms of the woman that you love That's something to be proud of |
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Posted: 3/13/2008 2:04:06 PM EDT
[#34]
I wouldn't take back a minute of the time I gave Uncle Sugar and I regularly encourage any higher caliber young men I meet to join.
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Posted: 3/13/2008 2:04:08 PM EDT
[#35]
I retire in 1 year 11 months. It has had it's ups and it has had its downs. I do not regret it.
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Posted: 3/13/2008 2:06:34 PM EDT
[#36]
It's more complicated than that...
Career military = a love-hate relationship. CPO SWCC US Navy (Retired) |
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Posted: 3/13/2008 2:11:54 PM EDT
[#37]
i made the mistake of getting out...
if i would have stayed in I would had retired in march  but i got back in  now 9 more years too many benifits of being in to leave it. |
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Posted: 3/13/2008 2:14:04 PM EDT
[#38]
I kind of wish I wouldve enlisted in the Marines out of highschool.
Im a junior in college now and go to Marine OCS this summer, still wouldve liked to have been enlisted first. Passed my ASTB last month and passed my flight physical a week ago, so im good to go aviation. |
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Posted: 3/13/2008 2:15:04 PM EDT
[#39]
if it wasn't for a screwed up back, and previously having asthma
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Posted: 3/13/2008 2:18:03 PM EDT
[#40]
Don't regret joining at all, but a career in the .mil just wasn't for me.
It's not for everyone. |
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Posted: 3/13/2008 2:18:51 PM EDT
[#41]
Love-Hate is how I would describe it too. I think that if you don't harbor some resentment over at least part of the experience, you weren't paying attention. |
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Posted: 3/13/2008 2:26:27 PM EDT
[#42]
Is that the love hate you are talking about. Or is it making a boatload of good (family like)friends and having to deal with some of their deaths? |
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Posted: 3/13/2008 2:28:32 PM EDT
[#43]
I'm AD in the Air Force. My only regret is being stationed at an Army post.
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Posted: 3/13/2008 2:29:36 PM EDT
[#44]
There was a time during college that I didn't feel my life was going in the right direction. Didn't mean anything, and I felt like I was just going through the motions.
There was a Marine recruiting office right on the strip that I would often walk by and think that was what I was looking for. I wanted to know the honor and courage of serving as a Marine, and I felt it was a way to take control of my life. I never went in. I can't say I regret it, but I often wonder how my life would have turned out had I had I made that decision. |
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Posted: 3/13/2008 2:34:53 PM EDT
[#45]
I can honestly say that joining the Army was the best decision I have ever made!
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Posted: 3/13/2008 2:53:27 PM EDT
[#46]
I do not regret a second I spent in the Military, got to visit some nice countries and some real armpits! Sure as hell makes you appreciate what we have here in the US!! I do regret getting out, June of 88, Graham-Rudman pushing us to get out. Oh well, hindsight is a wonderful thing.
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Posted: 3/13/2008 2:58:18 PM EDT
[#47]
you need another poll option for those of us who want to see the results, but have no business taking the current poll...
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Posted: 3/13/2008 3:00:17 PM EDT
[#48]
Both... CPO SWCC US Navy (Retired) |
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Posted: 3/13/2008 3:00:46 PM EDT
[#49]
Regret not going when it was my time to
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Posted: 3/13/2008 3:01:07 PM EDT
[#50]
I wish I had gone in right out of high school, but my parents talked me out of it. They knew all my buttons.
What diet are you on? I need to loose some pounds too.
When I was 17 I asked a recruiter about flat feet (yes, mine are flat) & he said that they didn't care about that anymore, but that was 14 years ago. |
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