Posted on Feb 17, 2015
Do You Have any Regrets During Your Service In The Military? Why or Why not?
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The Meaning of Regret as depicted by the Merriam Webster dictionary: to feel sad or sorry about (something that you did or did not do) : to have regrets about (something)—used formally and in writing to express sad feelings about something that is disappointing or unpleasant.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/regret.
I have a major regret that eats away at me, during my time in the military and post military. That is the loss of a fellow comrades that made the ultimate sacrifice serving DUTY HONOR COUNTRY for the United States of America. I wish I would have spent more time with my decease friend SFC Randy Duane Collins in particular.
https://www.vetfriends.com/memorial/show_bio.cfm?h_index=1106
I have never felt so close to somebody that was ONE IN A MILLION. I am thankful for his service and opportunity to be my BEST FRIEND. We were friends from 1992-2005. I LOOKED up to him in so many ways. I wish we had more time together IN LIFE BROTHER. I have met a lot of comrades that lost their life for my freedom, while serving I am grateful for their Honored Service. All I can say is "ALL GAVE SOME, SOME GAVE ALL".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydWhRObVxrM
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/regret.
I have a major regret that eats away at me, during my time in the military and post military. That is the loss of a fellow comrades that made the ultimate sacrifice serving DUTY HONOR COUNTRY for the United States of America. I wish I would have spent more time with my decease friend SFC Randy Duane Collins in particular.
https://www.vetfriends.com/memorial/show_bio.cfm?h_index=1106
I have never felt so close to somebody that was ONE IN A MILLION. I am thankful for his service and opportunity to be my BEST FRIEND. We were friends from 1992-2005. I LOOKED up to him in so many ways. I wish we had more time together IN LIFE BROTHER. I have met a lot of comrades that lost their life for my freedom, while serving I am grateful for their Honored Service. All I can say is "ALL GAVE SOME, SOME GAVE ALL".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydWhRObVxrM
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SPC David Gilliam Sr.
I do have regrets. Most of all I wish I had stayed in the Army and made it a career
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SFC Josh Jackson, did you do what you had to do
and saw it through without exemption?
and saw it through without exemption?
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I have one regret, survivor's guilt actually, for serving in the Adjutant General Corps after a year in Infantry School. It hit me when, serving as the 9th Infantry Division Casualty Reporting Officer, I wrote a letter of condolence on behalf of the Commanding General, to the young bride of a classmate from Infantry Officer Candidate School.
Don't tell me it's irrational. I know it and my wife reminds me everyday.
Emotions are not rational, are they?
Don't tell me it's irrational. I know it and my wife reminds me everyday.
Emotions are not rational, are they?
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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL
CPT Jack Durish thanks for the thread, this hits home. I am thinking about my friend SFC Randy Collins and his family receiving the news of his passing. http://www.vetfriends.com/memorial/show_bio.cfm?h_index=1106
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CPT Jack Durish
Long ago in Vietnam I asked the division chaplain for guidance on writing his letter to the next of kin of battle casualties and he tossed me a Bible and said, "Pick something." (There's a story in that I don't want to touch at the moment...)
While visiting the Reagan Library a few years ago, I listened to a narrative by President Reagan as he spoke about his ranch and his love of the countryside. He remarked that it always reminded him of his favorite passage from the Bible, by coincidence, the one I selected for the chaplain's letter.
"I life mine eyes unto the hills from whence cometh my help.
My help cometh from the Lord who made the heavens and the earth."
I don't suppose I can offer any better than that as you think of your friend.
While visiting the Reagan Library a few years ago, I listened to a narrative by President Reagan as he spoke about his ranch and his love of the countryside. He remarked that it always reminded him of his favorite passage from the Bible, by coincidence, the one I selected for the chaplain's letter.
"I life mine eyes unto the hills from whence cometh my help.
My help cometh from the Lord who made the heavens and the earth."
I don't suppose I can offer any better than that as you think of your friend.
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"I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country." Nathan Hale
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