If there was anything different that you could have done throughout the course of your military career, what would that have been?

We've had this discussion before, but I don't mind admitting to my flaws. I would hope that I wouldn't have been such an SOB with superior officers who got underfoot when I was trying to accomplish my mission. Sadly, hoping isn't enough. I'm sure I would do the same again... and get kicked out again.

I was at a point where SFC acting as our company Rear D Co. Squared with me and asked literally " Do you want out the Army?" and I said yes. A few years later I'm regretting that I should've continued because I feel like I lost all my dignity as a Sergeant. Yes I maybe retired but I wish I should've stayed and tried a rehabilitation plan to wean me off medication and continue the fight. I was just in a hurry and never thought about where I am right now. If there was anything that I could change in the past, I should've just sucked it up and continue service and see how the situation goes. I had nothing to lose and the worst would be 6 feet in the ground but I faced that dilemma of death about twice and finally accepted death for what it is.

Spent less time with my head in my fourth point of contact, and listened instead of hearing what my NCO's were telling me.

I spent my whole Active Duty time (6 years) at Ft. Campbell, KY. I wish I would have PCSed to other places. I feel I really missed out on not trying to go to Korea or Europe or Alaska even

I would have gone to Ranger School when it was offered to me as a young Sergeant with no children. At that time, I had just gotten back to Ft Bragg after a year in the sandbox, and the idea of sleep deprivation and starvation to go to a combat leadership school when I had just returned from combat was not appealing. I just wanted to enjoy Buffalo Wild Wings and Hefeweizen again, haha. Looking back, I was missing the mark, though. Ranger School is one of the premier combat leadership schools in the world, and attendance is an amazing opportunity. Not much calling to send a Med O at this time, vs back in the day when I was a young Airborne Infantry medic. C'est la vie. Otherwise, my career has been pretty amazing, and I have accepted that I am indeed, a lifer.

Actually, nothing I would have changed that was within my control. If I had a complaint, it would have been the assignment desk for my service, they didn't give a rat's patoot what you wanted, just the needs of the service and their friends. It all worked out well for me.

Started college earlier. I was 3 classes (9 credits) short of my BS when I got out. Took 13 years to finish it because "life got in the way."

I would have enlisted in the active Army instead of the National Guard out of High School and then gone to college and ROTC after my ETS instead of trying to do it all together on a shoe string budget while working three jobs and paying for school at the same time. This was before most states offered free in-state tuition for a Guard enlistment. Of course, we could all vote for Bernie and "free" college would not be an issue except for those nagging trillions of dollars in debt and the yoke of eternal socialism bringing the death of liberty to our republic.

Ok, I ranted a bit at the end there but life is tough and nothing is "free." If life was easy they'd call it bowling.

If possible I would have gone over seas in 1990i was discharged in 89 on a medical and have regretted it ever since. It really hurts and bothers me that I could not serve my country in the way I felt I needed to.

I would have commissioned at an earlier date rather than wait 23 years.