Posted on Mar 31, 2016
SSG Derrick L. Lewis MBA, C-HRM
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MSgt Cyber Systems Operations
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Tons!
First, i wouldn't have put off getting my CCAF.
I would have done more working out earlier in my career.
I would have applied for a 1 year deployment.
I would have not let my (at the time) current relationships effect my career opportunities.
And I would have enlisted under a different job.
Those are just the top 5. LOL.
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SPC Line Medic Team Leader
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In all nothing. I've made plenty of mistakes and have regrets but the choices I've made have given me experiences and led to who I am. Every step leads somewhere but it's the end result that matters. If I had gone active first I may have never learned my about my passion for medicine, thus leaving me without my current goal of becoming a PA. One of my regrets but at the same time a life lesson. Same as my experience about Jody. Though during those "corrective punishment" times I regretted a lot during those moments. Glad they happened because I learned from them but at the time I wasn't too glad about it.
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MSgt Timothy Brock
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When they asked for volunteers to be Dog Handlers, I did not volunteer. I wish I would have.
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SFC William "Bill" Moore
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Gone EOD earlier in my career, not wait 7 and a half years to do it.
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I should have picked orders to Japan. At least once.
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LT Erik Frederick
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I would have listened more to my Chief!
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
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Not a Damn Thing. So Grateful for not being able to enter the Army due to being to thin. Grateful that I joined the Navy and was talked out of Radioman and into Cryptologic Technician Communications. Only thing Cooler than being 007 is being his Personal Communicator. LOL!
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SGT Allen Goatcher
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To be terribly honest with myself and answering this question is Yes, I would not have stayed so long as a Drug Investigator that was a Military Police Investigator who was attached to local CID Office and conducted both reactive and proactive investigations. I really enjoyed the work but after playing this game for 4 years and both state side and overseas, I have to admit I lost track who I was, and that caused me to forget what I was and the oath I took as an MP. Absolutely no one could see, or wanted to see that what was happening to me. I sincerely believe that live a life where everything I did was basicly on duty, never an off day. No matter where I was what I was doing someone was offering me a piece of crimnal activity and I was always thought all crime needed investigation till it came to resolution.
All this being said, even now I miss the riding around in a patrol car. Being a Policer Officer even know is my favorite job and if I was rich enough I wouldn't need the pay, I would actually do it for free. I even had a chance to do this in Tombstone and I was happy to do it.
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SPC Bob Tolford
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I served 3 years in field artillery Fire Direction Control ('75-'78) and often wish I had re-upped and tried out for Special Forces. I got out and went to school on the GI Bill instead. Although my path has not always been ideal, I have no regrets about where I am now.
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SPC Bob Tolford ,
Thank you for sharing.
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SFC Alfredo Gonzalez
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Great question! I would have stayed away from negative people and finished the Special Forces Course, having completed their Advance International Morse Code course (AIMC) and SFAS, but I was too busy partying and chasing... Well you get the picture. I have always wanted to go SF, considering many of my friends are, but I let negative peer pressure get to me... The best thing that happened too SF was that I didn't graduate, in that at the time, I was to immature for being on a discipline SF team...
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SFC Alfredo Gonzalez ,
Thank you for sharing your experience.
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SFC Alfredo Gonzalez
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Anytime! A man learns from his mistakes... I've done pretty well since retiring, but I will always have that thorn on my side... Self awareness is key!
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