Posted on Jun 21, 2015
If you could go back in time, what would you change with your military career?
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Some of you have quite a few years in. Have you ever wondered what your career would be like if you would have gone with a different MOS? Maybe for enlisted, gone the route of Warrant Officer or Comissioned?
What is the biggest thing you wish you would have done differently and why?
What is the biggest thing you wish you would have done differently and why?
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I'd have joined sooner. I feel like I wasted a few years going down a different path that didn't make any progress towards any goals I ended up shooting for. Hell, instead of the Army, I might have joined the Navy.
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Nothing... sorry... I believe in the back to the future movies... so one minor change, could ruin everything.
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MAJ Bryan Zeski
And Sir, while I respect that idea, I know, looking back, that there are any number of decisions I've made that were not the right decisions. I have some that I would definitely like to go back and fix. Other changes would be just part of the "if I knew then what I know now," lessons of experience - and I would still like to go back to "do better."
I would like to think that if I did more of the right things and less of the wrong that things would be at least as good as they are now.
I would like to think that if I did more of the right things and less of the wrong that things would be at least as good as they are now.
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SSG Martin Reyna
I would have to agree with you, Col.. I would not change a bit. I had a great run as a Cavalry Scout, now I have a great family, a good job and quite frankly a very happy life. Every choice we made, being it right or wrong, has led us here to this very moment and that I would not change for anything in the world
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I wouldn't have over thought my transition from a Specialist to a Sergeant. I understand it may seem trivial to most, but I never took my leadership abilities lightly and by the time I finally made my E5 I was playing catch up with TIS and rank.
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I would have tried to be a better soldier, gotten more education, I would have been single. Being married in the service takes way more maturity and an extremely mature and supportive wife. We did OK at best, but should and could have done much better.
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Would pay better attention to hearing protection. The tinnitus is driving me nuts.
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CSM Charles Hayden Passed 7/29/2025
What No cigarette filters? SFC Pete Kain I Never worried about ear protection and foutunately am not wearing a hearing aids at age 82.
I do recall feeling as though my ears were ruined after ? fired the main gun on a 105 RR before calling FIRE!
I do recall feeling as though my ears were ruined after ? fired the main gun on a 105 RR before calling FIRE!
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I didn't have the courage to pipe up that we not sail the same track on a deep shoot which had us close to shore. I thought Chief or Division Officer would say something, not a lowly E-4. Counter battery was set up and did it's job well. I would have been told to shut up, but I still wonder sometimes.
That and other things that helped grow the Dragon.
That and other things that helped grow the Dragon.
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I would change me getting hurt causing me to retire and not try for 30years the army was one of the best parts of my life, so to finish with 30 years would have continued a life I loved, serving and fighting for this country and the poeple in this country and a far that respect the right to be free.
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