If you knew back then what you know now, what changes would you have made while in the military?

Pfft! Where do I start. Wish I'd taken pursuing college sooner. Wish I'd saved more money. Wish I'd been more career-minded, err, if you wanna say, wish I'd been more selfish.

I would have went to sick call when I needed to instead of being "tough" (read: stupid).

Tough one. I probably would not have gotten married as the marriage didn't last much longer than the enlistment.

I wouldn't have let my ex-wife talked me into getting out. I was scheduled to be attached to the Forward going to Iraq 2 months before my EAS date, but my then wife begged me not to re-up. Like an idiot I listened to her, 2 years later, she is cheating on my with another Marine (whom I beat the crap out of and reported him to his CO) we are divorced, and I am kicking myself in the balls for not re-enlisting. Marrying her and getting out of the Marine Corps are my two biggest regrets in life. Every 5 years or so since then I debate re-enlisting, but it would require uprooting my family and getting them involved in a lifestyle I am not sure they can handle. I'm 38 now, almost 39 and I would barely make the age cut with my prior service, but it is still something I toy with. I could also be retiring with 20 years of service in 9 months if I had stayed in.

I would have accepted the offer to go to sniper school right after Korea. I then would have tried to transfer OUT of my MOS and tried to get into SF or Airborne/Rangers. I was a medic/nurse know spanish fluently and scored 40/40 on brm and earned hawkeye...

To put in an OCS packet.

I would have joined when I was 18 rather than when I was 35!

Grabbed a copy of every medical document in my personal care no matter what the issue get a copy of the nurses notes the day you go into hospital or tmc!! As well focussed more on enjoying the countries I was in verses drinking and bs all the time! I missed out on many many things I could have done many sites and activities because hell we drank and chased well you mnow all the time! Id love to have dove in honduras, phillipines, instead of prev stated I was ignorant thought i was. Invincible and when i realized i wasnt I was too injured to do so many activities like skiing etc and ti this day cant! Enjoy your surroundings drink when ya cant any longer ya can always drink cant always fish the nile etc

I wish I never went to law school, four years of evenings and 90K I will never get back. Stupid mistake when I already work in information technology.

I would have avoided, at all costs, my time as a recruiter. Although technically I was successful, it set my career back by 3 years and as a result my career did not advance the way it should have.....