Posted on Jan 2, 2023
If you never joined the military, where do you think you would be and what would you be doing?
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I would have probably become a single mother, depressed and living below the poverty line. I “chose the path less traveled by and that has made all the difference” -Robert Frost
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A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney
If Becoming Successful Was Easy,
Everyone Would Be Successful,
But Most Are Not, Because It Takes More Effort
Than The Average Person Is Willing To Invest
Everyone Would Be Successful,
But Most Are Not, Because It Takes More Effort
Than The Average Person Is Willing To Invest
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I probably would have stayed in the tech sector, got a job with one of the 'Big Tech' firms, bounced back and forth and up advancing my career, captured by the group think in the organizations and would now be one of those individuals prominently featured in the 'Twitter Files'.
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COL Randall C.
BTW - rehash of the 2015 thread, but new year and new eyeballs!!!
https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/if-you-never-joined-the-military-where-do-you-think-you-d-be-right-now
https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/if-you-never-joined-the-military-where-do-you-think-you-d-be-right-now
If you never joined the military, where do you think you'd be right now? | RallyPoint
I was working at Safeway in the produce dept when I enlisted. I wanted to be a cop, but I would've needed at least a two year degree to be considered...so maybe a cop. When I went home on leave after my first deployment, a lot of my boys were locked up...or maybe I'd be locked up. I'm in a much better place....
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Growing up I always dreamed of being either a cowboy or a soldier. In my teens I left home and worked cattle ranches in the northwest. After a few years I came to realize there would never be much money doing that, just a lot of hard dirty work, so I went for my 2nd choice. But I never lost my love for horses, so after I retired I started a horse boarding business and ran that for about 15 years along with working at, and then owning, a gun/saddle & tack store.
Now I just enjoy my memories and travel some.
I always tried to follow the advice of Yogi Berria:
"When you come to a fork in the road, take it."
Now I just enjoy my memories and travel some.
I always tried to follow the advice of Yogi Berria:
"When you come to a fork in the road, take it."
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MAJ Byron Oyler
Have you watched Yellowstone? Plenty of parts to turn people off but the ranch life and Montana views make it fun.
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MSG Stan Hutchison
MAJ Byron Oyler - There were some fun, great moments, but mostly, as I posted above, it was hard, dirty, dangerous work with very little future for the working cowboy. Most ranches today are either inherited or are owned by corporations.
By the way, one of the places I worked as a cowboy was outside Stevensville, MT. That is about 20 miles north of Darby, where the "Dutton Ranch" is filmed. Great scenery, true but a young (at the time) working man can't eat scenery. lol. .
By the way, one of the places I worked as a cowboy was outside Stevensville, MT. That is about 20 miles north of Darby, where the "Dutton Ranch" is filmed. Great scenery, true but a young (at the time) working man can't eat scenery. lol. .
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MAJ Byron Oyler
MSG Stan Hutchison - I find it more interesting over the years what is a hobby and what is work. The cowboy life looks like fun, something that was never in my path to do for a living and a stark change to my climate controlled work life that has seen babies taken to the morgue and blown up children. I have a wealthy friend that grew his money owning a heavy equipment company and in his early 60s sold it to breed cattle. He also worked in a climate controlled environment.
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A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney
MAJ Byron Oyler -
I Worked On One Of My Cousins Farm For Just ONE Summer.
While Out Of School On Summer Break, NOTE ~ "ONE" Summer Break.
And If You Notice, I AIN'T No Farmer; Long Hours, Hard Work, With No Days Off ~~
MAN ~! THAT'S Hard Work!
I Worked On One Of My Cousins Farm For Just ONE Summer.
While Out Of School On Summer Break, NOTE ~ "ONE" Summer Break.
And If You Notice, I AIN'T No Farmer; Long Hours, Hard Work, With No Days Off ~~
MAN ~! THAT'S Hard Work!
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Never really an option. I knew from the start I wanted to serve, because I was privileged to be born in the best country in the world and needed to do my fair share, to give back for be so blessed
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CPO Bernie Penkin
I felt the same way. My dad lost his family and wealth to the communists. Eventually made to Germany and fought in WW2. He always wanted to be an American. It was my duty to serve a term in the military so that I could give back. Served my hitch and tried being a civilian. Didn’t work so I went back and made the military a career.
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MSgt James Parker With the way my life was heading, I probably would have done time in prison. At that point who knows but I sure wouldn't be the person I am because of my time in the Corps. It put me on the straight and narrow, no doubt.
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A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney
LMAO ~~ ~ I Just Never Got Caught. But I Did Have A Few Relatives, A Former Brother-In-Law & Few Of My Former School Friends, Doing Stretches In Jackson State Prison.
Had You Ben Sent There, I'd Have Given You Their Cell Numbers,
One Friend I Recall ~ Deceased Now ~ Caesars Stokers; Could Actually Get Up On His Hands A RUN Around The Gym...
Had You Ben Sent There, I'd Have Given You Their Cell Numbers,
One Friend I Recall ~ Deceased Now ~ Caesars Stokers; Could Actually Get Up On His Hands A RUN Around The Gym...
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Probably in some run down low income apartment while working some low end menial no future job
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Oh, I suspect I would be a retired nuclear astrophysicist who once played football and won ten Super Bowl rings. In retirement, I'd be an undersea explorer with Woods Hole Oceanographic Society seeking to find the lost Atlantis. But I gave that all up to join the U.S. Navy so I could sail the oceans and find out how deathly miserable it feels to be seasick!!!
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SCPO (Join to see)
Cpl Vic Burk ... Indeed it was. I'd do it all again in a heartbeat. To hell with being a filthy rich retired scientist!!!
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Cpl Vic Burk
SCPO (Join to see) - Same here Brother. My wife doesn't understand this at all that I would do it all over again.
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CPL Sheila Lewis
hey! i won ten superbowl rings too...and now they will pay me over $300M to talk about football! great to be on a pedestal!!
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This does not apply to me! I was focused on serving from day one!
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A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney
Without The USAF Giving Me All It Did ~ Mainly A GREAT Education Through U.S.A.F.I.; I'd Be Cleaning Toilets At Grand Central Station While Supervising Trump
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MSgt James Parker Good Question! We Seem to be Yaking thanks to Capt Maggie Turner, CTO1 Brian Sudis, RM1 Dan McCabe and "Maggie's Goon CTO1, KC, Casey!
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
MSgt James Parker There Is a Reason, I',m Called "OG" Old School Gangsta by Youngster Spooks!
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