Login & Share to Win! Given the chance to travel back in time, what advice are you giving yourself?

Time travel is what books and the imagination are for. As insane as it is, the 21st Century is my time.

Try harder

I have never been sorry for joining the military. It was right for me at the time. I think back on it and am proud to have had the courage to do so.

Not all the way back to when I was first drafted, but after I had become an officer by completing OCS. I was offered a Regular Army commission by my BN CO as a 1LT. My younger self would NOT have married that lovely German girl, and would have taken that commission. I had friends that retired as LTCs, and had I survived various combat assignments, suspect I would have done as well (or better).
Choices. Life is full of them.

I went to Germany for my first duty station, and I would tell myself: Don't be dumbass, your not invincible, don't run full blast while playing flag football on ice for PT. Don't drink SO much, enjoy the sights, save more money, and re-enlist and extend for another 6 years.

I would tell myself that the decision I made then was the same one I would make today! Stand tall, stay true to my convictions, and be proud to represent my country in the uniform I wore!

Screw the promotion and enter JFK for SF.

I’ve had a great life and wouldn’t change a thing.

Avoid the firing lanes of the loyal opposition.

Do not try and live someone else’s life, live your own and chart your own path where your own skills will make you successful beyond your wildest dreams!