Posted on Aug 16, 2021
Login & Share to Win! Given the chance to travel back in time, what advice are you giving yourself?
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I would’ve probably told myself to take my National Guard career a bit more seriously.
I’m the only person who’s held me back.
I’m the only person who’s held me back.
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I would first focus on education. 2nd start a savings account. 3rd take more leadership responsibilities
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I wasn't in great physical condition when Ientered the service in 1966. I would work harder to improve my physical condition. When you are in better phsical condition you feel better, and training is so much easier.
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PO2 Joan MacNeill
knew an old machinist who once said: "When I was young I invested in houses and lots. Cathouses and lots of whiskey!"
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Talk the training and testing more serious!! I never studied for a test, but still advanced after each test! At the CPO level, I always passed the tests, but was an early select with 7 years in, made it at 10, SCPO at 14 and MCPO at 18.
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SPC Michael Terrell
I only took one test in the Army. Not only didn't I get to study, they didn't tell me what it was. I was just told to be at the testing center at 6:00AM on a Saturday morning. It was the hardest Electronics test at the time, and I was told that no one had ever passed it without taking the three year school. I completed the 2.25 hour test in 17 minutes, and I scored over 93%.
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