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

To make daily entry at Rally Point to win.

Get all of your immunizations

I would have refused to sign a 50 year Non-Disclosure Agreement. It was given to me by the Admiral I was working for when I was being discharged from Active Duty. I worked for him for 2 years as his personal assassin and he did not want his family to know what he had done and figured that 50 years was longer than he was going to live. All he did was ask me to take out a number of Viet Cong and Communist Chinese Officers in Vietnam. I had no problem doing it. I was never caught, injured or even suspected in each killing but I was never able to prove "Boots on the ground" in Vietnam to qualify for Agent Orange compensation which caused a heart attack, Diabetes Type II and Neuropathy in both legs exactly one year after I retired. I applied for Compensation in 2004 and was denied. I refiled in 2019, 2020 & 2021 and have not received any response other than "we are working on it." When I pointed out that being on an Aircraft Carrier did not require being in Vietnam to be infected, they said nothing. I can only assume that they don't feel that the planes and helos brought Agent Orange back to the ship because they ALL WENT TO THE AIRCRAFT WASH BEFORE RETURNING TO THE SHIP.

If I traveled back in time to meet my younger self at gate of basic training, would say that everything will be alright along the way and relax, advance to each paygrade on time, and complete twenty years of naval service.

Go Air Force instead of Army

“This too shall pass”

Resist the Sugar!

Do your best and stay straight in your Iife, respect your superiors and your peers for what they know and demonstrate leadership in whatever your task is no matter how insignificant.

Pay closer attention to your wife's hobbies in the mid to late 90's. Don't be so hard on your daughter, she can't help it that she's not so bright.

I would tell my younger self to be kinder to the body. That all this fun stuff will hurt later in life. I would also tell my younger self try to control your mouth and not lose rank.