Was choosing your branch of service everything you thought it would be? Did you expect more or less?

I went to MEPS with the intent of being a Marine...scored too high on the ASVAB and the recruiter wouldn't offer me Airborne school, so I asked the Army what was the hardest thing they had...he showed me a video of a Ranger coming out of the water fully camo'd up and I signed on the dotted line...bound for Regiment...

I deeply regretted my choice. I know we are not suppose to complain but it wasn't anything i expected. BUT i would do it again if i had to because it did do a lot of good in my life.

I didn't have a clue I know I just wanted out of Phila Pa

If I had to do it all over again, I would have still chosen the USCG, but I would have chosen to switch rates back in 86 when I had the opportunity to do so.

I didnt plan on joining the military. My brother was going into the Army and I had a athletic scholarship to Oregon State. The week my brother shipped out for Ft. Benning, I had went to the recruiting office with my brother- I walked out of there with a MEPS date. I loved the Army, and I dont regret the decisions to join.

There are a few things I wish I could do different: 1) I wish I would had chosen a different MOS- I would pick MP... 2) that I didnt get injured on my 3rd jump in Airborne School. 3) I really wish I would have deployed. 4) My biggest regret is that I got out.

Army was only option for me and so was the infantry wanted be be less than that 1%

The Navy Seabees was a choice I made after checking out the Airforce. They really didn't have a career path in the construction trades that interested me. Once I got past the initial boot and training, the whole concept hooked me. It just wasn't a job and it wasn't just an adventure. It was different. We didn't just train to take the hill or Kill the enemy all the time. we built for good causes that benefited our neighbors. I wouldn't trade it for any other branch of service even if you paid me..

Yes I grew up as an Air Force brat. I wanted to work on aircraft, the Air Force was too specialized. The Navy said I'd have to spend 60% of my time at sea. The Marine Corps said that they were so small I'd have no choice but to work on the whole air craft.

Originally growing up I wanted to be a Marine. I listened to my grandfather and his stories of B29s in the South Pacific. Dad's stories of Vietnam. I had a rough idea of the Army and it was pretty m och what I expected. If I had to do it over again, I wouldn't change a thing.

My plan was to join the Army as a Warrent Officer Pilot but after taking the ASVAB, the Air Force Enlisted Corps hunted me down and had me enlist and then commission through them.