What are some skills you didn't know you had until you started your first civilian job after military service?

Since my first job after the Military required you to start at the entry level position,my first work assignment was as a station cleaner in a power plant,one of the duties was cleaning bathrooms,let me say ,my skill at cleaning latrines in the Military put me heads (no pun intended) and shoulders above the rest!

Narration. I worked at a company producing interactive multimedia instruction (computer-based training, basically). I was given a script to record just my regular voice in which I was supposed to portray a sergeant. I did that, but the script also had lines for a local national and even though they didn't ask me to do those, I went ahead and recorded them as well. A week later, they were trying to find out who had recorded the local national character, thinking they had farmed it out to a temporary contractor employee. I had to tell them it was me. I recorded all kinds of voices after that.

I never realized I had the ability to keep a calm head in a crisis situation. People panic over the smallest things...mything is anyone hurt or dying and needing medical attention right away..if no, it ain't a big deal and we will work through it. A two day dealine is not a crisis it is a challenge. I thought that was normal...It isn't. I also have the ability to focus on a mission and get it done or find a way it can get done versus blowing it off and procrastinating...something that has rubbed off on some of my coworkers. The last thing is initiative...doing it when it needs to be done without being told to do it.

Maj Marty Hogan
Lt Col Charlie Brown
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Cpl Craig Marton
SGM Erik Marquez
MAJ James Woods
SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth
COL Mikel J. Burroughs
SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL
SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4"
LTC Stephen C.
CPL Dave Hoover
SFC Shirley Whitfield
SMSgt Minister Gerald A. "Doc" Thomas
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
Sgt Wayne Wood
PVT James Strait