What do you feel was your greatest accomplishment while serving your country?

When I was a drug and alcohol counselor stationed in Germany. I saw my fair share of soldiers with drug and alcohol problems. My greatest accomplishments were when I helped soldiers recover from their addiction and turn their lives around to be outstanding soldiers. These were soldiers who were on their way out of the military with bad conduct discharges. I was so proud to see them accomplish what they didn't think they could.

I personally get great accomplishment when I get a new Soldier straight from either AIT or another unit and I am able to mold them into good Soldiers and/or possibly leaders. The ability to teach Soldiers and shape them into good mechanics or leaders I think is the best part of being a Noncommissioned Officers. That impact on Soldiers is one of the reasons I am on the fence from becoming a Warrant Officer.

I would have to say my greatest accomplishment was when I saved a boat from sinking this past winter. After trying as hard as we could to drain the bilge and plug the hole, an then having to get the boat underway on my own, and then finally getting the boat onto the boat trailer, it was surely my greatest accomplishment. Still wish I could go back to it, that feeling where something that we always trained for actually happened, and we kept it from being lost. I'll never forget that rainy night in the desert.

Mine are NOT military-I got back to singing 4 years after getting out of Army

Well I'm a workaholic, but for me, it was running my own workcenter as a Junior Marine and managing 9 flying squadrons.