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The Chow Hall
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<blockquote data-quote="NinjaBum" data-source="post: 14890702" data-attributes="member: 123834"><p>Well if I didn't do my time in the Army I would never have met my wife or the small handful of friends I have from my time there. I also don't know that I would have stayed in college or applied myself like I am now with my attitude as a teenager without knowing the alternative.</p><p></p><p>Now if I could do it all over again and magically wind up at this juncture with these personal relationships I would go to school first, probably do Navy ROTC and go into the Navy as an officer like everyone told me to as several of my uncles were naval officers as well as my cousins. </p><p></p><p>Maybe if I went that route I wouldn't have to take breaks from doing things as simple as sorting personnel files or riding my motorcycle due to my horrible back pain flaring up.</p><p></p><p>I met some of the greatest people during my time in the Army and I met the absolute lowest most opportunistic pieces of shit humanity has to offer. I find often the military attracts either the most honorable driven individuals or the dregs of society. </p><p></p><p>I am doing my best to use it as a learning experience. The military is most of the time what YOU make of it. Maybe I didn't exercise as many of my opportunities as I could have, but at least it is now paying for my school so I don't get to add to my wife's student loans. I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. I graduate next spring, have a pretty good internship at a national lab lined up, 3.9 GPA, a roof over my head while going to school. Would I have been hired on to such a crazy internship without veterans preference? I dunno, I would hope that they could see what I had to offer either way but seeing the crazy number of intelligent students who apply for this place the pessimist in me says probably not.</p><p></p><p>All in all stuff is working out for the best so far. Seeing some of my friends back here from my time before sitting around working menial jobs making 19 or 20k a year if that, I think I could have wound up the same way. I would probably do it over again, just wish it wasn't so hard on my body.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NinjaBum, post: 14890702, member: 123834"] Well if I didn't do my time in the Army I would never have met my wife or the small handful of friends I have from my time there. I also don't know that I would have stayed in college or applied myself like I am now with my attitude as a teenager without knowing the alternative. Now if I could do it all over again and magically wind up at this juncture with these personal relationships I would go to school first, probably do Navy ROTC and go into the Navy as an officer like everyone told me to as several of my uncles were naval officers as well as my cousins. Maybe if I went that route I wouldn't have to take breaks from doing things as simple as sorting personnel files or riding my motorcycle due to my horrible back pain flaring up. I met some of the greatest people during my time in the Army and I met the absolute lowest most opportunistic pieces of shit humanity has to offer. I find often the military attracts either the most honorable driven individuals or the dregs of society. I am doing my best to use it as a learning experience. The military is most of the time what YOU make of it. Maybe I didn't exercise as many of my opportunities as I could have, but at least it is now paying for my school so I don't get to add to my wife's student loans. I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. I graduate next spring, have a pretty good internship at a national lab lined up, 3.9 GPA, a roof over my head while going to school. Would I have been hired on to such a crazy internship without veterans preference? I dunno, I would hope that they could see what I had to offer either way but seeing the crazy number of intelligent students who apply for this place the pessimist in me says probably not. All in all stuff is working out for the best so far. Seeing some of my friends back here from my time before sitting around working menial jobs making 19 or 20k a year if that, I think I could have wound up the same way. I would probably do it over again, just wish it wasn't so hard on my body. [/QUOTE]
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