2007-02-05 19:27:12 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Learning discipline, integrity, and respect and learning that the mind is much stronger than I ever thought possible.
Learning that failure is not an option and that no cost is too high for all of us to live and enjoy the freedom's we take for granted every day.
Having a bond that is stronger than any friendship.
Learning what commitment, dedication and loyalty really mean and being able to prove it.
Semper Fi
2007-02-06 03:23:18 · answer #1 · answered by jarhed 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I served for 10 years in the military, 3 of which were at sea. The best part of my experience is the number of friendships made and maintained. I still keep in touch with a number of my buddies. We usually meet 3 or 4 times a year, fly or drive into a given city & just hangout and have a good time. We naturally enjoy the night life of the city, but we also have done fishing trips, sporting events, cultural things, & to enjoy meeting their families, particularly their children. Those of us who were trained to die for one another find it even better now to live for one another.
2007-02-05 19:35:58 · answer #2 · answered by gone 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The chance to TRAVEL and MEET people. I've been on 5 ships, in 32 countries (stationed in 3), on 6 continents (including living and working in Antarctica for 13 months)(didn't get to Australia), on 8 oceans/seas. I still keep in contact with several of my old shipmates, a person from Sicily, Ghana, Mauritius, Mombasa, Japan, and Taiwan. I picked up 7 languages in which I could make myself understood and understand simple conversations. I actually knew people in my home town who have never left the state, and if it wasn't for the town being divided by 2 counties, they would have never left the COUNTY! My wife and I taught English to several Japanese friends and their friends and when my son got stationed in Japan, he got to meet a few of our old friends. My wife still writes to a lady she got to know in Sardinia...in Italian. Unfortunately, my sons were too young to remember much of their time overseas. My travel to various countries have made me appreciate the freedoms and opportunities this great country of America affords us that others don't have.
(USN/retired since '85)
2007-02-06 05:59:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spent 4 years stationed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii and got my bachelor's in Computer Science.
I'm now a civilian software developer... and I still live in Hawaii... so I gotta say the navy was pretty good to me...
2007-02-05 19:39:26 · answer #4 · answered by screaminhangover 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Visiting countries that I could not afford on my own. I enjoyed Hong Kong before England returned it to China.
2007-02-05 19:35:37 · answer #5 · answered by Green Lizard 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I really enjoyed working on aircraft electronics. Lots of good-mostly intoxicated- nonwork adventures & laughs with friends I made there. But there was no war then, so it was a different picture.
2007-02-05 19:45:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Flying fighters and killing the enemy (Gomers) with a variety of munitions. My favorite was the 20MM cannon at 6000 rounds per minute. Nothing beats combat flying.
2007-02-06 04:47:49 · answer #7 · answered by RANDLE W 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
besides the actual experience itself, great benefits after you get out, traveling, doing things that most people will never get to do in their lives.
2007-02-05 19:31:10 · answer #8 · answered by brian3692001 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My friends are so proud of me when i wear my uniform. I have friends across the world now , a combat patch, and a college degree.
2007-02-06 02:51:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Basic Training and getting to go to Germany and France!!!!
2007-02-05 23:53:39 · answer #10 · answered by dca2003311@yahoo.com 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋