To military men...?

Question

Do you ever regret joining the army? And if you do, do the thoughts pass?

If there's anything else you could do, what would it be??

Answer 1

Did twenty with NO regrets what so ever, I'm in agreement with"bigmikejones and Lavadog " if the bleeding heart liberals had backed the troops, things would have been a whole lot different and now history repeats it self.........

Answer 2

Regrets? Not today.

Sure, there are times you ask yourself why you did it, like when personnel loses your records and you have to come up with them or finance decides you owe them money because they can't get the paperwork straight or you have a bad leader in your CoC but in the end, you can look back and be proud because you've seen and done more than ANY of your civilian peers. 10x as much in half the time.

And yeah, sometimes you wonder if all the sacrifice was worth it when you meet the ungrateful back home that complain they don't have the latest playstation while sitting in their A/C offices and using the losses of your brothers in arms to undermine your mission. But then you remember that it was your own loved ones safety that makes it worth it and they are merely receiving the byproduct of it.

There are difficult times but there are a lot of good times and you'll never have a friend such as the ones that shared combat with you. In the end, it's an addiction, because the civilian world can not match the honor, loyalty nor experience.

Answer 3

I'm not in the military yet but will join as soon as I can. Everyone I know in the Army has had no regrets whatsoever and would go back to Iraq in a heartbeat.

Answer 4

Sometimes I do it pays the bills. I've done 3 tours to this sh*t-hole. I know it's what I'm paid to do but I go home for 9 months to a year then I'm back over here & for now its 15 mo, maybe even longer. That wears you down I don’t care who you are. The army screws alot of soldiers in a lot of different ways to save a buck. It's a poorly ran organization. The soldiers we get into today 25% of them are crap. Wouldn’t have gotten in 10 years ago but the army is lowering it's standards & letting anyone in & it makes it hard for the leaders that do lead. Leadership sucks by the way but having said that I don't think I could do anything else. I can't sing or dance so this is it for now.

Answer 5

I joined the NAVY 7 years ago, and it has been okay. I don't regret it, I am out now on disability, Stuff On the boat gave me asthma and seizures which I will get paid for the rest of my life but the thing I miss is the people not the organization itself. I did go to college but I do wonder what would have happened if I woulda stayed in and not flunked out.

Answer 6

Army here, and no i don't regret joining, even having been deployed twice to iraq and coming home injured, deaf in one ear and an upcoming neck surgery. I only regret that i couldnt save my friend. I would have gladly traded places. After im out, i will finish my masters and do what i always do...work.

Answer 7

No. Got an education that made me lots of money in civilian life.

My only regret is not getting to punch the a**holes that were spitting on me and screaming baby killer at SFO when coming off AD. Cops wouldn't let me.

SSG US Army 73-82

Answer 8

I regret getting out of the Marine Corps

Answer 9

I volunteered and spent 3 years, 11 months, two weeks and five days in the navy to keep from going to Nam. I ended up a Navy Corpsman, with the Marines, in Viet Nam.

My only two regrets are, I should have stayed in and retired and I hate it when Congress tries to run a war from Capitol hill because they caused us to lose in Nam. We won every major battle of the war and finished second place.

Answer 10

NOPE
NOPE
I have done it.
The military taught me I was the most limiting thing in my life.
I can do what I want to do if I am willing to work for it.
I have set many goals for my life and reach them and some more I didn't expect along the way.

To me it was the best thing I ever did.