2007-09-26 18:38:20 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Getting to live in a foreign country (Japan) for several years is the best experience I've had from the military.
2007-09-26 20:27:28 · answer #1 · answered by DethNcarnate 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
All the true friends I made. Honestly I wasn't cut out for military life, at least not army, but I met some amazing people I won't have met otherwise. I still talk to a couple to this day and flew across the country last year to visit one. And I was went to 3 different bases. So seeing parts of America I wouldn't have otherwise was great too. Before joining I had never left the south.
2007-09-27 01:49:34 · answer #2 · answered by Laura in North Carolina 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I was in the Navy in the early 70's and I think my most rewarding experience was a combination of things. The primary thing was handing out gifts of coins to some of the poor children on the waterfront in Singapore. Very rewarding indeed. Another was the city of Singapore itself and seeing first hand the diversity of culture and how peoples of different cultures really can get along. I live in LA area now and am hard pressed to see anything remotely close to that.
2007-09-27 01:48:16 · answer #3 · answered by Jim W 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Earning the title of United States Marine.
There were lots of things after that but without first obtaining that title none of the other experinces would have been possible.
I will have to say a close second is much like the poster above me. I was coming home from time in rehab. I was in uniform. Obviously wounded in an airport. A father brought his 2 sons over about 10 and 14 years old. He introduced them to me they all shook my hand then the dad knelt down to their level and said "Now this is why America is great sons, Becuase people like him are willing to fight for our country and alow us the freedom we enjoy always remember that" The youngest said "can I ask you if it hurt?" I told him a little (lol) he looked me up and down and said "Thank you" A very emotional moment
Least rewarding: Earning my purple heart as it ended my career in the Marine Corps.
2007-09-27 02:57:33 · answer #4 · answered by Geoff C 6 · 6⤊ 0⤋
My most rewarding was when i was traveling home for my R&R when i was deployed to Iraq. When i was going throgh the airports in the states i got so many "Thank you's" and handshakes. When i got in my plane to go back to Hawaii, the flight attendent made an anouncement over the intercom about me and the entire plane aplauded. It was truly the most rewarding experience i have ever had in my life.
2007-09-27 02:39:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Becoming a United States Marine.
2007-09-27 02:39:07 · answer #6 · answered by Flyflinger 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Since I retired, several of my troops have kept in touch with me over the years (since 1985). My wife is the one who pointed out that I must have made some impact on them for them to want to get in touch and keep in touch with me. Two actually come to visit me from time to time from out of town. Others email, send Christmas cards, birth cards, wedding announcements, and 4 send me a birthday card each year. One guy will get drunk and call me from Chicago in the middle of the night. My wife takes the phone and says, "John, get a cab, go home, go to bed and call tomorrow when you're sober." He does all of those things.
So, I guess my most rewarding experience is knowing somehow I made a difference with SOMEONE.
I did spend 13 months in Antarctica (which caused me to lose a geography spelling bee in 4th grade!), and have been to over 30 countries (stationed in 3).
(USN, retired)
2007-09-27 12:59:34 · answer #7 · answered by AmericanPatriot 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The day I graduated from USMC bootcamp. On that day I earned for all time the title of "United States Marine", and my family flew to San Diego to see my graduation. Considering how tight my dad was with even a nickle, and him being an ex POW :WW2}, it was something I will always find rewarding.
2007-09-27 01:47:28 · answer #8 · answered by commanderbuck383 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Probably training new people the moment when they get it. You can see it in their eyes.
I had lots of great experiances in the military and wouldn't change it for anything in the world.
2007-09-27 02:17:02 · answer #9 · answered by WCSteel 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The chance to work with the most special people on Gods green earth.
Patriotic Americans
2007-09-27 01:52:29 · answer #10 · answered by ? 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋