05-20-2015, 06:08
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Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Los Angeles, California
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What were some of the biggest personal challenges you faced in your life?
QP's, what were some of the biggest personal challenges you faced in your life prior to, during, or after your SF career, and how did you handle it? Have you ever ran in any roadblocks? Were you ever afraid?
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05-20-2015, 07:20
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Quiet Professional
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Hope Mills, NC
Posts: 2,759
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Leaving my wife and kids, for extended periods of time, over, and over, and over....
Just chugged through it. Luckily my wifes dad was a retired SF guy, same with him. He was VN era, so she knew what she signed up for. Couldn't have done it without her...
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05-20-2015, 09:02
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Quiet Professional
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Posts: 20,929
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While in the Middle East I was very afraid, very afraid of what I'd find upon my return home and what I left in my fridge for six months!!!!!! (I was a single guy with my own house.) 
In all seriousness, readjusting to civilian life is still difficult. I find I have an extremely low to no tolerance for stupid.
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05-20-2015, 09:57
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Quiet Professional
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: 18 yrs upstate NY, 30 yrs South Florida, 20 yrs Conch Republic, now chasing G-Kids in NOVA & UK
Posts: 11,901
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Team Sergeant
In all seriousness, readjusting to civilian life is still difficult. I find I have an extremely low to no tolerance for stupid.
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45 yrs later,,
same same water buffalo..
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05-20-2015, 21:29
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Quiet Professional
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Orange, Ca.
Posts: 4,941
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Originally Posted by Team Sergeant View Post
" I find I have an extremely low to no tolerance for stupid."
I have found that, as long as no one gets hurt, it helps to laugh. Otherwise, that shit will eat you up.
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05-21-2015, 00:00
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Quiet Professional
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: In transit somewhere
Posts: 4,044
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mark46th
Originally Posted by Team Sergeant View Post
" I find I have an extremely low to no tolerance for stupid."
I have found that, as long as no one gets hurt, it helps to laugh. Otherwise, that shit will eat you up.
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TS does not laugh. Ever. Even after many beers and watching a large Oregon logger get surprised by a very much smaller SF guy.
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Too many people are looking for a magic bullet. As always, shot placement is the key. ~TR
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05-21-2015, 09:20
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Quiet Professional
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Orange, Ca.
Posts: 4,941
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OK- Just become mildly amused. No smile necessary...
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05-21-2015, 10:41
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Quiet Professional
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Florida
Posts: 488
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PTSD - got counseling, quit drinking (sober going on six years), picked up cycling and got competitive. Health, relationships and attitude are the best they've been in a long time.
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"Practice Economy of Rhetoric"
"nobody understands Thomas except Thomas," Rudyard Kipling, Soldiers Three
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05-22-2015, 04:49
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Quiet Professional
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: In transit somewhere
Posts: 4,044
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Iron is tempered in fire - until it screams and glows, then it is thrown into very cold water where it screams more, and hardens to steel.
Every QP here has faced roadblocks and adversity. How do/did they handle it? Each situation calls for separate set of solutions, you do your gut check make your choice and drive the hell on, making corrections along the way if and when needed.
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In the business of war, there is no invariable stategic advantage (shih) which can be relied upon at all times.
Sun-Tzu, "The Art of Warfare"
Hearing, I forget. Seeing, I remember. Writing (doing), I understand. Chinese Proverb
Too many people are looking for a magic bullet. As always, shot placement is the key. ~TR
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