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Originally Posted by Pete
I know a few of those people. Now in their late 40s early 50s they went to college, raised a family, lived the civilian life but are now wondering where life has pased them by.
They have had no excitment, no thrills, just everyday life. Para-sailing at Cancun is not the same as making a N/CE jump onto a short DZ. Taking a cruise and blowing some bubbles on a reef is not the same as hanging onto the outside of a nuke sub. Climbing the rock wall at the county fair is not the same as dragging yourself up a rock face way out in the middle of nowhere.
I tell the young guys and gals I run into to join up. Any service. 30 years from now they will look back and be glad they did.
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Pete
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I agree 110% with you Pete. Although I did not get to travel to all the places that many of you did while in the service, I did get to go out and see some of the more undesirable vacation areas of the world. Now that I in graduate school I get to hear about the trips to _insert country here_ to hold hands and do a circle jerk from other "travelled" grad students. I wouldn't give up my past military experiences (or the future ones) for anything in the world.