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Exactly right, Sir.
Too many people waiting too late to make career decisions thinking that they need to grab a piece of the action.
The sad fact is that you will likely not make it, if you do your team time will be abbreviated. No real way for someone starting out 15 years later to last as long as someone who makes the decision early. Some of these kids joining now could do 20 years on an ODA.
If your body cannot deal with the training, do not continue it. It would be the height for selfishness to press on for your own reasons, and deploy to find that the team has to carry you and your share of the load.
Good luck.
TR
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De Oppresso Liber 01/20/2025
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I would like to tell you that if you are committed and put your mind into it you can do just about anything-I'd like to tell you that but I can't. Physiological limitations happen to us all, just when that happens depends on some things within our control based on how we took care of ourselves over the course of a career and many variables outside our control such as being placed into situations where other factors impacted on every fiber of our being for which we all pay a price at some time sooner or later. I know that probably doesn't help, but you will know your limitations better than anyone else. Sometimes you just have to listen to your body and pay attention to what it is telling you. It is not just all about you anymore, but also about all those that are going to have to depend on you being able to carry your load and sometimes theirs when they are down. Good luck.
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