Hindsight is 20/20

I too am proud to be a Navy Veteran. I got out of high school in 1972 and had no idea what I was going to do...so I joined the Navy. My dad had been in the Navy during WW II, so it wasn't hard to decide which branch of the service to join.I was in the 13th company (3013) to pass through RTC Orlando for the WAVES. I got my orders to VT-31 as everyone was boarding the buses for the airport after graduation! So when I arrived at my squadron they had no idea I was coming.I was sent TAD to clean the barracks for three months! After that I went back to my squadron and became the Logs and Records Yeoman.The hindsight comes in because like a dummy, when my enlistment was over...I got out.I kick myself everyday for not making the Navy a career. Oh well...
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  • Felice, you're not alone. There's been several woulda, coulda shoulda's that came to me over the years. Worse yet, I recall my father, who was a WWII Marine vet saying that same thing from time to time. But at the time, we all decided that the military lifestyle wasn't our thing. You're right though, hindsight truly is 20/20.
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