I know who I am, who are you?

I served for five years and some change as a 15T (67T for the old school types). After receiving a serious injury that almost required the amputation of my left foot, I recovered enough to be a productive member of my unit, who was fully functional in every way, to include deployability, but I had a permanent running profile. I was forced out of the army over this profile because my new unit 1SG, who felt he was a PT God did not believe anyone under the rank of E-6 were entitled to permanent profiles. I was ousted out of the army against my will on a medical discharge that I fought all the way to the end. I was very bitter for several years after my discharge, but since got over it. This is who I am.

I served 3 years in the Marine Corps as a 6531 (Aviation Ordnance). After that, a short stint in the reserves, and then joined the Army as an Infantryman. A few years stateside, 2 in Germany, a deployment, and a final year later at Ft. Hood later, as I was nearing my ETS, I had already decided that line Infantry wasn't my thing, so I sought out the SF recruiter, and was off to SFAS, where I was selected. My chosen MOS would have been 18D, however, at the time, things were getting serious with my girlfriend (now wife of 21 years) and she had made it clear that she was not SF wife material, so I chose to get out and see where it went. (this was after discussing with the SF recruiter whether I could still go if it didn't work out. It worked out, and now I've been married for 21 years, have a daughter that is about to start college at Texas A&M, and a great career with an income that would not have been possible to achieve in the enlisted ranks (or most officer ranks for that matter) I worked some really crappy jabs getting there, and missed the Army a lot...sometimes even regretted getting out. In the end, It has all worked out pretty well. That's who I am.

I still love you!! :-)