In the 80's I joined the Army after my freshman year in college. For the next two years I was in ROTC. I got to do alot of cool stuff in that time. I was selected as one of fifty-two cadets in the country to go to Germany and be assigned to a unit as a platoon leader. I got to be assigned to the 10th attack helicopter batallion as C company attack platoon leader. I was 19years old and was in charge of 7 cobra attack helicopters for 6 weeks. I saw alot of Germany from the air.
I also got to go to Airborne school and after three weeks of training at Fort Benning Georgia became an Army Paratrooper.I became a lieutenant at the ripe old age of 20.
Now twenty years later I'm considering re-enlisting as a sergeant. I don't know what I want to do in the Army but I know that I want to serve. I would love to be infantry or go back into armor but combat arms are for young men.
Maybe I'd like to go into the legal field and be a paralegal or something, I'm just not sure. What I am sure about is that I'm 40 years old and have nothing to retire on.
I've been helping my mom take care of my dad for the last 4 years and have a crummy job. At least if I don't stay for my final 14 years until I can retire I can learn a skill that will translate to the civilian world. I drove a tank before and there's not much call for a guy who can drive a 73ton 60 mile per hour hunk of steel that can put a 120 milimeter depleted uranium dart through your window.
I'm seeing the recruiter this evening
