Sunday, June 21, 2009

Still undecided

Ok I am pretty sure that I still want to go to a Ranger unit but Amy is making me unsure so don't know if I want to do something that she won't be able to handle. I still want her to talk to a wife who is stationed in a Ranger unit right now so she can get a batter idea of what is like before she tells me what she wants to do. As far as my career is concerned I can go to a stratigic unit ( mostly nondeployable) or a tactical unit (deployable) but I will gain more credibility from a tactical unit and real world expeirence. Employers want you to have been in both type of enviroments when they hire you in a civilian job so i know at some point I will have to go to a tactical unit and it might as well be a high speed unit like Ranger. Not to mention I have found that the more on the front lines the unit is the more you bond with your peers. So in the long run I will make better contacts in a Ranger unit or Special forces than in a huge infantry unit that nobady will ever know who I am. I also I have no intenion of staying in a Ranger or SF unit for to long because in the Army Intel world you need to have your stratigic and tactical time so i will need both. I figure that it is best to get the deployments out of the way so I can go to a stratigic unit as a E7 so once i am there i will have have more flexability with my schedule and responsibility to ultimatly be able to spend more time at home.

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  1. Man! What a hard place to be between what you want to do and what is best for your family. I hope you and Amy find a good meeting place where you are both happy!

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