Member's BLOG: Monday, October 24, 2011
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 3,226
From: Lakeland, Florida
Mousehouse,
Even as an officer there is little opportunity for advancement past CPT if you don't have a combat patch. Those who have never been deployed will almost every time get passed over in favor of someone who has been deployed if both candidates are equal in all other areas. That's the way the way the Army works. Besides, how can I expect to lead soldiers if they have more experience than I do. Plus as an instructor, I need to have the experience to draw from as I mold civilians into soldiers. That's why I need the experience, so I can be a better instructor and leader.
Even as an officer there is little opportunity for advancement past CPT if you don't have a combat patch. Those who have never been deployed will almost every time get passed over in favor of someone who has been deployed if both candidates are equal in all other areas. That's the way the way the Army works. Besides, how can I expect to lead soldiers if they have more experience than I do. Plus as an instructor, I need to have the experience to draw from as I mold civilians into soldiers. That's why I need the experience, so I can be a better instructor and leader.
Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 3,635
From: Central Oklahoma
Mousehouse,
I understand what you're saying as well. But at the same time I signed that dotted line knowing what I was getting myself into. The way I see it, the Good Lord has a plan and if it's my time then it's my time, regardless of if I'm in the sandbox or here. I can't really explain the pull of duty that I feel but I just know that I need to do my part so that someone, somewhere who I will never know can sleep peacefully at night because those of us who are able are fighting their fight for them. I could have gone to just about any college in the country with a significant portion, if not all of it paid for right out of high school. But I chose this path and it's what I love. I should have gone Active Duty right off the bat but it is what it is and I'm going to work with what I have and make the most of it.
I understand what you're saying as well. But at the same time I signed that dotted line knowing what I was getting myself into. The way I see it, the Good Lord has a plan and if it's my time then it's my time, regardless of if I'm in the sandbox or here. I can't really explain the pull of duty that I feel but I just know that I need to do my part so that someone, somewhere who I will never know can sleep peacefully at night because those of us who are able are fighting their fight for them. I could have gone to just about any college in the country with a significant portion, if not all of it paid for right out of high school. But I chose this path and it's what I love. I should have gone Active Duty right off the bat but it is what it is and I'm going to work with what I have and make the most of it.
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 3,226
From: Lakeland, Florida
Mousehouse,
I understand what you're saying as well. But at the same time I signed that dotted line knowing what I was getting myself into. The way I see it, the Good Lord has a plan and if it's my time then it's my time, regardless of if I'm in the sandbox or here. I can't really explain the pull of duty that I feel but I just know that I need to do my part so that someone, somewhere who I will never know can sleep peacefully at night because those of us who are able are fighting their fight for them. I could have gone to just about any college in the country with a significant portion, if not all of it paid for right out of high school. But I chose this path and it's what I love. I should have gone Active Duty right off the bat but it is what it is and I'm going to work with what I have and make the most of it.
I understand what you're saying as well. But at the same time I signed that dotted line knowing what I was getting myself into. The way I see it, the Good Lord has a plan and if it's my time then it's my time, regardless of if I'm in the sandbox or here. I can't really explain the pull of duty that I feel but I just know that I need to do my part so that someone, somewhere who I will never know can sleep peacefully at night because those of us who are able are fighting their fight for them. I could have gone to just about any college in the country with a significant portion, if not all of it paid for right out of high school. But I chose this path and it's what I love. I should have gone Active Duty right off the bat but it is what it is and I'm going to work with what I have and make the most of it.
