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In reply to the discussion: Best Infantry meme ever! [View all]

Victor_c3

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11. That was the appeal I saw to being an Infantryman.
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 12:20 PM
Mar 2020

When I graduated college, a guy I respected a lot made a great point to me. He said that I always had a great degree to fall back on (B.S. Chemistry), but why not try something totally different with your life and be an Infantryman. If you love, make a career out of it. If you don’t, go be a chemist when your commitment is done.

Well, I didn’t make it a career. I don’t know if I’d do it again, but I’m proud as all hell that I was an Infantryman. I gotta say, that guy was absolutely correct with his advice about life.

My daughters will never be in the Infantry, but I’ll encourage them to take risks when they’re young and try something different with their lives before they get married, start a family, and buy a house. I just turned 40 and I’m really happy about where I am in life and I have very few regrets.

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Best Infantry meme ever! [View all] Victor_c3 Mar 2020 OP
Hang on Eltee DashOneBravo Mar 2020 #1
That's your jack material TEB Mar 2020 #8
Meme DashOneBravo Mar 2020 #2
A nomenclature of trump TEB Mar 2020 #9
Lol DashOneBravo Mar 2020 #10
Kinda dated DashOneBravo Mar 2020 #3
Poncho Liner DashOneBravo Mar 2020 #4
That is so true TEB Mar 2020 #7
Lol DashOneBravo Mar 2020 #5
1 DashOneBravo Mar 2020 #6
That was the appeal I saw to being an Infantryman. Victor_c3 Mar 2020 #11
That's how I felt also DashOneBravo Mar 2020 #12
If you wanna be happy TEB Sep 2020 #14
Gotta be careful you might TEB Sep 2020 #13
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