AGurlWithADream
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I have wanted to fly Navy since I was a little girl. I am third gen Navy in my family.
After a year at University of Michigan, I learned that I could not afford the expensive tuition, so I enlisted in the Navy and earned my degree, quickly. I also earned every qualification within my grasp. (AW, SW, MTS, etc.)
I got my perfect OCS package together...complete with all 10's across the board, to include an interview with the XO of NASC. (And now I am bragging, but he did say that I was the most qualified candidate he had ever interviewed!) I have 20/20 vision, all outstandings on PRTs, EPs on every single eval in my career, and great test scores. Not to mention that I was an Aviation Survival Training Instructor in Pensacola, so I had some background info to help prepare myself for success. (Yes, I was one of the mean instructors who taught during your API training!)
To make a long story short, I decided not to submit the package. I got out of the Navy less than a year ago, at the age of 24, to finish my Master degree, which will be complete this May. (That disappointed a few people who really wanted to see me make Naval Aviation my life.) I thought that by getting out and earning my grad degree, I was making the right decision. HOWEVER, I think about the choice daily, if not more. I am constantly wondering if I am selling myself short...could I dare to be great instead of ordinary?
I am a newlywed, which had some bearing on my decision. My husband said that he would support any decision that I make...but I know that he has little desire to see my fly due to the risk of losing me.
I finish grad school in May, and now I am stuck asking myself, "Did I make a huge mistake?"
If so, what can I do to change this?
Is this a feeling that will ever go away? I do not feel that it will ever subside, unless my thirst to fly is quenched.
After a year at University of Michigan, I learned that I could not afford the expensive tuition, so I enlisted in the Navy and earned my degree, quickly. I also earned every qualification within my grasp. (AW, SW, MTS, etc.)
I got my perfect OCS package together...complete with all 10's across the board, to include an interview with the XO of NASC. (And now I am bragging, but he did say that I was the most qualified candidate he had ever interviewed!) I have 20/20 vision, all outstandings on PRTs, EPs on every single eval in my career, and great test scores. Not to mention that I was an Aviation Survival Training Instructor in Pensacola, so I had some background info to help prepare myself for success. (Yes, I was one of the mean instructors who taught during your API training!)
To make a long story short, I decided not to submit the package. I got out of the Navy less than a year ago, at the age of 24, to finish my Master degree, which will be complete this May. (That disappointed a few people who really wanted to see me make Naval Aviation my life.) I thought that by getting out and earning my grad degree, I was making the right decision. HOWEVER, I think about the choice daily, if not more. I am constantly wondering if I am selling myself short...could I dare to be great instead of ordinary?
I am a newlywed, which had some bearing on my decision. My husband said that he would support any decision that I make...but I know that he has little desire to see my fly due to the risk of losing me.
I finish grad school in May, and now I am stuck asking myself, "Did I make a huge mistake?"
If so, what can I do to change this?
Is this a feeling that will ever go away? I do not feel that it will ever subside, unless my thirst to fly is quenched.