In 2007, I was a young soldier and my Command Sergeant Major was speaking to us about some new training program about cyber the Navy was offering and he was telling us it was the way of the future, and would be highly in demand by employers and the Army. A couple of us junior soldiers inquired further and learned that we would have to reenlist to attend this opportunity, which really discouraged people for obvious reasons. Well, I elected to reenlist and attend this training and it shaped my life by giving me great training that was in high demand by civilian employers. I still work in this field and am able to provide a great living for my family.
The next example of why my belief matters so much to me that I will give is the decision to take a spur of the moment deployment as a contractor in 2012. In 2012, I just started my career as a contractor at Fort Meade and was extremely happy with the money I was making. In April I was approached with a short notice opportunity to deploy to Afghanistan over the summer and didn’t even really think to much about it and said Yes. On that deployment I just so happened to meet my wife with whom I have a son. I never thought I would meet my wife in Afghanistan.
All of this just goes to show that every decision can alter your life in huge ways. Looking back on my life, those two decisions altered the trajectory of my life in completely unforeseen ways. You never know how important some decisions are until many years later.
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