so don't think you are an under achiever.
Thanks for your kind words, but I'm okay with my work history. I was fairly successful in the army, I reached the rank of Staff Sergeant and was in a Warrant Officer Class 2's post (and received the pay of higher rank), but I liked to drink "quite a lot" and ended up with a bad attitude and in a fair bit of trouble; I even got my MP involved even though it was pretty much mostly my fault.
So I chucked the army; I bought myself out; I was out within two weeks after 17 years service.
On reflection it was the best thing I could've done. Had I not had gotten in all that trouble and did a 'runner', I would've had several tours in Iraq/Afghanistan and been pensioned off in November 2010 (six months ago) and 'Gawd' only knows what I would be doing now had I not left when I did.
I'd probably be a low-life gardener or something!
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