Thank you, you are very kind. Looking back the military was a good choice for me, at the time I was thinking it was my chance to leave everything behind and make my own way. Instead, I grew up and ended up right back where I started.
As you pointed out my service taught me a lot, I am more aware, more focused and always ready to serve and protect others. One important thing that I learned is accountability and how to apply it. Accountability without limits is abuse. The military teaches you to accept mistakes, fix them and never make the same one twice. That's not really possible but it is a good baseline goal.
I also learned the difference between good and evil; the military built on my faith and showed me even enemies deserve to be treated fairly, the lost do not know or care they are lost. That doesn't work with ignorance, ignorant people do not want to change, they fear it. They also fear accountability for their own actions. You see that daily on these streams, the same trolls, with the same debunked lies, causing drama because they foolishly believe that it impowers them.
I am looking forward to 2026, the midterms will either save this nation or seal its fate, I will make a plan for both possibilities and fear nothing. I wish you and yours a Happy and prosperous New Year.