If I had gone the Warrior route...
Probably would not be here.
As I said in my story, almost every single infantryman I knew had been wounded at least once (usually by grenade frags - it was almost impossible to throw an M-26 far enough not to get wounded yourself in the process). I am sure that 90% or better of our deaths were in those close-combat positions - and they comprised about 10% of men who were sent to Vietnam.
The joke back then was "we are the first dragon in history that is 90% tail and 10% teeth", but that's the problem of waging war at long distances.
We all have to listen to those little voices inside us before we choose our paths.