Ladies, do you think that my situation is unique?

Ok, so I will admit that, due to a stupid mistake that I made when I was 18, that I have ruined my chances of ever dating, getting married, and having a family. Specifically, I let my physically abusive father talk me into joining the Marine Corps which did nothing but put me behind in life. Little did I know that there were no single women to date at Camp Lejeune / Jacksonville, NC and little did I know that Marines are extremely unwelcome in towns such as Wilmington, NC due to some of the idiots being stupid, causing fights, and getting in trouble with the law. Long story short, didn't get to have NOT ONE g/f from age 18 to 23. After 23, I made yet ANOTHER stupid mistake which killed any chances of me finding a g/f. I got a civilian manufacturing job in the city of Colorado Springs, Colorado and subsequently was laid off after a couple of years. Again, I did not know that Colorado Springs was predomiately a military town with five bases which = little to no single women. Furthermore, I didn't realize that younger (20s) women in Colorado Springs are VERY cliquish and only date people that they went to middle and high school with. I am now 30 years old, have completed my first two years of my gen ed courses at the local community college, and am now transferring to a college back home somewhere in the southeast, Texas, or Oklahoma. I find it very discouraging that I am this old and have ZERO dating experience because of the places that I have lived haven't been conducive for meeting women. Even more depressing is the FACT that the only single women close to my age are now single moms who are divorced and I refuse to play daddy for some kid who isn't of my own blood. Even if I get accepted into a four year university in some town back in the south, the college aged women there will find me too old for them. With this said, how do I make peace with myself over the fact that I will NEVER be able to date or get married because of the FOOLISH decision that I made to go into the Marines versus going to college, getting my education, BEING ABLE TO MEET and DATE WOMEN, and socially maturing like most guys get to do?