College Essay On Joining The Army

Pride, I want to be a part of something that has an immense amount pride. That practically drips with it. But not just any kind of pride. But a type of Pride that

It was on 10 January 2010 when I got to my 2nd duty station in Schofield Barracks

Also given that I was still worrying about my bad English, plus my mother being very apprehensive about me joining the military given her experiences with the Cuban military and government I decided to appease her a bit, and join the U.S. Navy Active Reserves at first and not the full time Navy. I wanted to see how things went, to try out the military world on a part time basis at first, and see how I was able to operate in it, for I didn’t know for 100% if my asthma was completely gone, plus this was going to be a huge change for me, which was going to require severe adjustment, or so I thought. Then, depending on how things went I would adjust

Once the decision was made I had to conduct my research and find out what I needed

So when the morning of my brother’s college move-in day came around, I was already uneasy.

After years of being unhappy, not following my heart and the thought of failure lurking in the back of my mind I decided to take a chance. I decided to quit my stable, decent paying job of 3 ½ years with Coborn's at their dry cleaning plant Tops Cleaners, to finally pursue school. I wanted to not only better myself, but to get a better job to support my family and in the end spend more time with my girls.

My friends said to me where do I see myself in 10 years? This made me really have to think to myself and really give it some time to sink in what I really wanted to do. I came to the conclusion that I wanted to prove to my family and

from Active Duty and was going through a divorce all at the same time, then joined

As time went on I kept wanting to enlist but I knew it would be difficult getting a wavier and I had already established a career in law enforcement. My sister recently became an Officer in the Navy and is the Nurse Corps. She had already had a great career in nursing on the civilian side. After seeing her successfully complete training and, it was a motivating reason for me to look

Inaugural, Entering into in the Army would benefit me more than college because I would not only be working on my future, but also working for my country. While gaining many good traits through the army like obedience and loyalty.

It was a simmering San Antonio morning as my mother started to get ready, to watch me graduate and receive my diploma. I could tell that to her, this was the next step to follow the family tradition and enlist in the armed forces. Today, however, was the day I told her I could no longer be convinced that going to the military, instead of seeking a higher education, was the best thing for me. I knew I had to be honest and truthful with her in what I wanted for myself and my future.

I took my time with the decision, knowing that it had the potential to impact my future. I asked around.

One of the crucial moments in my life was the decision I had to take; as to what I was going to do next in life. Having completed my Advanced Level in 2013, I realized that it was not the end of my career as a student. I needed strong academic foundation along with other soft skills to meet the challenges and survive in this commercial world as a successful individual. In view of these thoughts, I was unable to make a firm decision as to what my career direction would be. After a month or so of various discussions with my parents, friends and other learned people I was able to reason out the best choice for me.

My family once said, “Sometimes the bad things our lives put us directly on the path to the best things that will ever happen.” Dilemmas that have occurred in my life have led me to where I am now and where I will be in the future. Thinking and wanting to become an RN was not exactly what my 18 year old self thought I would be interested in doing, but the past has changed my desire to make change in my career choice, which consisted of just being a nurse.

I finally decided the I was going to become an elementary teacher. I'm was so excited with the decision I made and even more excited that I chose to teach elementary school. Though I hadn’t pick an exact grade, I’m