Eagle Scout Monologue

Like many others at my age, I am very active in my life. Whether it be with work, clubs or other after school activities. We all do something with our time away from school. However, I personally feel like my life is a bit busier than most others.

On November 10th, 1775 the Marine Corps was established in Tun Tavern during the Revolutionary War. Since that time, the Marines have played an important role in securing America’s freedom through countless battles. The Marines have distinguished themselves as an elite force specializing in military tactics which assist in defeating the enemy under any circumstance. The Marine Corps is a small branch with limited personnel which allows them the

“You don’t really know when you are going to be here,” said the Trooper. “Especially considering the current political climate in the U.S., so the opportunity to make something and take it home with you and have it for a long time, it’s a pretty nice opportunity.”

As the boutonnière was pinned onto my suit jacket and the velcro corsage straps were carefully latched around my girlfriend’s wrist, there was a sense of finality surrounding the whole Homecoming affair. But this was not me, not my coming-of-age.

I wake up at 5:30 a.m. every morning thinking “why on earth did I join this team?” That team is the drill team; no I am not going to write two pages about how my life was spiraling out of control and how the drill team changed it. It is simply the first thing that comes to mind as I pound my buzzing alarm clock. The alarm clock beeping isn’t even all that bad; it’s those horrible vibrations the alarm clock makes when it buzzes on top of my creaking old red locker nightstand. “I DON’T WANT TO GET UP!” I scream at myself at 5:40 when my dad yells

It has been almost a month since I've gotten laid off at Target. Without this job, it is hard for me to support my husband and two kids. I've been looking for a really good job that has good pay and that I like doing, but I have yet to see one. Today is another day of me looking for a job. While scrolling through a browser I spot a text that's bolded saying ‘ARMY’.

He hadn't thought it would hurt. Of course, everyone had said it would, but everyone is not the Winchesters.

I remember the day that I was introduced to you. I remember crying and worrying about my future. I hated knowing of your existence. You always followed me wherever I went. I always knew you were there, but you would vanish the moment I looked for you. I hated you all my life, yet you remained unaffected by my actions.

As Baden Powell once said, "A Scout is never taken by surprise; he knows exactly what to do when anything unexpected happens." Scouting has been very important to me over the past 7 years. The structure of Boy Scouts being primarily boy led, allows each scout to take initiative and lead their peers through different scenarios and work together to make tough decisions. Each individual is responsible for their own advancement; nobody spoon feeds the information to you. Over the past 7 years, I have progressed to the rank of Life Scout and have begun the last step to achieving the highest rank in Boy Scouts; the rank of Eagle Scout. These seven years have left a tremendous impact on my life. I have learned many valuable life lessons regarding dedication, leadership, and commitment throughout my scouting career. These qualities did not come easy. I faced several challenges and setbacks along the way and

On Thursday January 29th, 2015 in Glenmont Job Corps I met this young man name Sahr Joe. I was At the Recreation center inside the dance room with a few girls I just met. We were fooling around. Sahr Joe was with a couple of his guy friends playing 2k14 on the ps4. I stopped to use my input brother’s, Justin, phone.

Phil had really change my thought about the Marines, I have always felt that you were alone without your family with no one to talk to other than getting scowled by your NCO or officers, but in reality he told me that your fellow soldiers that you spend practically all day with, are

My voluntary contributions have ranged from Boy Scout service projects to youth group outreach to NHS activities, however my most significant voluntary contribution was my Eagle Scout Project, which was completed in June of 2015. The project consists of a memorial rose garden surrounding the flagpole on the front lawn of Altamahaw Ossipee (AO) Elementary School. The garden stretches about an 8 foot radius around the flagpole, with eight rose bushes surrounding a stone path, an engraved memorial stone, and a garden bench, all surrounded by mulch. The garden is in memory of Mr. Elliott Faucette, the former PTA president of A.O. Elementary, who unexpectedly died of a heart attack in December of 2013. Although I didn't know Mr. Faucette very well,

And I saw this girl she looked tough and she likes been playing warket ball but didn’t even look tired and the way I saw my big and fierce brother call her name all sweet and gushy,and the way I saw her look at him ( with a bit of announce), and finally the way my brothers eyes looked like they were going to cry, I knew that my brother was going to attacked and aim it straight for me. So turns out that my brother did aim for me but I saw it before he had the chance to.

“I want to join the military” my sister said to me while I was doing my homework one day. I did

It was in first grade. We were sitting next to each other. We just started talking. I asked what his name was and he said, “Cooper, wha,t’s yours?” so obviously I said “Gannon”. It just got carried away from there. We were best friends in the same class from first to third grade, but in fourth grade we didn’t the same class. In the summer of 2016 I went on a vacation, it was a family reunion. It was a blast we started in tulsa flew to Las Vegas stayed there for two nights, then flew to Billings, Montana then, we rented a maroon Toyota 4runner.