“No! Please! Elizabeth!” I could hear my mother screaming my name, being held back by doctors and nurses, as I was taken away from the hospital by the Patrol. It was May 17, 2070, the day of my birth, and I had just been separated from my sole and biological family. I was taken to a room down the hall and placed in a gigantic tube that flickered with bright lights. Exasperated, I closed my eyes and lay on the floor of the tube. Suddenly, there was a loud beeping noise and when I opened my eyes, the noise was gone—but so was the hospital.
The sandy land that surrounded me was bare and flat, and a colossal wire fence surrounded all of it. I was trapped. A camouflaged jeep zoomed by almost running over me. It pulled over and a large, stocky man
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The military life that I’ve been living has been tough, terrible, and overall infuriating. I know I don’t speak only for myself when I say, ‘I want out’. But, I know the consequences for attempting escape. We all know. Our whole camp learned when, a few years ago, a little red-haired girl frantically made her way out of the cafeteria during lunchtime, crawled through a hole in the fence, and ran across the landscape, trying to escape her miserable military life. As she carefully jumped over all the hardly-hidden land mines and traps, a Patrol plane zoomed in, snatched her from above, and took her to the Chamber where she would never be seen again. The Chamber is a small, dilapidated shack where extreme punishments take place for those who have done very wrong. From what we’ve all seen, only extreme actions and behavior are taken care of there. But, attempting escape is one of the many actions that can get you a one-way ticket to …show more content…
It was a dark and windy day in October. The trees were dancing in the strong breeze and all the Tens, Elevens, and Twelves were scheduled for individual training tests. I was scheduled for a 9:00 A.M. land mine agility test. In order to pass the test, I would need to cross an entire field without stepping on an artificial land mine. As I stepped onto the platform, the clock started to count down. 10...should I just run for my life...9...or should I carefully step around the field...8...maybe they didn’t even hide any land mines...7...oh of course they did! I found myself looking around at the others waiting for their own tests, and as I scanned the crowd, my eyes fell on a small girl with a freckled-face and hazelnut eyes. She was staring right back at me and looked like she was giving me some type of signal. She kept on opening her palms up and then closing them into a fist over and over again. I realized, just before the timer went off, that the girl was telling me to look out for the faint, blinking lights in some of the dirt mounds that showed that there was a land mine hidden there. I ran across the field, looking closely at every mound of dirt that seemed to have something hidden inside. Finally, as I neared the end of the field, the same little girl that had given me signals screamed, “Watch out! Behind you!” from the sidelines. If it weren’t for her, I would have
I went pre-med before getting deployed and as an intern I've seen a lot of horrible things. But when it's your friend... Someone you serve with... It stays with you forever.
War can be defined as “an active struggle between competing entities. It’s truly hard to tell who is right or wrong during a war. Both sides are fighting for what they believe in and what is true to their heart. In the end there is always two things promised – destruction and death. These two objects can explain the result in every facet of war from the physical to emotional.
To really understand the significance of how the military shaped me into the person I am today, I must first reveal some insight into the person I was before I left for basic training. When I graduated high school in 1985 I was indestructibly ready to take on anything that came my way. I had led a somewhat sheltered life in that my parents provided a warm loving environment for my siblings and myself. Yes we experienced the normal trials and tribulations as any other kid, but we really had no negative or significant emotional events growing up that directly affected our development. Rather it was the lack of these incidents that gave us a naive outlook on life and all the responsibilities it
Growing up as a military child and living all over the world, I was afforded many
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Joining the military was astonishing in very many aspects in my life and it truly molded me into who I am today. I will genuinely say that the most important people in my life are my mother and father. I am not a parent myself but I have had years to only imagine how tough parenting can be; especially when raising three stubborn boys. My mother and father are very open minded and kind hearted to everyone regardless of who they are. I will be honest here and say that I may not have been as grateful as I should have been when I was a younger kid, but that’s just life. When you are younger, everything is very simple and do not realize the little things in life. I had no other worries except for, “What’s for dinner?”. The military made me realize how much I appreciated and very much needed my loved ones. Travelling far away to Marine Corps Recruiting Depot, San Diego California and starting my very own journey was one of the toughest decisions at that time to make for myself.
Growing up as an Army brat. We had to learn a lot of values growing up. Even though my father and I didn't have a strong connection. He was still able to provide for his family. Our family showed a different type of morals. Like never show your true emotions. My brother and I had to learn that. I didn't really know what that meant till I was much older. And? It stuck with me till this day. By showing emotion would show people that you were soft. My mother would show comfort to you if you were struggling but she knew the balance of reasoning. Since growing up and moving out of the house and following the family tradition. By joining the service made my father's and myself relationship stronger. One day my father approached me and asked
Being the youngest person in a work environment can be difficult. To many, age dictates a level experience, both professional and personal, that can only be obtained over the duration of many years. For this reason, young professionals are usually relegated to junior positions. Of the adversities that I have faced in my four years as a musician in the United States Army, age was one of the most difficult to overcome.
It is my ambition to attend a military service academy for primarily one goal, to be the best officer I possibly can be. I believe that they produce the best officers because they are a full emersion into the military environment, as well as forcing you to perform under high amounts of pressure and the honor code. Coming from a civilian background I believe that the service academies would be able to turn me into a better officer than I would be if I went through a more relaxed ROTC program. The culture shock which I would experience would help to form me into a high caliber officer who could be relied on to accomplish the task at hand regardless of difficulty. The second reason why I would like the academies to become my route to officership
I’m born in country which to be have fallowed the religion, culture we never can step up from those things. Important from this we have social life not an Individual life at the most part of our life we have to follow our adult our family members. At the beginning 2002 one of my brother went to army, I was waist sometimes when he was in training, I try so many to go inside the training area but I was not allowed to go inside. Finally one day I went inside of the Kabul military training center, when I saw the role and discipline that was to interesting for me then. I decided to join the military in 2003.
I spent 18 months deployed in the Arabian Gulf near the coast of Afghanistan on an
As a kid, we are asked, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" Like any other kid, for a long time I wanted to be a famous singer or soccer player. As I got older, the question of "What do you want to be when you grow up?" turned into "What is your plan once you graduate high school?" In my opinion, I think it is outrageous for us to ask sixteen and seventeen year old kids to decide what they are going to do with their future, when we are still trying to figure out who we are.
It was a very grateful day at a small town for two young boys named John and Rick who we’re enjoying their life. Until the next day, they ended up getting a unnoticed knock from their front door. Rick ended up opening the door and see’s two dressed black and green uniformed men. Rick stood there and looked at the two men, they’ve asked if Rick and John lived the there. Rick responded, they told Rick and John were needed for the army. Rick and John pack up their stuff and left with the two military officers, but little did they not know that they committed to fight in World War II. One month after they’re were drafted by the army, Rick and John were already assigned were already assigned
Several months, I have been tossing the idea about joining the Navy. My family was aware about Navy was possibility option. Recently, I have contacted a Navy Recruiter, and I have not told my family about me talking to a recruiter. My family is important aspect of my life, so the conversation needs to happen sooner than later. When I bring up the Navy conversation, my intention would ease my family in acceptance of their daughter leaving the state. Joining the Navy would impact me and my family, and the impact on my family would tribute to the difficult conversation. In following joining the Navy would impact me and my family, and the impact on my family would tribute to the difficult conversation. Underlie feeling have huge impact on person’s attributions and judgement. A difficult conversation affects the identity of a person. Therefore, intention by the conversation was important.
Over the last few years, a new trend has begun to spring up between the military and academia, older members seeking degrees. In years past, military personnel would either attain their degrees early in their careers or not at all. With the approval of the new Post 9/11 GI Bill as well as a surge in employers requiring a degree to be considered for any job of worth; it has become overwhelming attractive for the vintage warfighter to head back to school.