My Marine Corps Experience

November 10, 1775, is revered as being the Marine Corps birthday, and its birthplace being at Tun Tavern, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Continental Congress met at Tun Tavern, to establish two battalions of Continental Marines, under the command of Cpt. Samuel Nicholas, as an amphibious fighting force who would later in March of 1776, participate in their first foreign raid, in the Bahamas (www.globalsecurity.org ). After the Treaty of Paris

Losing my mother, the most important person to me , was a life changing event that altered the way I see the world. Knowing that she is in a better place and at peace is everything I could've wanted for my mother. As me and my siblings grow older we miss her more every day. I have learned never to take someone for granted because we aren't promised forever with them. We have to make the most of who and what we

There are many different cultures or social groups that have a language barrier whether that is because of religion, race, or social differences. These language barriers eventually will have to be overcome so that we can all communicate with each other. Out of these social groups, comes the greatest fighting force in the World, The Marine Corps. Marines have a very unique language dialog that has been preserved for hundreds of years Unfortunately, there comes a point in time when a Marine must transition out of the Marine Corps into the “Civilian World” (as we call it). Transitioning is a very exciting time for Marines but it also is very difficult time due to the strong language community that we belong to.

Would you quit working for something you love if it was just “too hard”? If someone truly believes in a cause then they would give everything to achieve it right? Would you just like to blend in with the crowd or do you want to stick out? If you answered yes to any of the previous questions then you wouldn’t have the characteristics of either a Navy SEAL or Marine. Answering no to all the questions may also not be enough to be either a SEAL or Marine. Not many people know this but Navy SEALs undergo the most rigorous military training known to man. SEAL training is considered harder than any other nation’s Special Forces training. Likewise, the United States Marine Corps (USMC), the most revered branch of the military, also trains hard

“You will take your place among the most elite warriors on earth. If you have what it takes to make it” Simple key words that leaves the reader thinking is the most important element in propaganda, and this quote above does an exemplary job at doing just that. For almost 100 years the United States of America has done an amazing job at persuading and influencing the hearts and minds of people around the globe – specifically voluntary recruits. By using so few words and being ambiguous it leads the reader towards conceptualizing this idea as something they could take on and image for themselves.

I enlisted in the Marine Corps so that I could better myself and give back to my country. I truly believe that the Marine Corps will always do more for me than I can give back. However, I will do all I can to contribute to the Marine Corps. And, I believe that one thing I can do to contribute to the Marine Corps is to improve myself as much as I possibly can so that I have more to give. I believe that I have a good starting point from which I will only better myself and become a better leader for the Marine Corps. I have experience being a leader in sports. I have been playing baseball since I was about five and I have never been satisfied with my abilities. If I was not doing well I worked as hard as I possibly could to improve myself. On

My military service reshaped who I am. My training stripped away any sense of entitlement and I learned more about myself in four months than I’d ever known before. It not only gave me discipline and taught me to perform under pressure, but everything I did wasn’t just for me anymore. I was working hard for the marines next to me in my platoon. The time came when each of us hit a breaking point physically or mentally.

A normal community is a group of people that live in the same place, but my community is different as its spread out all over the world. I chose to look at the needs of the military community, as it is the only true community I have been apart during my adult life. The military community is a special group of service members and their families who have different lifestyles than most and share a unique, family like bond. For my report I chose to interview two military spouses, currently stationed in two different states, to get a better feel for what our spread out community needs. During their interviews they each gave me different, yet important answers.

It would be hard to continue this discussion without mentioning my grandfather. I, like yourself, idolize him. He is, to me, the best example of what a man should be like: hard working, responsible, and stoic. I believe that if I became a Marine like him, I would adopt these traits. Currently, I feel like my life doesn’t amount to much as it is. I haven’t done anything notable in my life, and it seems like the same is true for all my peers. I might be overreacting, but something deep down wants me to go through with this. If I were to become a Marine I would be able to travel the world and be given the opportunity to do a job that had importance to the world. Being able to serve my country as a Marine seems like a greater profession than a

On a regular basis i think what my life would be like if she hadn't passed away, i think my life would be easier, so would my mom's life. As a family we still can't look at pictures from the funeral. When realized that it was the last time, I teared up, something as important to me had just left us. At the funeral I saw my great aunt and uncle. My great aunt is my grandmas sister, which is my moms aunt.

I can still remember vividly the day my mother passed away. My mother passed away at a critical point in my life when I was seventeen years old from a short term illness. She was sick for a week and I remember thinking this could be serious, however, my mother declined to go to the hospital because of the distance and financial hardship. I had loss my father when I was three years old, so my mother was a single mother. I have step sisters and brother, but I was not particularly close to them. Losing my mother was a defining moment in my life for it changed my life irrevocably. I was devastated, but I had to become strong, proactive and it spurred me to choose a new career path.

Losing my grandmother was one of the worst things that have happened to me. When she died, I knew my life had changed. I watched her take her last breath in the hospital and it was very heartbreaking. She was like my second mom because she was always with me. I didn’t think it would come so soon. Dealing with her death was one of the hardest thing that I’ve ever had to do. It was very hard because it was my second experience of losing someone very close to me around the same time of the year. I had to learn how to cope with losing her. I let all my emotions out, I didn’t listen to what anyone was saying, and I had to remember to take care of myself. Losing my grandmother changed me because she did everything for me. I had to grow up and be more responsible. I had to learn how

The memories of my mother will follow me wherever I go in life, missing the gentleness of her soft hands and the brightness of her smile. My mother had a welcoming personality, a calming aura around her. She was there to show me my first butterfly and shelter me in my first rain. She was there when I made my first baby steps. She taught me how to smile, laugh, and most importantly how to love.

Being in ROTC is another good blessing for me it has taught me respect honor and to respectful of people and children alike it also have taught me to respect my leaders and my fellow students. It has taught me to become a young man, it is also something that I enjoy you meet wonderful people traveling around the world and visiting city to city I enjoy the field trip that we have went on and hopefully we can continue to go different places. It’s a good thing and it has taught me to be a citizen more wiser more stronger, cheerful and to always keep GOD first in my life and he puts air in my body to me a living soul and one of his servant and his child he is so wonderful to have him in my life. And the reason is that immigration is the action of coming to live permanent in a foreign country is

The worst experience was when I lost my mother died 4 years ago on Friday September 13, 2013 from and asthma attack furthermore it not a day goes by that I don’t miss her. It was hard for me when I first find out she had passed away in yet I was still young and still in Middle school, but I knew my life was about to change by cause of losing my mother will change the way I see the world. I would describe my mother's as a beautiful, well-educated woman. My mother’s carried me for nine months, gave birth to me, she was the first person I have seen when I opened my eyes, fed me when I was hungry, didn’t get no sleep for months when I woke up in the middle of the night crying, change my diaper, watched me smile every time I seen her face, she saw me when I first started to crawl, when I took my first step, said my first word. She was always there when I needed her, especially when I was sick. When I was cheerless she was always there to make me laugh. When I needed advice she was the only one I could talk to rather than my father. She was a strong, loving, and caring mother who I always knew that was on my side, she would do anything for me and my brother and give us the perfect nurture that made us the women and men that we are today.