Personal Narrative: An Application To The Marine Corps

Everyone knows that a soldier is someone that has made the ultimate sacrifice. By that I mean someone that has gave up being with family and friends to go and help the world. However, being a civilian may be difficult at times, it does not even compare. The responsibilities of a solders can be challenging, rewarding and yet demanding. As a United States Soldier, fighting for our country, both home and abroad, we are considered as a band of brothers, well some may even call it a family whom incorporate the antic of military first, family second and accountability fits into the category as top priority. Within the United States, the importance of keeping our patrons safe and free of any potential threats that can be a risk to safety is also near

I was in the Marine Corps serving under Third battalion Eleventh marines Mike Battery in Twenty-Nine Palms California from 2009-2013. What our unit did was put rounds down range, oorah. We were an artillery battery, think modern day cannons. As far as twenty-nine palms all you have to imagine is sand in a five hundred square foot mile area. My job as Ammo chief was to insure the safe handling and transportation of hundred pound high explosive bombs. On one partially long training exercise I was instructed to take my marines and four ‘7-ton’ trucks and go to the rear to load up with more ammo. No problem, I’ve done this before but on this occasion when I was going to return the battery would have moved positions. So they gave me the grid number

With every organization comes a degree of change. The Marine Corps is no different. With a rapidly changing world, we must strive to sustain the transformation and remain true to our ethos. Across the Marine Corps the culture of each unit is different, with sustaining the transformation as our tool we can make each unit better for new generations of Marines. Marine Raider Training Center sustains the transformation by holding quarterly promotion panels to ensure deserving promotions; however it fails to sustain the transformation by not welcoming new Marines to the unit appropriately, I will build a Welcome Aboard package to sustain the transformation for my Marines.

In five years I see myself as either a Sargent or Corporal in the United States Marine Corps. Being 22 years old I will be in the first year of my second enlistment providing that I do not get NJP’d (non-judicial punishment) or something else dumb that I might get myself into. I look forward to joining the Marine Corps because of my long family military history and my extent of being a child of a military father. I plan on either being in the MOS (military occupational service) 1142 or 1345. I see myself having a degree by the end of those five years from online schooling while overseas on deployment or at my current duty station. Providing that I am a Sargent I will send in a request form in to become a DI (drill instructor) and then hopefully

Hello everyone. I was born and raised in Puerto Rico. In 1987, my dad was working for IBM and was given an opportunity to move to United States. After a few months of debating and researching, my parents chose Knoxville as our new home. Four years later, I graduated from high school and enlisted in the Marine Corps. During my four years of service, I traveled from one side of the world to the other and saw and did things many people can’t even imagine. Tough as the work was at times, I wouldn’t trade that time for anything as it shaped my view of the world and, along with my family, became part of the foundation on which I built my life.

I joined the Marine Corps looking for a challenge. I wanted to open doors for a new career and longed to have a positive impact on the world around me. Looking back five years later, I realize I found all that I originally sought, but I’ve also found something profoundly satisfying and meaningful that I never knew I was missing.

I had a lot of sailors ask me questions concerning this. I have informed them that that is what our senior leaders have ordered and we will follow the orders coming down. I have not voiced my personal opinion, however I will say I am very unhappy with this decision. I know for a fact and experience that the statement “after they depart the service by being able to better translate their skill sets to prospective employers” is a lie. I spent 10 years as an Active Duty Marine in a technical field “Avionics” when I got out I had three MOSs 6324, 6344,6364 which translated to Communication/Navigation, Electrical, Weapons’ Technician. Before I left I was in Quality Assurance in my squadron due to my knowledge and experience. I also obtained my Bachelor’s degree in business also as a Marine. Once I left the Marine Corps I applied to work in the same field. I was TOTALLY shocked! I was informed by industrial standards that I was not qualify to touch an aircraft. I would need to go back to school, technical school, only then would I be allowed to take Federal Communication Commission tests and Federal Aviation Agency test so that I could work in the field. I was informed I would be looking at two to three years of school. When I looked at transferring to the Medical field after a decade of experience as corpsman I was

Last year, I was appointed as commander of a Civil Air Patrol squadron in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. I joined CAP in 2008, interested in using my private pilot’s license to serve my community. Over the next six years, I became heavily involved in the group’s search and rescue functions.

One sunny afternoon as my brother and I were walking home from the bus stop my brother glanced at my patrol belt. He asked what is was like to be a patrol and what it was like to be a 5th grader? I started to think of all the the things i did in 5th grade to determine which things were most memorable to me. I picked my top 3 favorite memories to tell him all about. I proceeded to tell him about being a patrol,The Baltimore field trip I went on,and the writing celebrations i had with Mrs.CW.

Upon the conclusion of a 30-year career in the Navy, the feeling of having more to accomplish is still present. The Navy provided numerous challenging and rewarding opportunities that I desperately needed to excel in this world. Before commencing my military career, as a young man in short supply of confidence, I lacked direction and guidance; however, I found my calling in the United States Navy. Immediately following the decision to enlist, I quickly realized the profound nature of entering the armed forces. Though, a new and extremely challenging lifestyle would forever alter the course of my life. In one swift moment, the Navy had furnished me the confidence and ability to achieve tasks I never thought possible. Consequent, following several

“Yes, how is your shoulder?” The messy oak-brown hair man said as he glanced at the scar.

As I stood on my front porch, analyzing my door frame, I snapped back to reality; however during my flashback, I came to realize, through this frame is not my home. I realize that the front line is my home. In spite of all the brutal outcomes that is produce by war, I finally grasp the fact that in those dark trenches on the frontline of war is where I am suppose to be; In that specific environment is where I fit in.

The name's Bond, James Bond JR JR. It was an a regular day at the air force base in California until it come, “all air force pilots for the blue angels jet group report to station C IMMEDIATELY!!!!! We have spotted a north Korean jet plane F-57 armed with explosives heading for Hollywood. There was silence for a while until it was broke… AIIIIIGGGGGGGHHHHH. People are running everywhere and smashes all around. I had no time for this and to get people to calm down, I have a mission to hit station C and take down that F-unlucky 7, ha ha see what i did there, PUNS.

Experiences in my life led me to believe that there are moments in which I will never forget. Whether these moments are good or bad, they have helped mold me into the person that I am today. My decision to attend Rutger University is a moment I will never forget, because I never imagined myself making it. Unlike my academically-gifted peers, school was never something that I was naturally good at so I always had to work hard for the grades I wanted to achieve. So with a high GPA and mediocre test scores I applied to Rutgers not knowing exactly what I wanted to major in, so I chose a major in the School of Environmental and Biological Studies hoping I would be able to get in. Figuratively speaking, my acceptance to Rutgers through the EOF Program

Enrolled at the local community college, I experienced a different world opening up to me; excited by a new encouraging environment, I excelled academically. I learned that if I tried hard, I could succeed; if I wanted something badly enough, I possessed the ability to take advantage of these opportunities. I worked a minimum 35-hour workweek for five years to successfully put myself through first my A.A. and then my B.A. at Washington University,