The United States Service Academies Pros And Cons

I was awarded a 2-year ROTC Scholarship at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, KY in 2014. I served as the Battalion Executive Officer (2016), Treasurer of the Cadet Budget Council (2015), and Senior Military Student Advisor at the Cadet Leadership Course in Ft. Knox, KY (2015). I earned my commission on December 9th, 2016 with a degree in Business Economics from the Gordon Ford College of Business. I am a graduate of the WKU Dynamic Leadership Institute a four-phase critical thinking, leadership for outstanding students. Additionally, I held a full-time position with Spalding, an entity of Berkshire and Hathaway, as the Product Management Analyst Intern for basketball equipment and supply for the

“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.  But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it (Matthew 7:13-14)." I understand what this verse is intended to mean but there is another meaning in this verse to me.

In high school I received a nomination to the U. S. Merchant Marine Academy from my Congressman. At the time I had just finished an internship in the House of Representatives as a Page. I took this nomination as a sign of the potential that he envisioned for me by attending the Merchant Marine Academy without truly understanding the maritime industry. Yet it began an unforgetable adventure. I have to come to discover a passion for the industry, and after just a short year out at sea I know that the life of a sailor is the life for me. As a mariner I can see how the skills I have learned to become a licensed Third Mate benefit the country. I feel a great sense of pride, purpose, and patriotism in the work I did as a Cadet, and will continue to do in the future. Without the ships to carry the cargo, the United

I have aspired to attend a service academy since I entered high school in 2012. My interest in attending a service academy is derived from my goal to serve as an officer in the military. While many other universities offer quality educations, the service academies teach beyond the typical academic subjects. The academies instil values of duty, country, and honor in each individual that graduates from the academies. Furthermore, he academies are challenging programs with a commitment to serving the nation upon graduation and I am sure I am up to the challenge. Another reason that I want to attend a service academy is, throughout my life as a military child, countless service members have inspired me to join the military with their selflessness

I remember once hearing: “To reach the impossible you just have to try a little harder”. Sometimes I feel like I don’t try my hardest, therefore I don’t get the results I want. I’m in high school right now as a junior, meaning that the decisions I make from now on are crucial and will affect my future. A big step to accomplish what I want to do when I grow up, is planning for what I will do after I graduate from high school and how I’m going to surpass the obstacles that will be presented to me. Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC), home of the blue beards, is reputed for being a “Military-Friendly College”. (DMACC) It will provide me with the opportunity to reach my dream of becoming a teacher and transferring my knowledge to the next

On the 7th of October 2014, I interviewed Mr. Johnson, the owner of Island House Restaurant & Marina in Wachapreague, Virginia, who served 13 years in the United States Special Warfare Teams, also known as the United States Navy Seals. Graduating from High-School Mr. Johnson attended North Dakota State University where he planned to study Pharmacy. But by his second semester, he decided to no longer study Pharmacy, due to financial reasons and accumulating student debt, and join the United States Navy in his fall semester of his sophomore year. He later achieved a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Education.

I had the unique privilege of growing up on United States Air Force bases where leadership and service are the pillars of our community. The schools on base, the names of our streets, and even the cannon holes on the sides of buildings instill a unique identity that drives a desire to lead and serve. Growing up in that type of selfless community shaped me into the student and leader that I am today. I believe that it is my responsibility, during and after law school, to continue to live, learn, and lead by the core values of the United States Air Force: integrity first, service before self, and excellence in all we do.

Prior to this assignment student veterans were a portion of the student population that I had no prior experience or knowledge of interacting with outside the scope of my history of higher education course reviewing the components of the GI Bill. The assignment allowed me to get an in depth historical analysis of the GI Bill and how it effected student equity in higher education from its establishment. I have come to understand the services students veterans possess but as well as some of the limitations they face being advocates for themselves in order to receive their benefits. In revolving around the topic of student equity, my team’s research found a wealth of knowledge from higher education scholars who see the need of the GI Bill in further providing student equity to student veterans. Scholars saw the important qualities that the GI Bill possess and advocated for further services in assisting student veterans and their families in not only understanding their medical benefits but also create a supportive community on campus. The overall goal of researching the GI Bill and by doing so includes student veterans is that the bill provides equitable support to returning students that have served, support for dependents of those who serve(d), and the growing student population student veterans are becoming through the new GI Bill.

The William F. Bryan Endowed Law Scholarship was established to assist students who have excelled in their academic studies. As an undergraduate student at the University of Texas at San Antonio, I was recognized on the President's List or Honor Roll five out of my seven semesters. I then had the honor of graduating Magna Cum Laude with a double major in Economics and Management with an International Concentration. Because of my hard work, I will enter the 2016-2017 class with a GPA and LSAT score in the 75th percentile. The William F. Bryan Endowed Law Scholarship will greatly assist me in my continued quest of achieving academic excellence at St. Mary’s University School of

A young lady has been accepted into her dream school, Stanford. The only problem is that neither she nor her parents can pay for her way into the university. A recruiter senses her willingness to remove herself from her comfort zone and talks to her about joining the military, ultimately she does. Upon joining, she is promised 20 thousand dollars in student loan repayment, which she never received and never made the money that she thought she would. Not only did she not receive her benefits, she was taken advantage of by her higher-ups, who were male (Allison III). This is just one tragic example of a student trying to make their way into the world. Allison is not alone in her hunt to determine what life after high school will be like. Many

Having graduated from USAO in August of 1975, I am fully aware of the academic standards, as well as the high level of importance placed upon each student and their pursuit of their educational goals. For the past two years I have been employed by the GEAR UP Grant administered by Eastern Oklahoma State College in Wilburton. During this time I have had the privilege of visiting with students of south eastern Oklahoma, and have been present on several occasions when these same students have had the opportunity to visit with recruiters from USAO. Needless to say that, after witnessing these encounters, I am thrilled the passion OCLA/USAO brought to education of the individual is still as vivid today as it was in 1975.

There has been a great deal of military scholarship written on the greatest battles of the world and has influenced these armed forces fighting in these grand battles. Two of these scholarships are discussed by Victor Davis Hanson, a military historian specializing on classical warfare and a current professor at California State University, and John A Lynn, a military historian specializing in early modern Europe and is a current professor at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Both books discuss cultural linkage in terms of successful armies and how the victor’s culture resulted in victory, but thesis is problematic because he creates a staunch dichotomy of western battle virtues versus every other armed force in the world. An

In Louisiana, Alan attended Leesville Junior High and High School. He graduated with honors in 1992. He enrolled at Northwestern State University for the fall semester. However, he was working full time, had an hour long commute to classes, and a new girlfriend that would soon be his wife. His grades weren’t very good. Alan decided perhaps he was ready for a break from school and was ready to do a little “growing up”. Having a long history of military service in his family, he looked to do his duty and serve also.

In 2014, SGM Walker took over as Chapter President. During his tenure, SGM Walker developed and implemented a chapter scholarship program benefiting military dependent high school graduates planning on attending college. The inauguration of this program produced two $500 scholarship awards presented at the students’ graduation ceremony. In addition, SGM Walker led another successful Europe AG Ball mirroring the results from the previous year’s AG