There are currently 261,193 people currently enlisted in the Air Force, 276,284 who serve in the Navy, 32,647 for the Coast Guard, 456,651 in the Army, and 182,147 in the Marines, adding up to a total of 1,208,922 active and roughly 800,000 in reserves. Now despite what you may think, these people are working to keep you, your family, and friends safe. Nonetheless, there are always some people that go above and beyond and one of those people is Bob. Bobby was enlisted in 2000, straight through his high school, but a question you usually aren’t told is why he chose to. So, he joined for two reasons. One, for the jobs they offer and two because he wanted to serve a “Bigger Purpose” or “Bigger than myself”. Now you're probably pondering …show more content…
As I mentioned who he is, what he does, and why, I almost forgot where, some places are interesting and with a story, others not so much. Some of these places are South Korea, Portugal, New Mexico, Mississippi, Afghanistan, Iraq, etc. But since you're most likely interested in him going to the middle east and south korea, so I will go into more detail about that, just keep in mind that this isn’t a timeline. So about one or two years ago, my uncle left to go to Afghanistan, now as you might imagine it is not one of the best places to be, in a way like Arizona 100 years ago in regards to it climate and surroundings, not including the fact that it is a violent area. While, there his main job was supervising which I already told you, but even though you might think that wouldn’t be too hard, you’re wrong. It was stressful, somewhat vexing, definitely depressing and straight up hard to be away from family. Thankfully he wasn’t always sad, like when they played pranks. For example, if someone just got out of the shower sometimes they would get powder and smack them with it in their hand, getting it everywhere. Then they would sometimes have contests to see who could eat the most hot sauce without milk or water. Sadly, there were times when not even a prank could cheer you up out there, so my uncle is almost always found himself stuck with a bit more work than he should handle and if you were to ask someone in my family, they
Serving the United States Military comes with many responsibilities as well as pressure and accountability. However, the military isn’t for everyone, but it offers so much for those who serve. One thing that must be known and dealt with is that this career could be a life threatening one, and there are many obstacles one must go through beforehand.
Mocha Baldwin, 21 years old, tall, muscular Puerto Rican and African American man who lives in Reading, PA had a dream. It was to become a soldier for the Army. He finally became a soldier in 2013 and is still continuing his dream. At first, he wanted to become a doctor but in 7th grade, is when he decided he wanted to be in the Army. He decided to go into the Army because he wanted to join a great team behind a great country. Also, he got inspired by his uncles and older cousins. He also got into wanting to be a soldier because he talked to a local recruiter and when he graduated high school his teachers thought he was making a great decision. He had to go through a lot of training but the physical training wasn’t that hard for him. But the
He was only sixteen so he had to fake his birth certificate so he could enlist. While in the Navy, Jerry got a lot of education he never got when he lived with his parents, and got a lot of training. He went to military and contractor schools, which helped him learn a lot, but that was not enough for young Jerry. Jerry was a Petty Officer 2nd Class and an aircraft engine mechanic while in the Navy. Three months before his three year contract ended with the Navy, the Korean War began, so Jerry could not be discharged. This led to him reenlisting in the Navy for another six years. After the time he served in the Navy, someone suggested he go to the Air Force.His brother suggested he go to San Antonio, Texas. While in the Air force, Jerry was in the tech services for five years, and he also was very interested in airplanes. He served in the Air Force for eleven years, and then retired at the age of 36 as a Senior Master Sergeant.. Which is pretty impressive I think because he explained to us that a Senior Master Sergeant as being a higher rank than Master Sergeant, but not the highest rank one can receive. A Senior Master Sergeant is the fourth Non-Commissioned Officer rank in the Air
John Sampson joined the army for one person and one person only. “You know Johnny, you live your life like a trooper,” his father always used to say. Sampson felt extremely guilty if he let his father down because his father was all he had left. At 23 years old, John had lost almost everyone in his family due to bombings from North Korea at the beginning of the war. That’s another reason he stayed on the front lines. Except now his recruiter didn’t want him on the front lines, he wanted him behind them.
When people realize that they can travel the world with the military, and have many career options to choose from, they realize that by joining military they would have the opportunity to travel the world doing a job they love.
Recently, Ronald Fowlkes sat down for an interview with Inspirery. He stated that as a small child of 10, he wrote to the Marines, asking if he could join the service. He explained how he would get their letters back “stating that he needed to wait until he was older to join”. Right after graduating high school at 17, however, his wish came true and he was able to pursue his dreams and join the Marines.
After graduating high school, Jesse and his family moved to San Diego, California as part of his father’s job relocation requirements. “My father was in a leadership role as far back as I can remember, and I learned a lot from him. He always encouraged me to seek out new challenges, such as Eagle Scouts, and eventually my enlistment in the Navy” (Kenner). For the next two years, Jesse attended the public community college and held lower level positions working in retail electronic centers. At the age of twenty, Jesse knew it was time to establish a career, and was interested in serving his country. After a brief interview with a Navy Recruiter, Jesse signed up to join the military. His research
This is demonstrated when Johnny says,”I just hope he stays there. And finishes. I never liked that school stuff, but I know my little brother digs it... One of us has to make it in life”(Valdez 629). With this quote you can infer that Johnny is a high school dropout. 10% of the Army's new recruits have no high school diploma (NewYorkTimes). In other words to Army needs good-for-nothings to go fight with no skill, and risk their lives to have a bigger chance of winning the war. The good-for-nothing should push to be in anything in life besides for signing up for
older age it was hard for him to join the Marines. He needed a waiver from Washington, DC
Growing up he was surrounded by friends who wanted to go to college right after high school but for Jon his plan was different. He grew up around veterans that would tell him about their stories at sea. For example a torpedoman first class who lived in his complex would always tell him stories and he would sit and chat with him and also Sergeant Mcgee who was a helicopter mechanic. He would listen to their stories and he would be so intrigued and fascinated that he wanted to join himself . Although he was only eight at the time he knew that serving for his country is what he wanted to do as soon as he finished with high school. But he never felt
I joined because of men like my dad, Earl, who served in the US Navy in WW11, your grandfather, Howard and his brother Harlan, who served in the US Army. I was intrigued by the stories, they sometimes told. Vietnam was getting hotter and many of my classmates from Erskine Academy, class of 69, were being drafted into the Army. My draft number was 34, so I knew I
He dropped out of high school to go to the marine corps, he was 17 years old. Participating in the marine corps was extremely difficult. There was persistent, training for war, but he never had to go fight. This was boot camp and it was super scary because the sergeants screamed and, hit them. If he had had to go to war, he would have been a basic rifleman, they try to shoot and kill. That experience changed his life because it made him appreciate America and freedom.
Toward the end of high school, Dylan started to develop an interest in the Air Force and the F-15E strike and attack fighter. The interest started with the fighter’s superiority in range, persistence, and load, plus a perfect combat record. Dylan began talking more about the Air Force the closer it got to his 18th birthday and graduation. Mr. and Mrs. Black understood that Dylan was serious about the military and even though they were worried they agreed to support whatever decision he would make. On his 18th birthday Dylan applied to the U.S. Air Force Academy he quickly completed Officer Training
c. Duke points out that Mr. Kyle’s reason for joining the military was not for money but rather the passion for serving his own country.
He enlisted right when the war began. Although Ma opposed it, his only desire was to help the country. We had no choice but to leave our country life behind and move to the big city. Although I was dismal about leaving my friends in Tennessee, I was delighted to experience the adventure New York brought.