A Personal Statement Of Purpose To Joining The Army

I cannot tell the future, but I have a good idea of what I want to do and where I will be. Ever since I have been little I have always found joy in helping others, knowing that I had done a good deed has always brought a smile to my face. My initial thought when I was younger was I wanted to fly planes, not as a commercial pilot, but for the Air Force. Later on I realized that I couldn’t help too many people while flying in a plane so I looked to joining the Army with the ultimate goal of helping those who cannot protect themselves and keep my home safe and I still believe in those reasons today. After high school I plan to apply for West Point, a military academy in New York, where I will train to become an officer and get a degree in history and teaching. …show more content…
In my time in the Military I see myself traveling to bases all over the world, my hope is that I will be stationed in places like Japan or Germany and use what I wild experience to help me with my teaching by seeing and learning things a primary source . With the new tensions rising between the United States and North Korea in Eastern Asia and Syria and Russian in the Middle East I picture myself in one of those two locations doing multiple tours until the war is ended. It would be a hard life knowing that I will lose friends and may even lose my life as well, but that is what I would sign up for. I hope as well that I would have a significant other in my life because everyone needs a partner to keep them company and enjoy themselves