Growing up in rural upstate New York, almost secluded from life. The most realistic jobs would have been to either work at Rawlings bat factory, or Remington arms manufacturing plant. I graduated from a small school in Dodgeville New York with a graduating class of around 100, so when I say that I ranked seventh that does not mean as much. I joined the army because I was bored and had no intention of going to college. Now as I am preparing to retire from the Army and begin the next phase of my life, I have found that I need a degree. I have said that I began college in an attempt to get promoted one last time, but it was futile. I do not know what I am preparing for.
I don’t expect to be moving from my current career in the Army to another career. When I retire from the Army, I will stay retired. The next phase in my life will only be jobs, small non-intense jobs. Even so, I began looking for employment options like; law enforcement, fire fighter, postal worker, security guard. Like most good paying jobs they require a degree, and so began the quest toward my underwater basket weaving degree. I think that I have earned it. In my military career I have completed 47 Army schools more than double the average of a normal …show more content…
I don’t know what I am preparing for. The Army has given me “three hots and a cot” for over eighteen years and now all I know is “Army” and the future remains unclear to what I want to do next in my life. I guess that the uncertainty is all that I am preparing for. I do not want to be in a situation where I cannot provide for my family and that is where the Army has enabled me to not prepare for the future. Here is what I know; I will complete an associate’s degree, I will retire from the Army, and I will continue to provide for my family. What I do not know is more complicated; what will be my job, where will I live and how will I provide for my
I don’t expect to be moving from my current career in the Army to another career. When I retire from the Army, I will stay retired. The next phase in my life will only be jobs, small non-intense jobs. Even so, I began looking for employment options like; law enforcement, fire fighter, postal worker, security guard. Like most good paying jobs they require a degree, and so began the quest toward my underwater basket weaving degree. I think that I have earned it. In my military career I have completed 47 Army schools more than double the average of a normal …show more content…
I don’t know what I am preparing for. The Army has given me “three hots and a cot” for over eighteen years and now all I know is “Army” and the future remains unclear to what I want to do next in my life. I guess that the uncertainty is all that I am preparing for. I do not want to be in a situation where I cannot provide for my family and that is where the Army has enabled me to not prepare for the future. Here is what I know; I will complete an associate’s degree, I will retire from the Army, and I will continue to provide for my family. What I do not know is more complicated; what will be my job, where will I live and how will I provide for my