Before I left to join the military, I was still in high school and I was not doing much …show more content…
I signed my contract to join the military when I was only a junior in high school. I knew that college wasn’t for me, so I decided to stay out of trouble and do just enough to get by. My friends were really stressed when it came to applying to college and studying for the SATs. I didn’t have those worries at all. I knew, once I signed that contract, there was no going back. I did the best I could, especially when it came to the honor and AP classes I took. I barely passed the classes I had taken, but I was able to pass 2 out of the 3 AP tests. During the last few months of school, I got hired at Sea World San Diego. I didn’t want to spend the entire summer doing nothing. I started working full time in May 2013 and I worked until I left for basic training in September 2013. And that was when I began my military journey. I arrived to Lackland Air Force Base, in San Antonio, Texas on September 17, 2013. It was horrible for the next 8 and a half weeks, but ended with a delightful reward of completing the training. During the first couple weeks, the training instructors worked hard to break