Naval Officer Application Essay

Ms. Payne please allow me to write you this email, not as a cadet, but instead just a family friend just like when you set me aside and gave me advise even when I went to Bolivia. I am very concerned because it seems or at least I feel that you may be with the impression that I may not seem like I put any effort in keeping my communication within the unit, and my leadership may seem questionable during drill, but even with the appearance that is not what I want to show. Ms. Payne the one thing I would like for you to remember is who I am now and the cadet I turned out to be because of my growth in the Sea cadet. I know it looks like I’ve been slacking, you remind me every other email, but I hope you could understand that as a junior with aspirations to someday enroll into the naval academy it is not easy for me because even though I want to devote 100% of my time and be the star LPO you’d like me to be I am I have found myself falling short because of the diverse activities I need to be involved to at least get a chance to apply to the Naval Academy. …show more content…
Sometimes it may not seem like that but I try to show that by contributing to the unit. Ma’am, you’ve seen my biography you know firsthand how hard I’m pushing with everything I’m doing to have a possible chance for the naval academy, but even with everything going on I still make an effort to be at drill as often as I possibly can. To be involved in recruiting in looking for ways to get the unit programs or even to raise funds. What saddened me the most is that I know your image of me has been tainted with the recent events involving OS1, putting my leadership at question, which has discourage me