After high school as a young adult I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do as a career and I what direction I wanted my life to take. I decided to try something different and enlist in the Army. While in the Army as a recruit I made a life altering decision to volunteer for the 75th Ranger Regiment. Nothing has had a stronger impact on my life than my 9 years in the Ranger Regiment because there I learned that if I put my mind to a task I could succeed, I found a career field that I am good at and enjoy and I learned discipline and resilience
As a young man I had not had much of a history of victories or successes. As a teen I found it difficult to maintain employment and was let go from more than one job and quit several as well. My first victory was earning my Tan beret and being assigned to the Regiment. At that time only about 1 out of 4 made to there. After a year in the Regiment I was selected to Attend Ranger School. Ranger School submits soldiers to intense physical and psychological stress and fatigue. I graduated with less than half of those I started with. Graduates are entitled to wear the Ranger tab on their uniform, I take great pride in having earned this small piece of clothe and to be able to wear it proudly. The Regiment sent me to several other schools that I completed including SOCM a course that was not only a huge mental victory for me but also a step on my road to learning more about the area of work I want to do for the rest of my life. While deployed one of my friends cut himself on a fence and I accompanied him to the medic who sutured his leg closed. I was impressed by the professionalism and skill demonstrated by this medic and I thought I can do that and be good at it. After 14 months of training I was assigned as a Ranger Platoon and responsible for the health and wellbeing of 40 individuals. As a medic I took care of my men when they were sick and injured at any time of the day or night, even off duty. I enjoyed not always knowing what to expect but being prepared and able to deal with whatever injury or medical issue my men came to me with. I earned my national Paramedic diploma and certification while assigned as a Ranger medic and plan to continue my education and eventually become a licensed practitioner. Perhaps the important things the Ranger Regiment has given or taught me are the qualities of discipline and resilience. The discipline to do what is right at all times even when nobody's watching is something you are taught and preached to you when you first join the unit. You must learn the self discipline make sure your uniform is prepared for the next day or gear is laid out as it is supposed to be. The discipline to follow orders even when you are scared or something is not easy to do. Resilience to me is the discipline to deal with any set back and to be able to move forward or find a
As a young man I had not had much of a history of victories or successes. As a teen I found it difficult to maintain employment and was let go from more than one job and quit several as well. My first victory was earning my Tan beret and being assigned to the Regiment. At that time only about 1 out of 4 made to there. After a year in the Regiment I was selected to Attend Ranger School. Ranger School submits soldiers to intense physical and psychological stress and fatigue. I graduated with less than half of those I started with. Graduates are entitled to wear the Ranger tab on their uniform, I take great pride in having earned this small piece of clothe and to be able to wear it proudly. The Regiment sent me to several other schools that I completed including SOCM a course that was not only a huge mental victory for me but also a step on my road to learning more about the area of work I want to do for the rest of my life. While deployed one of my friends cut himself on a fence and I accompanied him to the medic who sutured his leg closed. I was impressed by the professionalism and skill demonstrated by this medic and I thought I can do that and be good at it. After 14 months of training I was assigned as a Ranger Platoon and responsible for the health and wellbeing of 40 individuals. As a medic I took care of my men when they were sick and injured at any time of the day or night, even off duty. I enjoyed not always knowing what to expect but being prepared and able to deal with whatever injury or medical issue my men came to me with. I earned my national Paramedic diploma and certification while assigned as a Ranger medic and plan to continue my education and eventually become a licensed practitioner. Perhaps the important things the Ranger Regiment has given or taught me are the qualities of discipline and resilience. The discipline to do what is right at all times even when nobody's watching is something you are taught and preached to you when you first join the unit. You must learn the self discipline make sure your uniform is prepared for the next day or gear is laid out as it is supposed to be. The discipline to follow orders even when you are scared or something is not easy to do. Resilience to me is the discipline to deal with any set back and to be able to move forward or find a