Personal Narrative: An Interview With Joining The Military

A hotel balcony overlooking the Maui mountains and a clear blue sea was the view I saw from my phone while conducting my interview with my father who has medically retired from the military. As soon as we started facetiming I immediately started asking him various questions. I began by asking him where he was from and what influenced his decision to join the military. He responded by telling me how he was born in Belize and after he got jaundice at six months old, moved back to American with his parents and two older brothers. He then explained how he grew up hearing stories about his dad being in Vietnam and his grandpa fighting in the World War II Battle, which caused him and his brothers to have interest in the military. He told me how …show more content…
The summer of junior year finally came and I enlisted in the national guard. I stayed there and trained for a few years before trying to transfer into the army. My request was denied because I was technically an illegal immigrant. After that I didn’t try to enlist anywhere else because I didn’t think I would be accepted. About two years later after looking for a new job I ran into a recruiter for the marine corps. He informed me that I qualified for the marine corps and after a few months I packed up my belongings and left for training." In the next question I asked him how long he stayed in the military and the best parts of it was and if there was any regrets or bad parts of it. He answered by explaining how he was in the national guard for 4 years and the marine corps for 3 but had to leave since the marines were not necessarily family friendly and he felt like it was time to go home to his wife and two-year-old son. The best part about being a marine he said, "-was being a marine. having the pride to call myself a marine, and the comradery between the troops. Also getting the opportunity to live in different