The Congress formally authorized the establishment and founded the Military Academy of the United States em1802. In these early tumultuous years, the Academy has accepted cadets aged 10-37 years old with training from 6 months to 6 years in duration. The imminence of the…
During my time in the Army, I have had plenty of obstacles, one in particular would be when I was a RTO (radio tech operator) and we were attached to another battalion to go raid a village. We patrolled all night until we walked twelve miles to our location avoiding helicopters flying in the sky looking for us. Once we finally set up an OP (observation post) we had a team go out and recon the village and we established a plan on how we were going to attack the village. My squad only had about nine of us, so we were not initially part of the main element to go in and assault the village. However, as we started creeping up to the first obstacle, a fence, helicopters started patrolling for us again.…
This training has shaped me into a new man. The U.S. Marine Corps training is worse than you could ever imagine. They take you in, and they break you down, turning you into the man they want and need you to be. They're hard on us, harder than mom and dad ever were. I thought it would be easier than this, but boy oh boy was I wrong.…
This source explores the student veteran perspective on one campus in the United States. In relation to my project this article proposes a variety of good points. The authors emphasize that student veterans from the study generally believe their military service brings forth a variety of strengths to be used in the classroom. They pointed out that the three most challenging aspects to the transition included social interaction, financial stress, and adjusting to a new culture. In terms of effectiveness the study reveals that student veterans could be more aware of the resources available and tend to express disappointment in the services currently available.…
From growing up in a military family, I have become very resilient and I adapt really well to change. With my surroundings changing all the time, I have to be able to quickly adapt to my new setting and find ways to fit in as quickly as possible. I have been to about twelve different schools so far, and I have lived in about eight different houses. When I live on a military base, change is constant, even if it is not my own family experiencing the orders to move that year. The houses around me fill and empty all the time with new people, and some of the military dominant schools I have been to have the same problem.…
To be torn from your family and friends is to extinguish an aspect of life that is vital the development of your character. To have a bond with someone you love be so strong, then ripped mercilessly out of your reach is to destroy your livelihood. To have someone who is cherished so deeply, be just out of your reach, and the thought of finally seeing that loved one once more taunts you day after day, night after night. From the cherry blossom trees of Okinawa, Japan, to the ruins of Pompeii, I have seen the world, made relationships, and lost loved ones. The life of a military child is one with much strife, but this hardship has made me the determined individual that I am today.…
The Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps program is a program implemented in public high schools by the federal government to help military readiness after world war 1. It was created by the national defense act of 1916, under the provisions of this act, high schools were required privileged loaned federal military equipment and the assignment of active duty military personnel as instructors. This program technically influenced young citizen to enroll into the United States military. It still stands as that today, it used to be forced but is now widely encouraged.. Students under this program seem to have three greater aspects of most high school students.…
Just like every other weekday, I walked into the junior reserve officer training corps classroom and sat down in the familiar cold wooden desk with the denim blue plastic seat. It hadn’t been fifteen minutes before First Sergeant Williams told the class that the armed services vocational aptitude test is today. “Sweet,” I mumbled under my breath. The class is always undemanding when most of the students were going to take that test. I would be one of few students left in the classroom.…
Ever since I was young I have recognized my intrinsic passion for leadership, service, and computers. Although I was never known to turn down a game of capture the flag or flashlight tag, I spent a lot of my time reading about the Navy SEALs or about how to distinguish an F-15 Eagle from an F-14 Tomcat. I would stay up late to figure out how to make programs or build websites for fun. One of the more vivid memories I have is when I decided to disassemble my family’s new x486 computer, only to reassemble it upon my parent’s stern demand. My passion and desire to lead is what eventually led to my involvement in organizations such as the Boy Scouts and Civil Air Patrol.…
You know that feeling when your stomach drops and you instantly feel nauseous? When I heard that my brother was getting deployed on a nine month long deployment to Afghanistan I felt exactly that way. With tears pouring out of my eyes I couldn’t help but to think of the worst case scenario possible. My brother joined the Army in 2013. In fact, he joined the Infantry Branch.…
Becoming a member of the Armed forces is a difficult career to pursue. I thank you for serving our nation. I apologize that your experience was an unpleasant one, be that as it may, I've learned as a Christian GOD has the last say so. I have experienced similar unfairness on the job. I've felt regardless of how hard I try, consequently, it's about who you know.…
31 May 2017, the day I left for Basic Military Training. I had just graduated from Harrisburg High School on the 21st, with the evening before being my big graduation/going away party. Thinking back, I knew I was pretty excited for what was to come, even with the slight nerves that were stirring in me as the date drew closer. But before I knew it, I was at the beginning of my training.…
“BEEP, BEEP, BEEP” , The alarm began to ring. I looked at the clock,and it was no later than 7:00am on a Monday morning. I laid on my bed and stared at my roof. I quietly wondered to myself “Is this worth it”? I was so exhausted I couldn’t remember my reason for wanting to go to college other than my mother forcing me.…
Ever since I was younger, I’ve wanted to be in the Army. It’s what I grew up knowing since my father was gone on deployment when I was 4. I want to make my family proud, do what my father did, and make something out of my life. I come from a military family and I'm going to continue the tradition, not only for them, but to serve my country and challenge myself physically and mentally. My great grandfather was in the Army infantry and so was my father.…
I can remember my friends telling me how much they loved their lives as a Marine. Wasn’t sure what was so important about being a Marine or what made them so happy. I can remember 2 years ago my friend Jade kept asking me to go and do workouts with him and his recruiter. I never wanted to go because I thought it was going to be boring and was going to take too long. After a while he joined the Marines and was extremely excited that he made it.…