The Infantryman I joined the Infantry as I wanted a challenge and excitement in my life. We are known to be stupid by the rest of the army. Actually, we are the most valuable bunch in the army. Our training is one of the hardest training that you can ever go through as a human being. It test you physically, mentally and emotionally.…
Panjwai, Kandahar, Afghanistan, known as the heart of the Taliban, the birthplace; and I am headed there. I had just said goodbye to my wife whom at this point I have been married to for 4 months, and was now on my way to a combat deployment. My emotions were all over the place. I knew that I have to be the strong soldier for my peers, the soldier my leaders can trust and depend on, but I am also the loving husband that had to say goodbye to his wife. Furthermore, I knew that this could quite possibly be the last time that I would ever see her.…
All I wanted to do was enjoy my day on a Freshman retreat to Camp Tekawitha. On a hot day I got back from my retreat around 5:10. Jaclyn and I talked to our coach two days before the retreat and told her that we would be getting back around 5:00 and probably won't be able to make it to practice. We told our coach around 5:00 because our teachers didn't know exactly what time we would be getting back to school. Since practice was over at 5:30, Jaclyn and I thought it wouldn't be necessary to go to practice.…
Most teenagers would probably tell you that the beginning of their adulthood was marked by having to do laundry for the first time, or being able to drive alone, or perhaps no longer sitting at the children's table at family events. But for me, it happened this past summer, when I made the very difficult decision that I would not return to Coleman Country Day Camp. To those who were not fortunate enough to have grown up at summer camp, this might not seem like such a big decision to make. But Coleman was my outlet, my second home for ten consecutive summers and spending those two months anywhere else seemed inconceivable to me.…
The last couple of months have been dreadful. It was filled with exhaustion, boredom, false hope, and above all, plenty of freezing. It all started when we left the steamboat that brought Martin and me all the way from Seattle to the Yukon. The second we placed a foot on the ground, stampedes of other prospectors hurried along the harbor, as every moment that they were ahead of the others bought them a bigger chance in hitting it big in the mines. This is what they believed in the beginning, at least.…
I have spent twenty six days walking alongside this wagon, and let me tell you, we could not have reached Fort Kearny fast enough. I am both mentally and physically exhausted from walking all day. My feet have terrible blisters from my impractical shoes, and my mind goes numb while all I do is walk, ALL. DAY. The only time my brain is jolted from it’s zombie like state is when we meet an Indian.…
My hands, shaking and sweaty, fumbled with the little flashlight as I tried in vain to turn it on. After fifteen long seconds, the thin stream of light pierced the darkness illuminating my script. All humans, with a few exceptions, harbor a deep resentment against public speaking. We fear being ridiculed by our peers and even our teachers. We will go out of our way to avoid it but in the end, instead of protecting ourselves we just hold ourselves back.…
A.) Ivan checked the thermostate, and was warned not to breathe on it. B.) As stories emerged from the war torn regions of europe the world was able to see how harsh, extreme, and inhumane work camps were.…
The driver tried to provide comfort ,but he was already too far gone. Once the repair man finally arrive and open the elevator he was distraught. I helped the…
In 2005, I had just turned twenty-four and I was going on my first deployment while I was in the Navy. This was an exciting time for me because it was going to be the first time I have left the country. Also, I was about to experience new countries and cultures that I never thought I was going to see in my life. Moving to Norfolk, Va., I didn't know what to expect. I knew no one and had no friends in the area, I was all alone for the first time.…
This trip was pretty unplanned and the result of the last minute decision. We friends were sure to go on a trip, but the destination was to be adjudicated. Suddenly, this beautiful place popped into my mind, Annapurna Base Camp. And indeed this was the best decision of my life. It was an amazing experience to walk through the distinct landscape full of rich mountain vistas, terraced fields, peculiar Gurung and Thakali villages and diverse variety of flora and fauna in my Annapurna Base Camp Trek.…
The Camping Trip During the summer after my fifth grade school year had ended, I went on one of the worst camping trips in my life. It was sometime during the 2nd week of June. I was looking forward to this trip because all of my family was going. I mean everyone was going, my grandma & grandpa, my aunts & uncles, and my cousins. The year before not many of my family went, so that’s why I was looking forward to this camping trip.…
this is not related to my feelings at all. well, maybe a little. the broken inside does not referring to someone or something else. it's just me. whose muscles are aching and in pain, the after result from the camp.…
Carmen Pikpa Camp Lesvos Yes, every is holding his beath on what will happen. More and more new arrivals the last weeks. Last night some 200 people have arrived on the island. If I'm richt for the first half of September, some 1400 people have arrived.…
Have you ever wanted something so bad that just couldn't stop thinking about it? Well that happened to me. It was a sunday and I was sitting listening to my pastor, and then he mentioned something about a camp this coming summer, then I remembered how fun the camp was last summer, there were ziplines, hiking trails, swimming, kayaking, and a lot more, it was three nights but it was super fun!! But then I told my friend "Hopefully my parents will let me go, because it is the last year I will get to go before I have to go to the older one" now I was getting worried!…