His High School Experience: Danny Gisher wasn’t exactly fond of high school. “I was a troublemaker. I didn’t try. It was just boring for me. The school was great. The teachers were great, it just wasn’t for me.” If Danny could go back he says he would have definitely tried harder.
His Military Aspirations:
Despite his father being in the Army for 13 years, Danny didn’t consider going into the military until his senior year. “I wanted to go to college, but I didn’t have anyway to pay for it and I didn’t want to have to pay back $40,000 in loans. So I pretty much said, ya know, buckle up and go.” Danny decided to go into artillery in the Marines.
The Transition from High School to the Military: The military and high school are two different worlds according to Danny. “Throughout high school, if you get in trouble, you get detention or something. In the military, you get in trouble, you lose rank, you lose pay, you might even get kicked out.” Life in the military makes you grow up very fast. “You need to get tough really quick. You need to be able to take a verbal lashing, and just …show more content…
The first four years is active duty. After those four years, you have the option to reenlist which is what Danny did. However, after re-enlisting Danny learned that he would have to go to Japan without his wife for three years. He then denied his reenlistment and is now in his remaining four years on inactive duty. However, this isn’t guaranteed. “Say, if Trump wants to start World War III, I would get recalled. I would basically just go back in and do what I was doing without a choice, no matter what I’m doing.” Knowing that he could be called back in any minute doesn’t make him nervous. Danny says, “The bad part would be losing what I have now. I’d have to lose my job, I’d have to stop going to college, my wife would have to live by herself. The whole transition back to the military isn’t hard. It sticks with you for
His Military Aspirations:
Despite his father being in the Army for 13 years, Danny didn’t consider going into the military until his senior year. “I wanted to go to college, but I didn’t have anyway to pay for it and I didn’t want to have to pay back $40,000 in loans. So I pretty much said, ya know, buckle up and go.” Danny decided to go into artillery in the Marines.
The Transition from High School to the Military: The military and high school are two different worlds according to Danny. “Throughout high school, if you get in trouble, you get detention or something. In the military, you get in trouble, you lose rank, you lose pay, you might even get kicked out.” Life in the military makes you grow up very fast. “You need to get tough really quick. You need to be able to take a verbal lashing, and just …show more content…
The first four years is active duty. After those four years, you have the option to reenlist which is what Danny did. However, after re-enlisting Danny learned that he would have to go to Japan without his wife for three years. He then denied his reenlistment and is now in his remaining four years on inactive duty. However, this isn’t guaranteed. “Say, if Trump wants to start World War III, I would get recalled. I would basically just go back in and do what I was doing without a choice, no matter what I’m doing.” Knowing that he could be called back in any minute doesn’t make him nervous. Danny says, “The bad part would be losing what I have now. I’d have to lose my job, I’d have to stop going to college, my wife would have to live by herself. The whole transition back to the military isn’t hard. It sticks with you for