Personal Statement: The US Military

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What They Do

The U.S. military is what I want to do for my carrier they serve and protect the united states and they are different type of people who protects them like the air force is what I want to go and serve I don’t know what job I want to do yet but I’m looking in to what options I have. If the air force doesn’t work out I’ll just go to the U.S. National Guard and help people around the world.

How do I become one?

How do I become one? Well, I’ll have to talk to a recruiter and take a test for my education, aptitude, physical then they will tell me what I best fit in and what I would be working on while I am their and when I go to boot camp and this will be easy for me because I am in NJROTC so recruiter will come in and I can talk to them and ask questions if I have any and the test I have to pass is the asvab test that we get in school and the age requirement is at least 17 or up in order to join the military.

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We get paid monthly by our rank and how long we been there.

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