Becoming one amongst the few and proud Marines of the United States Marine Corps has been a tremendous passion of mine ever since I was a child, and up until my high school career, my ultimate goal was to enlist. Upon starting high school as a cadet in the Naval Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (NJROTC), profoundly instilled in me were pivotal leadership characteristics and traits, forging me into a leader as I grew with my unit. It has taught me the importance of discipline, unity, and respect for authority. While growing with the program, my aspirations and dreams were fed and grew as well. Rather than earning the title of United States Marine as an enlisted personnel, a fire burned within to seek to become an officer among these elite
