As I skimmed over the overview, I couldn’t understand why my uncle had pointed me to South Carolina. Sitting there slightly intrigued, I thought to myself, “was this a joke, or did he perhaps flip to the wrong page?” Then…it hit me. I had just graduated Warrant Officer Candidate School a few months earlier, and the next phase of training required for me to complete my transition from a Senior Non-Commissioned Officer to a Warrant Officer was the Warrant Officer Basic Course. For my particular military occupational specialty, this course was held at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and my uncle knew it. He knew that I would be heading to South Carolina later that summer for eight weeks to attend that course. He knew that I would most likely
