The thing is, I am a 25 year old white girl from Chanhassen Minnesota!! I'm not joining the military to sit behind a desk!! I know those jobs are important and keep everything running smoothly, but that's not me! If I wanted a desk job, I would have taken that business job right out of college, and would have a very cushy life right now! I would probably have a house with a white picket fence, 2.5 children and driving a little mini van. Okay, maybe not quite, but I'm telling you life would be A LOT easier!!
If you guys remember, at the beginning of this journey, I wanted to join the U.S. Marines. I'm not going to lie, there is a part of me that really wished I had never given up on that! However, a wise Colonel once told me "a branch is what you make it! You can be a hard core Soldier, and you can be a pansy Marine!" So, I'm taking his wise words, and running with that!! Why not try to be the best? As an Army officer, why not have the physical expectations of Marines, and the intelligence expectations of the Navy/Air Force?
I know most people who go into the Army don't have those points of view, but I like to lead by example! My point is, I have no idea where I'm going to end up! I know what I want to achieve, and so far so good. Sure, it's taking me a lot longer than I ever thought this was going to, but I'm not going to give up on this, and I tell ya, this is going to make me one of the best Army Officers you've seen!
Napoleon Bonaparte has a quote "Soldiers usually win battles, and generals take the credit for them!" In my mind, that's wrong, but I must say folks, ya'll better be able to keep up, 'cus I am not going to stop until I get to where we all need to be!!
For my Popppop:
It's always good to have goals in the Military... once you run out of goals, that's when people start getting irritated and leave when their ETS date comes around. They no longer have anything to strive for. Bill had reaced all of his "pre-enlistment" goals. Now he's had to make a few more. :)
ReplyDeleteSadly, you won't be able to get an infantryman's badge... women can't be infantry, and only infantry can get the EIB or CIB. BUT!!! You CAN get the combat action badge. :) It's good that you are going into this knowing that you will deploy. It's annoying hearing the people who join and try to skirt around it. GO OUT AND GET SOME! HOOAH! ;)