Personal Narrative: Joining The Army

Throughout life we may always face a decision we may not agree with. Life in general is a decision. Everything we do today sets us for tomorrow and our future. The issue is when one wrong decision could change your life forever. That is why one needs not to shame decisions, but take them as a stepping stone. In my life I have only experienced a handful of circumstances where I made a decision I may later regret. The first decision was in my senior year of high school, I was 17 years old when I decided to look into military branches to see which I thought would be a good fit. I ultimately ended up signing up with the Army. I graduated high school on May 26th, 2012 and left for the Army on August 28th 2012. I knew from that day forward I would be challenged while my limits would be pushed, however I was up for the challenge. My family was worried sick because usually soldiers are able to contact their family within 24 hours of being

My purpose for joining the Army was more personal than anything else. You see my whole life I felt I could never make my father proud. No matter what I did or accomplished nothing ever seemed worthy enough. Therefore, I decided to join to make him proud. I chose to follow in his footsteps since he used to be in the Army. My experience in the Army I faced was a struggle, however that did not matter. As long as my father was happy and proud of me. I feel I not only let my father down, but my whole family. I felt like my family, especially my dad was going to be upset or mad at me, yet they were proud that I tried. My discharge was something that opened my eyes. This was my decision to make and here I am with nothing to show for it. After high school I went straight to basic training and did not even give college or anything else a chance. Here is where I realized a life changing decision like joining the Army is something that needs to be done for yourself and no one