Recommended: Interactions between military family members
David Bornstein promotes The Blue Star Families support group in his editorial titled, “Bonds That Combat the Isolation of Military Life.” In it Bornstein reveals the hardships which military families face and highlights the ways Blue Star helps these families. Bornstein begins with a testimony from one of the many military mothers that the organization has helped, Amanda Yeram. Yeram joined the marines when she was 17, following her boyfriend’s enlistment. Eventually, Yeram left after marrying and giving birth to a son.
He joined the army like any other 19-year-old would, excited, scared, apprehensive, and all those other emotions that go along with it. This was NOT like leaving and going to Arizona. A well rounded and disciplined growing up was the only way he was going to get through this. Bill attended basic training at Fort Jackson in South
Jackson Scott is a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States National Guard, and has been serving for five and a half years. Jackson was born and raised in Greeneville, Tennessee. He attended Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, and then transferred to East Tennessee State University in Johnson City Tennessee; where he received his degree in criminal justice. The school transfer was mostly because he wanted to be closer to his family and his now wife and my sister, Baylie Scott. Jackson went on to explain that he joined the military because he described it as his “sense of duty.”
Shortly after college, he was drafted into WW2. “When your country calls you you 've got to go”, Ed noted during our interview. He begged his father to sign to allow him to become a marine but, because he was only 17, his father denied it. Later in life, he would be grateful for his father 's decision. Training started with seventeen weeks at Fort Custer and was stationed at various places and forts throughout the United States.
I had no idea what I was doing at the age of 18 of I was ready for a change. My first Military Occupation Specialty (MOS) was an Engineer a 12 Charlie; Bridge Crew member. My first duty station was Korea. My leadership in Korea was phenomenal, the comrade between the soldiers in the platoon was that kind of a relationship between siblings that respected and cared for each other regardless of the misunderstandings. My supervisors respected the privacy of every soldier within the platoon, I was never a witness of a soldiers being bash by a supervisor in front of their peers.
I started attending Fork Union Military Academy in the sixth grade and have stayed throughout my entire high school career. To me, this in itself is a large accomplishment and is something I am very proud of. Every cadet goes through many ups and downs, I know in my seven years I have seen more than my fair share of trouble, but like my father always said, it 's not how you fall, but how you pick yourself back up. I made sure to do everything I could to show those around me, and to prove to myself, that I could pick myself up and accomplish anything. I faced and continue to face many different challenges in my daily life, those that every teenager faces, and also those that have been presented to me because of the kind of environment I placed myself in.
She also had to get used to her favorite and least favorite drill sergeants, “Drill sergeant Fleming was my least favorite she was...rotten, just rotten.” Although she had a mix of positive and negative experiences in the military each and every one of them have impacted her life immensely and still are. Making the decision, to go into the military was one of “the biggest” decisions Tasha has ever made, not only was it the biggest decisions she had to make
The morning of September 11th, 2001, started just like any other morning when my Platoon was out in the field. At 0500 hours I was woke up to start my morning hygiene routine, and reapply camouflage face paint before we started training. Shortly after quickly eating a Meal Ready to Eat (MRE), my squad leader was directing the guys in my squad to execute the morning maintenance on the Mortar System and our personal weapons. I distinctly remember that morning seemed to be going a lot smoother than usual, everyone was pulling their equal share of duties, no arguing or shirking of duties due to a little seniority.
The phone rings and you go to answer it. It is your lieutenant and he tells you that you are being deployed in Afghanistan in three hours. You go to pack and you know that when you leave, you might never return. Your family relies on your income and if that income perishes, they will have to sell the house. Your three hours are up and you kiss your family goodbye.
She than got a job after she was done with school. She noticed that it was very easy getting a job compared to Vietnam, probably one of the easiest things she did so far. Her life got easier from than on. Now she is living a normal life with three sons and one daughter with a shop own by her and her sister and she still has more to
Being a military brat means there is never stability in you home because you could move across the country any time, or your parent could come home one day and say they are deploying soon. As a military kid you really don’t know what is going to happen tomorrow, yes I have been lucky, I was born in Hawaii, and have lived in a number of states including: Texas, Oklahoma, California, and Wisconsin. I was lucky because when I was alive none of my parents were deployed but even then sometimes it felt like they were because they would work super late and then early and I would get to see them maybe once every couple of days. It’s not just that though, as a military kid you never have the same friends for more than a couple years, yes you stay in touch with them after you move but a lot of the times when you say goodbye
As I am getting ready to begin my college years, my experience in America is getting richer every day. I have realized how much opportunities I have being an American citizen and living in this part of the world compared to the life i lived in Togo and I intend to make the most of it. I’m working toward my goals and one of them is to join the military. I always have the desire of serving people and I believe serving in the Military is one way to show my gratitude to my new country and its
Joining the army is a very frightening decision since the United States has many enemies and is currently at war against terror. There 's a huge possibility I would get sent to war and witness horrible acts of violence. Many army recruiters tend to skip the topic of there’s no turning back as soon as you sign the dotted line. The army tends to sugar coat these ideals and principles while they tried to convince me to join as soon as my final year of high school would be
I don’t really enjoy picking fights, or committing any acts of violence. Truthfully, if I got into any type of conflict, my lanky body would probably give up on me halfway. That’s what my wife told me after I said I was going to be joining the US armed forces. “Mark, are you an idiot? You can’t even walk without limping, how will you serve our country?!”
Throughout my childhood and adolescent years, I always had a dream of joining the military. Though it was a choice, I still did not have any inside information of what it would be like, and the requirements and specifics of the Army. It wasn't until 2005 when I decided to join the United States Army that all my concerns and questions were answered by a recruit; and I was guided through the whole process to enter and prep for the Army. If it was not for the confidences and motivation of my recruiter back in 2005, I might have not made my leap and probably would not be in this uniform today. Becoming a member of the United States Army recruiting team means having a physical and mental toughness in order to perform efficiently.
