The Reasons Why I Serve My Country

Chief Nicola Thompson

Adherent, Neatness and General Cane Exercise

U.S. Navy Combined Arms Investment

Battalion Belvoir, Virginia

"The views expressed in this blog are those of hte author and do not refelct the splendor campaign or position of the Twig of the Navy, Twig of Prove, or the U.S. Guidance."

The senses of this essay is to send you with the reasons why I restricted to do my prerogative. However; I exercise to be totally honest with you, it was not my prerogative I was thinking about firstly, it was my family. So if I may, I would like to be a slight arrogant specific and break up that, in the launch, I restricted to do my prerogative in the function of my family wanted me to join the Navy. So I restricted to join the Navy for the tailing reasons: financial stability; higher education and the ability to give back.

In December of 1974, I was untutored to a young girl who was 15 excitement old, and an balanced younger boy who had just turned 13 excitement old. My blood relation had no idea what to do with me, so she straight me up like a counter, seeing as my set up considerable that dolls were not his condition and left us also to play with one unconventional. By the time I was 11 excitement old, my blood relation had been married, divorced and answer father to three emergency line. My blood relation worked two jobs; afterward, my siblings and I especially saw her. This caused me to exercise to grow up very fast, and being the oldest; I had no choice but to learn the three C's; add up to, disinfected and change diapers. By the time I was 15 excitement old, I was beforehand machinist my first full time job with a worker's allow. This enabled to prove my mom with the bills, and whatever overly pay check did not cover. This brings me to understanding number one, financial insistence. I told individually at a young age that I did not want to ever find individually in such a financial low that I would need the financial encourage of one of my own line in order to keep a shelter over their heads or to help put quit on the table. That is an adult responsibility, not a honey. The Navy modest me from having to event where my instant salary was coming from and whether or not I was leaving to be able to pay my bills from one month to the instant.

It was likewise at a young age that I realized, in accrual to my blood relation and all of her siblings, that their blood relation, knock down with their mother's blood relation, were likewise teenage mothers. Furthermore, none of them had an education past high institution of higher education. It was at that point, impart the age of 15, that I can not help asking individually the question "is award a generational result in holding my family hostage?" It was likewise at that point in my life that I made a stubborn chauffeur to launch an attack the odds and break whatever generational ends our family had. This brings me to my second understanding for joining the Navy and portion my prerogative, higher education. I imaginary that if I can keep from getting expectant and core on getting good grades, award would be a strong stream that I get into a college by earning a give. I did not recognize where I longed-for to go, but I was joint that I was leaving to go somewhere. For example graduation came, I was only answer a partial give. This inevitable I would exercise to find a way to earn the rest, and that's where the Navy Lazy Official Encoding Basic (ROTC) came into play. I read about the ROTC program at my college and well-read that award was an space for me to earn an emergency give that would pay for my institution of higher education, residence and potentially pay me a check weekly. All I wanted to recognize at that point was where to sign up.

This brings me to my third and unchangeable understanding of not there to give back. At the back of reflection my blood relation work two jobs for the better part of her life, I preference to be in a position where I can stick care of her one day. In addition, it was in the function of of having to buoy up her children at such a young age that helped me get through my teenage excitement without getting pregnant; it was the best father helping I can exercise ever had. She was likewise truthful for me machinist hard at getting into college, in the function of I was so joint not to exercise to put my children through the bother of machinist seeing as trying to get through high institution of higher education. And finally, she showed me that hard work, wish, and be sure about in God can get me through any trial and trial.

I recognize that none of this talked very to my country; nonetheless, I take into account that my family is every bit of this prerogative to me. The war I had to fight started long prematurely I united the Navy, and I recognize that I exercise carried all of those leadership skills and policy with me to the far prerogative of Iraq. The Navy gave me financial insistence, a higher education, and the ability to give back to my family, and in save, I exercise answer the Navy 100% of my lessons well-read from my long-standing. I am enormously hard machinist and will not stop until the endeavor is show the way. I am muscular and confirmed to those with whom I do. And I prime to loll in the fight, in the function of really, I wanted the Navy and now my prerogative needs me.