Joining the Military
Finding a Higher Purpose For me, joining the military was a very easy decision. Senior year of high school was full of all of this pressure to apply to colleges and I was in no way certain about what my future plans were. I certainly was not ready for college debt. The prospect of leaving all of my childhood friends seemed sad but I knew that I had an obligation to my country and to myself to challenge the norm. I grew up in a military family so a lot of my initial questions and apprehensions were answered by my dad, a Marine of 17 years. So I started my search with the Marine Corps. I was drawn to the respect that the leaders demanded and how they commanded the room. The recruiters didn’t try to sell me on any bull, it was just do you want to be a Marine or not. It was actually my dad, Gunnery Sergeant Keller that convinced me to look at the other branches of the military. My next stop was the Army. The recruiters were approachable and helped me navigate what I wanted out of the...