Personal Narrative: My Life As A Military Brat

My situation was just a poor judgement as to whom I decided to have a child. It was not the ideal situation, but with the support of my family, I did not see any issues to being an active duty single parent soldier. The first four years it was a breeze, I was able to excel in every aspect of my life and what was expected of an healthy soldier. I was able to obtain college degrees, attend military schools, attend high level of military training and most importantly, I

Ever since I can remember, I have always felt a calling to serve my country. One of the reasons for my calling of service has been the influence of my family throughout my childhood. My father was a lieutenant in the Army National Guard prior to being injured and placed a high importance on honor and commitment. In addition, one of my Great Grandfathers was a Marine Captain in the Pacific Theatre during WWII and my other Great Grandfather was seriously injured during the Battle of Guam. As a child, I looked up to my dad and grandparents because I knew that they had taken a stand to protect our country.

Veterans today face many challenges still from when they fought in the war. After they have served in the military they go home to their families. For a while though the family is not used to that mom or dad back and, for the kids it is weird because they haven 't been around that parent and they don 't really talk to that parent. Veterans also get flash backs from war also so they are sometimes get scared or they get really weird.

How Being a Military Dependent Affected My Life Goals Being a military dependent is something I have known my whole life. My dad joined the Air Force in 1988 at the age of twenty-four. He initially joined the military to help people, but wasn’t sure what he wanted to do, this led him to fighting fires until 2010. I was born in the year 1999; I grew up with him working twenty-four hour shifts and then being home for twenty-four hours.

In order to survive wars learning the necessary skills is vital. Young men and women serve to the death to defend their country they believe in. But soon the constant stress and pain of what they do and see catch up to them fast. Looking past the pain of the emotions they also learn different skill that a special for a person in the military. Tim briggs joined the Navy after high school because he did not want to attend college and he has learned skills he would not have learned anywhere else.

It took 250$ and good deeds to create some doctor like me. Growing up I was the kid who looked at the world with open optimistic eyes. I grew up in a small city called Dora located in Iraq, the middle of three girls. I was born in the late 90s, I have been told that I was born "at the end of the good days". That's when Iraq's political circumstances were not at peace at all, at 2003 another war broke in Iraq.

Most to all of parents during war time left the work in the defense forces. Kids began to have to provide for themselves without parents around. Many male siblings and or fathers were forced to join the military (Reef

I 've had many family members in the military at least one member in each branch of the military. There are some bad things about the military that might happen, which are 300 thousand and rising numbers of military veterans on the streets, why should the one that protected this country live on the streets? People that get sent to prisons get a place to sleep, but our veterans don 't? There are 1.4 Million veterans are at risk of becoming homeless plus there are 460,000 veterans suffer from post- traumatic stress disorder (ptsd). Nearly 8000 veterans die from their own hands every year, so about 22 veterans die every day by their own hands.

I do not know of a life without the military influencing it, as it has played a strong role in my family. This upcoming year that I am graduating, my father will be retiring from the Marines. His retirement has been a long time coming, and there is uncertainty

They had three children, including my grandfather, who all served in World War II and were all expected to finish basic education. However, my grandfather was the only one who went to college. During his Senior year at Clemson, his class was taken to Germany to fight in World War II. My grandmother gave birth to their first child while my grandfather was in Germany. He briefly returned from Germany long enough to meet his baby daughter and conceive my father, before being deployed to the Philippines again before his final return

Coming from BCT to my unit was a big change. You go from standard military bearing to a laid back informal style. I arrive to my unit in July of 2008, from that point until January 2010 was spent training for a deployment. Now there is nothing that can prepare you for a deployment. You can go through all the briefings and all the trainings you want but nothing will prepare you for it. The day came to board the bus set out for a foreign country. I little about me first I am a very keep to myself person. I show zero emotion, as when I was a child I was poked fun at for showing any type of emotion. Once I boarded that bus I broke down and started to cry. I more I thought about it the more uneasy I became. I had to hold it together for

Growing up in Iraq in the era between the gulf war, Iran war, and Iraq war with the United state was a challenge for me, but it was not harder challenge than all what my parents went through to keep me and my siblings safe and sound. My mother is one of the strongest people that I have came cross in my life. She was and still the best mother, teacher, and my best friend. She graduated from Al Mosul University in Iraq as a Mechanical Engineer. Being a daughter of graduated mother will always push me to complete my education and go even further to earn my master degree too.

I believe in the act of paying it forward, and treating others the way you want to be treated in the midst of it. Ever since I was a little girl, I always had a heart to help anyone that I was able to. I hated seeing others down, making it seem as if I was higher than them when I had nothing. I believed that if I was in their shoes, I would want someone to help me. Seeing homeless people on the side of the streets sad, hungry, desperate for just a bite of a sandwich or even a couple dollars to get them by for the next few days, made me realize how much I want to help people who are in need. This is the reason I am becoming a nurse practitioner and become apart of The National Guard.

Joining the military was a much-needed event. Before joining the military, I would stay out late at night with my friends and I really did not know what I wanted to do next with my life. This was of course something that I needed to change because I needed to have some idea of what I wanted. On September 11, 2001 while I was at school, I arrived to my second class of the day where the teacher was watching the September 11 attacks as they were happening live on TV. I was shocked at what was happening!

When Chris found out he had a child back in Vietnam, he rushed back to the Country in search for his son, “Thousands of children were fathered by American service men during the Vietnam war. Now in their 60s and 70s, some veterans are desperate to find the sons and daughters they have never known” (Roberts). Many children grew up without a father in their life; wondering why they have not come back to save them from the horrendous condition they live in. However, many soldiers were not aware about having a child from Vietnam; having never reconnected with the people who they served with and the friends they made in the Country.