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looking more towards rotc?
I was a former ROTC scholarship cadet...and currently I am staying enlisted in the guard.... life happens, and then it happens again, and I decided to join the guard to help pay for school and possibly come back as an smp cadet...smp because of the higher opportunities for schools like airbourne, air assault, etc...you can see your time in the guard as an internship, and also, the extra pay... the extra pay is GOOD...having been a poor college student for the past few years... it has made a difference in my everyday life... it'll be a part time job that you'll like.
at this point I'm staying enlisted for my own personal reasons... ...and I do plan to eventually become an officer, after my first deployment coming up.
...i've been sitting here for the past couple of hours reading this forum and thinking about the past few years of my life (i'm 21y.o.)...thank you for asking this question. some of the replies i read had significant meaning to me.
honestly, i haven't been exactly a role model and i've made a lot of big mistakes...and i've done some hard growing up.
psychologists say that between the ages of 18-22 a person's brain begins to really solidify it's beliefs and thinking processes (which can directly correlate to your character or personality)
and so, especially at this age, i've been scrambling to figure out who or what type of person I want to be. and I can't help but to think that the reason you really ask this question is because you are in the same shoes as I'm in right now.
don't you think you've been looking for something beyond just being a "good officer[job title]" when you get into the core of the reason???
some of the replies were great... i'll remember them.
I may be talking more about myself than SStorm...maybe more of a self-observation than anything else.
I can see that how finding a good mentor or a living breathing role model you might meet on your way to becoming an officer can be profound...
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just a few sayings that many wise and virtuous jedi have said a long long time ago....
"I never let school get in the way of my education" -Mark Twain
"a life not examined is a life not worth living" - Benjamin Franklin
"always choose the harder right over the easier wrong"...the more easier wrongs you make, the harder the rights will get...(my personal experience)
"you're headed where you're going, until you change your direction"
"...Do your best"
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my apologies for ending up somewhere completely different...got lost in my own thoughts, and I've been thinking a lot about life lately
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