Military Training Report

I descend from a mixture of cultures, which happens to be, Irish, Scottish, Dutch and Cherokee. I far as I can tell, my ancestors started in Ireland, were one of two brothers moved to Scotland and married a Scottish woman. One of their sons, then migrated to the United States, and moved to Missouri where he met and married a Dutch woman, and they had three sons, which one of them married a Cherokee woman. From that point on, my entire family were born in the southeastern portion of Missouri, my father and mother were the first to move away from that area when they decided to move to Los Angeles, California. My older brother and I were born in Bellflower, California, myself in 1964. When I was young, my father and one of my uncles had boats

To get a better understanding of what basic training is about, basic training is designed to break down the individuality, idealism, and self-esteem of the trainees, only to rebuild them into a team / family orientated group that will help each other no matter what the situation. Subsequently, the Drill Sergeants train all the new recruits on the Uniformed Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), the laws, rules, and regulations that governs the Military. There was always training that had to be accomplished, first aid, physical training, the usage of multiple weapon systems, chemical protection and decontamination, maneuvers, camp defense and self-defense, and of course drill and ceremony, how to march as a group. As trainees’ we were referred to by the same name and the only way we could distinguish whom the Drill Sergeants were talking to was by the person they were pointing at. We started with approximately 120 individuals, and by the time we graduated basic training, eight weeks later, we had lost five, one due to injuries and four kicked out for the inability to adapt to Military life. Make no mistake, the Military is not for everyone, but for those who make it through basic and their advanced training, have a sense of accomplishment and pride, their view of others that went before and after them are that of “family.” The Army has a code and culture all its own, for those individuals that have served understand and accept it, first and foremost, no one’s left behind and we always have each other’s back. However, I found it interesting how individuals would change depending on where they were located, being in the military allowed me to move from one duty station to another, about every three to four years. I found that individuals stationed within the United States, there were many similarities in the civilian sectors, yet, there were noticeable differences as well, and the Military sector reflected the civilian sectors