Overcoming Doubts: A Soldier's Journey

It was finally the day. I was deployed to a different country for the first time. I looked my uniform up and down. It was a beautiful sight earned by months of hard work at training camp. The day of graduation, I took my rightful place among the ranks of the Army receiving a uniform with the name Willis on the chest. All my childhood I longed to be in the army and take down "bad guys," and as my dream was becoming true, I had second thoughts. Growing up I realized I had a great fear of losing my life. I told my friends who were going to join with me that I was having second thoughts about joining up. They made it their mission to make me reconsider joining. They said that I would be fine and that it would fun. And even if not it would be an honor to die for my country. I finally gave in and decided to join, but not because my friends were telling me to, but because I had a fear of losing my friends

I know what I'm doing!" I ran into the smoke and that's when it began. Bullets whizzed past all around, consistent as a metronome. I found Mead and began to pull the ruble off him. I was almost done and had avoided all the bullets raining down on me from The Gorilla. Just then the smoke began to rapidly blow away and that's when I saw the helicopter lowering down from above us. I hurriedly resumed pulling the rest of the rubble of mead. And that was when I got hit. A bullet hit my right thigh. It was the most painful thing I've ever felt. I tied to finish the job but the pain was too much. The world began to spin around me. I fell onto my side and just when I thought it was over the helicopter landed in front of us shielding us from the barrage of bullets that began to rain down on the side of the helicopter facing away from us. The side door flew open and two soldiers hauled Sergeant Mead into the helicopter. Two more soldiers grabbed me and helped me into the helicopter. The helicopter began to take off as soon as the door