From the moment I came up with the idea of wanting to join the military, everyone has asked me, why do you want to join the military? Why do you want to risk your life for others? What is it that inspires you to go Infantry? Why don’t you just live a normal life and go to college? I thought that through over and over in my head, till finally I came up with everything, and found an answer to tell everyone. What I want from the military is to not only put my life in danger for the people of the United States, but to be a hero in my own eyes and my families’ eyes. Some of them will never support your decision on joining, but others will at all times stand behind you through it all. Somebody has to do the job that others either cant or choose to not try in life. If it wasn’t for us, who knows what would happen to this country. I joined for the simple discipline of society to be shown that I can make the hardest task become the simplest task, the most ineffective way of doing anything, to produce it into being the highest efficient way of getting it done. I joined as a kid, to become a man, to be the best at anything and everything, to be taught skills that most people in this world would never learn. I was broken down once I joined; they cut my hair, gave me tags, assigned me a weapon, and said “I will train you to be a Soldier, someone that can withstand the most stress in any situation, to become stronger, not just physically, but mentally, and emotionally as well. I will train you to be someone you never knew you could become, as well as someone you know you can become, a Soldier.” At this moment, I finally see that I have accomplished that and became a Soldier, someone that is disciplined, physically and mentally tough, as well as trained and proficient in my warrior tasks and drills. If I could take it all back and choose a different path, I would choose the same thing. I enjoy the thrill of the military in learning new information and ways of doing things. I am inspired to become not only a Soldier in this military, but to become a leader of Soldiers, and show them what I have been taught, as well as everything I do intend to learn. I want to achieve what my peers achieve, and what my superiors achieve. The only difference is I want to not only achieve what they have, I want to become better at it then they are, and put myself at a higher standard as they are already. I want to be one step closer to success then everyone else for the dignity of myself to show others that I am not weak or incapable of success. I want to work hard to get there, but not work hard alone. I want to be taught everything there is in the hopes of showing my superiors that I am willing to take the extra step that everyone else is not caring to take. I want the knowledge skill sets of knowing what my job would be two ranks above myself, as well as one rank below me at all times, to not only allow myself to know it, but let others learn from me so when they get to that pay grade in their careers that they will know how to conduct themselves to show their Soldiers how to properly have the knowledge skills that I learned during my military career. There is nothing greater than seeing Soldiers or subordinates achieve or complete a mission that you taught them how to do or took charge of and conducted to a higher standard. I want to be that leader that everyone looks up to, that they come to for anything. I want to be known as that leader that went from being nothing, to being something, only because he pushed himself to become a Soldier with the knowledge skill sets that he worked extremely hard to learn.