'𝘼𝙡𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚.. 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙗𝙞𝙙𝙙𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙗𝙖𝙨𝙚.'
In 2005 Joshlynn Moore is set out to deploy to Afghanistan. She is met with the struggle of trying to adjust h...
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Soldier.
A man or woman who fights for their government and carries the weapons, risking their life in the process.
Never would I have thought to even be any where near a life threatening situations. I was still the same girl who was scared of a little old spider.
My calling was chosen for me long before I could even walk yet. My grandfather served in the army. My father served in the army. My older brother had served and now I was getting to serve my country. I wasn't all that mad about it... I didn't even know what I wanted to do with my life. But what I knew for sure was I wanted to get congratulated like all the rest of them.
I was always so tired of never being congratulated. I had gotten All A honor roll and was top of my classes. I was the fasted girl on the soccer team. I even won first place in a 400 state dash meet but nothing seemed please them. I was never enough. When I told them I wanted to be a teacher they laughed in my face. Sure it hurt a bit but it was only encouragement to work even harder. I never let anyone doubt me. I decided to join the army not just for my family but for me.
I mean really hard how hard could it be?
I want to show these assholes that I could do it. That I did what I had to do and I made it back.
That's what I thought.
I was wrong On every level. This is unlike any atmosphere I've ever experienced before. I was quite scared.. at one point I didn't know if I would even make it back home.I was slow on my feet from the others and at every challenge I couldn't do it. Sargent would always yell and say I wasn't doing it right or I needed to keep up. I thought I was better than everyone else.
I learned the hard way that not everything was granted to you and that you needed to work for it.
I would've been a suck up if it weren't for him.
I didn't even know how bad I would need him till the moment I did. After one conversation my entire life changed within a blink of an eye. It was hard in the beginning... but he was willing to wait forever.
In the end things don't really turn out the way I wanted them to but I sure wouldn't go down without a fight... even if It costed me my life.
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