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Personal Reflective Essay: The Marine Corps Experience

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When beginning a new challenge, I am not one to immediately stand out among the crowd. Being misplaced into the middle of my parents divorce—from a young age—taught me to remain silent. Moving schools twice taught me that at first you are better off standing on the sidelines, but growing up taught me that all of these were God’s gifts to me, and I am a great person today because of it. I may have a shy tendency, but this is not out of fear for the unknown. On the contrary, the unknown excites me. The Marine Corps can take me places and give me experiences that I would never have the chance to do. I want to embrace foreign disputes, but I’ve learned that you are most sucessful when provided time to observe the most efficient way of handling

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