Marine Corps Personal Narrative

Four years ago a man in uniform arrived at the doorstep at my childhood hoom. He had

come to take me to a place famed for its reputation and hardships. I was 17 and headed to Marine

Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina. Although I departed with a great uncertainty,

what was certain was that I would be embarking on the journey of a lifetime that would bring to

bare on me the toughest, yet most rewarding experiences that would sculpt the person I've become

today. Coming from a family with a firm military background, as well as a lifelong fascination

with the service, I followed my fathers footsteps and enlisted into the Marine Corps. Despit

offers of more tame, and frankly less exciting specialties, I had enlisted as an …show more content…
With any luck I would also see some of the world I'd grown up fascinated by. Bootcamp

instilled in me a sense of purpose, self confidence and above all the Esprit de Corps that

Marines are famous for. I graduated on January 9th, 2012. To the relief of my family, and to my continuous frustration, fate would have it that I

would never see Afghanistan or any other conflicted area. In March 2013, my unit, the 3rd

Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, would deploy aboard naval transport to the Midditteranean and

the Middle East. During this eight month venture I would visit nine countries spanning Europe,

Africa, and Asia. Annual training was conducted in countries such as Oman, Jordan, Djibouti, and

Kuwait. The monotony of ship life was broken by liberty in places such as Corfu, Greece,

Florence, Italy, and Victoria, Seychelles. I would see everything from the 130 degree desert of

Djibouti, to the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Fast forwarding to the February of 2015, I would again deploy but this time to Okinawa,

Japan for a six month rotation. While here I would also visit the Phillipines and Korea where

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