So yea, I just looked at the last posting for this and it was all the way back in January. Well a quick recap of the last 4-5 months. nothing happened until last month or so, then a friend of mine told me to connect a different recruiter that he went through. Boy did things happen quickly.
This past Thursday, I officially swore into the US Army and have a ship out date of Oct. 6th, 2014. There are a flood of Emotions that I am not really sure of or use to, since I am one to hardly have emotions. The only thing I can keep telling myself is that this is the right decision even if it takes me away from my most precious treasure for almost 4 years (3years 22weeks to be exact.)
Here are a few pros and cons
Pros Cons
a career Away from the best part of my life, my daughter
insurance Away from things I have grown accustomed to
a secure job Being away on my own without the option of coming home
career after enlistment 30 days a year to see my daughter
getting a job I really want after 3 years
being able to be an officer after 3 years
free air flights to see the world
potential free housing
thats a quick list that is just off the top of my head. As you can see, the potential long run is spectacular, but the short term will make me very sad not to be able to be with my daughter as she "grows" up. I could of opted to ship out in a month or two, but I will not miss my daughters first day of kindergarten.
This upcoming week I am going to start doing some more running and getting in shape a bit faster. I want to be able to do 2 miles in 12 minutes, 80 pushups and over 100 situps in 2 minutes by Sept.
currently the running is a long ways off, but I can speed that up quickly once i get back into shape a bit more. pushups I am 27 and situps at 40. So this is a very doable goal. I'lm hoping to be around 35 pushups and 50-60 situps by june
