WEBVTT 00:04.710 --> 00:08.409 I joined because I wanted to get my 00:08.420 --> 00:11.140 degree and also sort of jump start my 00:11.149 --> 00:13.810 career and I served my country because 00:13.819 --> 00:15.875 I love it . I'm very patriotic and I 00:15.875 --> 00:18.139 love protecting the little guy at the 00:18.149 --> 00:20.371 end of the day . My favorite part about 00:20.371 --> 00:23.780 serving is definitely how much you feel 00:23.790 --> 00:26.190 like they care about you . I serve to 00:26.200 --> 00:28.329 utilize the great education benefits 00:28.340 --> 00:30.700 and to develop myself professionally 00:30.870 --> 00:33.110 and to maintain discipline . I enjoy 00:33.119 --> 00:35.175 serving because of the ever changing 00:35.175 --> 00:37.380 environment , unique challenges and 00:37.389 --> 00:39.556 serving with one big extended family . 00:39.860 --> 00:42.130 I joined the military because I wanted 00:42.139 --> 00:43.917 to provide a better life for my 00:43.917 --> 00:46.028 Children . There's benefits where you 00:46.028 --> 00:47.972 can transfer them to your kids and 00:47.972 --> 00:50.083 that's , that's unbeatable . I wanted 00:50.083 --> 00:52.306 to continue serving my country in a way 00:52.306 --> 00:54.417 that enabled me to have a better home 00:54.417 --> 00:56.583 life so that I'm able to stay close to 00:56.583 --> 00:58.695 the family as well as be able to have 00:58.695 --> 01:00.583 that military experience , travel 01:00.583 --> 01:02.750 abroad . And that because there are so 01:02.750 --> 01:04.917 many traveling opportunities to get to 01:04.917 --> 01:06.917 see so many different places um and 01:06.917 --> 01:09.083 meet so many different people from all 01:09.083 --> 01:10.861 different types of cultures and 01:10.861 --> 01:12.695 nationalities and all that , the 01:12.695 --> 01:14.806 military has allowed me to travel way 01:14.806 --> 01:17.028 more and it's allowed me to do a lot of 01:17.028 --> 01:19.028 really good things . Every TDY I've 01:19.028 --> 01:21.195 been on , I've had a great time . Um , 01:21.195 --> 01:23.250 all the people here I love everybody 01:23.250 --> 01:25.306 that I work with . So they just make 01:25.306 --> 01:24.919 the TDYS and all the trips we go on 01:24.930 --> 01:26.652 that much better . Getting the 01:26.652 --> 01:29.459 opportunity to go on deployments with 01:29.470 --> 01:32.059 the members from my unit , uh serving 01:32.069 --> 01:34.069 and deploying with some of the best 01:34.069 --> 01:36.291 people there and getting the job done . 01:36.291 --> 01:38.569 And I will always remember those times , 01:38.569 --> 01:40.791 all the opportunity that Suri has given 01:40.791 --> 01:42.736 me to travel around the world like 01:42.736 --> 01:45.176 Latvia Germany at the end of the day , 01:45.185 --> 01:47.518 I just like the connections that I make . 01:47.518 --> 01:49.741 I have friends all across the country . 01:49.741 --> 01:51.963 And I just think it's awesome because I 01:51.963 --> 01:51.805 want to be a bigger part of the picture . 01:52.015 --> 01:54.015 I always want to serve my country . 01:54.015 --> 01:56.491 Also my ST even as a drill guardsmen to 01:56.501 --> 01:58.501 come out here and have that kind of 01:58.501 --> 02:00.557 separate part of your life where you 02:00.557 --> 02:02.723 feel really a part of something bigger 02:02.723 --> 02:04.557 than , like I said , bigger than 02:04.557 --> 02:06.612 yourself , the military will totally 02:06.612 --> 02:08.723 change you . And for me , it was 100% 02:08.723 --> 02:10.945 for the better . I came in just because 02:10.945 --> 02:12.945 I wanted to serve my country . I've 02:12.945 --> 02:15.001 always been a team player . I always 02:15.001 --> 02:14.731 played a lot of sports and this is 02:14.742 --> 02:16.853 probably the best team I've been part 02:16.853 --> 02:16.421 of