Who is Michael Johnson? Well, he is a dad of two amazing children, a husband to a wonderful wife, and a well-loved oldest brother/son of 7 children. He is a computer programmer who loves what he does, and has been very successful with it. He is a man with a dorky sense of humor, who claims that he was a nerd before it was cool. And lastly, he is a man who finished attending the military a few years ago. I, as one of the amazing children, got a chance to sit down and talk to him a few days ago to discuss his time in the military, and how he had the chance to come of age, because of it. I found out that although he didn’t think that he came of age at all while in the military, some of the challenges he had to face proved otherwise. Well, one of the first orders of business is which military branch he attended and why. When asked …show more content…
He said that his job in the military was communications, but he didn’t like it very much. In fact, he said that if he could change one thing about his experience in the military, he would have picked a different job. He said that he didn’t really like the people in communications, and that that made his job more difficult and less enjoyable. In communications, Michael would set up network connections and all of that type of stuff in communications. So in a way, doing this job in the military prepared him for when he would leave the military. He has to deal with difficult people sometime who he has to work with in his job, so the military taught him to be able to have the patience that he needs to have with those people. This job also helped prepare him since he still works with programming and creating applications which is the sort of information that he was working with in communications, so although he already knew how to do that kind of stuff, he got to have the opportunity to see in a different way how the programming could be
Client Information John, a fifty one year old veteran, has recently sought out career counseling. His goal is to find an occupation outside of the army. John wants to find a job that fits his personality and he will enjoy. John does not want to retire just yet, and wants to be able to provide for his family as long as he is able to. John’s resources are limited.
For some military veterans, military service was not by choice. For Colonel (Retired) William C. Allison that was the case. Colonel Bill Allison knew he was going to be drafted, therefore he made the decision to attend Auburn University’s ROTC program and graduate as a commissioned 2LT of Armor in the Regular Army in 1961. Following graduation Col Bill married the love of his life, Martha John Allison, whom he would say, “ was the ideal Army wife, always supportive, encouraging, and never complaining when unexpected reassignment orders came. His only complaint was that she always thought that she out ranked him” (W. Allison, personal communication, April 25 2018).
The quality of man that Audie grew to be is illustrated by the fact that when he returned to the States, he took his younger siblings out of the orphanage and raised them himself. He wanted them to have a better life than his had been. In 1950 the Korean War began, and Audie enlisted in the Texas 36th Infantry Division of the National Guard with the rank of captain.
He started with a series of basic underwater demolition/Seal (BUD/S), the longest military training in the world. He was pushed through hell week, which contains waking up at five in the morning
In April 1995 he went to the Marines office. When they asked why he wanted to become a
Zach R. Endsley joined the Civil Air Patrol, a volunteer support organization of the U.S. Air Force, and belonged to the Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps at Oak Ridge High School. He was fascinated by
Not coincidentally, his representation and integration of female in the Navy have resulted in his two younger sisters enlisting in the Navy. Both sisters have turned to him consistently for guidance as they work on their careers and develop as
Then he took a break from the military and worked in his families shop.
Jackson also saw opportunity to get his education while being enlisted. During Jackson’s first summer at Liberty University, Jackson became a member of the 116th Higher Headquarters Company (HHC) Virginia National Guard. To start Jackson attended Basic Training at Fort Benning in Georgia. He went on to tell me that the training lasted a long
Mission command and understanding the mission were critical to whether he and his Soldiers would be successful or not. Throughout the deployment, his firm understanding of operations and concern for the operational environment led to accomplishments and breakthroughs for the Iraqi people and his division with the implementation of governance, civil authorities, and overall improvement of
Ultimately Wes chose going to the military after all Valley Forge had grown onto him so much he liked being in the military.
Though it is the dream of most, few men have risen from the lines of poverty to the utmost remembered general of Virginia history. Many Americans know this general as being a humble man, “The louder people cheered, the more embarrassed he became” (Robertson 9). This man was General Thomas Johnathan Jackson, whose nickname “Stonewall” remains the most famous in Virginia history. Nevertheless, what a majority of people do not know is Jackson’s struggled rise to power and the “Gentleman of Manners” (Roberson 11) who placed his main studies on becoming a better person through a book of maxims. Growing up with his an uncle consumed with greed, Jackson partook in few opportunities of education and learning the prosperities of love.
2. Are you enrolled in school and furthering your education in some capacity, whether it be certifications and or a degree(s), and tracking your education needed for your military career? 3. Are you happy? Taking an interest in the lives of your Soldiers on a broad scope I believe is important to ensuring that they are in good standing overall, comfortable in the path
Along with being deployed some of my learned skills were acquired when I was assigned as a Fury FSC retention NCO two years ago, and my job was to educate soldiers about what they qualified for and other entitlements. Even though the soldier already knew the skills needed in the Army and had knowledge of the Army, I still had to persuade individuals to why they should reenlist. This required some craftiness on my part as some of these soldiers needed to hear something that they haven't heard