Born To Be a Soldier
During my lifetime I have always been around the military. As a child I was at various Air Force bases as both of my parents were in the Air Force. My father served in Korea and Vietnam. It's as if I was born to be a soldier. When I was seventeen years old I joined the Reserves and went to basic training my junior year of high school summer and then came back graduated and went to my advanced training that summer. I have given my life to the military as a soldier for twelve-in-a-half years and got injured in the line of duty.
Now I am a thirty percent disabled veteran and have served as a Department of Defense civilian since 2005. I had to resign my job at Fort Dix, New Jersey to come home and take care of my parents of seventy-three and seventy-five as no other of my siblings could handle this. During taking care of them I managed to get a job at the Rock Island Arsenal but ended up getting fired because I had to call out many times as a result of my parents going to the emergency room for open heart surgery and various heart attacks.
Currently I am trying to get back into the federal government in the logistics field but don't have the degree they desire. I also volunteer my time at the Army Community Service (ACS) located at the Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Illinois. Additionally, I have joined my local American Legion so that I can make a difference in this community for our veterans as well. To me there is nothing better than taking care of our military and their families and since I no longer can be there myself due to my injuries.
Therefore I have enrolled at Scott Community College in Bettendorf, Iowa to pursue this dream. To pursue the Associates Degree in the logistics and supply chain field so that I can continue to serve the military in this manner since I can't wear the uniform anymore. By receiving Alvin J. Cox Memorial Scholarshipit will help ensure I obtain my current goal. And just as any soldier you have born and bred that your actions require you to always put the safety and concerns of others over your own. This is how you exemplify the spirit of a soldier idealism which is Duty, Honor, Patriotism, Loyalty, Respect and Concern for others.This is my life and my happiness as I was born into the military, born to be a soldier.