In high school I researched several possible careers. I was dead set on being a pharmacist as early as junior high and up until I took chemistry in high school. My next idea was to become a pilot. I found the easiest way to do so was by joining the military. Unfortunately, my vision wasn’t good enough to take that route. But for some reason the idea of me joining the military kind of stuck with me.
My senior year in high school I almost joined the National Guard – twice. I really wanted to but others scared me out of it. There were also other uncertainties that didn’t get cleared up and so I didn’t ever end up joining. After high school I moved to Phoenix for school and again looked into joining, but never got to it.
Not joining is one of the biggest missed opportunities in my life. I have thought about it a lot over the last 10 years. After I got back from France I got a job that I liked where I earned enough that I didn’t want to leave and take the pay cut for military training. So it remained a missed opportunity.
So with the end of downpayment assistance, and thus my income, my opportunity came. I started wondering if I could become a pilot again. Yeah right – my vision didn’t magically fix itself. But as I was looking around I found a job in the Air Force Reserve that I’ll really like. I’m going to be a flying medical technician in an aeromedical evacuation squadron. I leave for basic training on July 20. Yep – that’s in 10 days.
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