Nyxxx 💙 what inspired your desire to join the military?
Alright. Wasn’t expecting this question. Sit down because it’s going to be a LONG post.
I won’t say the name of the app, but it’s a mobile game I played since I was like maybe 9 years old? So I have been playing it for about 10 years at that point. Some random guy said “You should join the military it was fun” as a joke. I didn’t think of it much at all, brushed it off and thought it was outrageous. I replied to him saying “there’s no way I am doing that.”
I couldn’t help but shake off that thought. It would creep up on me in the back of my mind. I looked up if it was easy to join the military (by that I mean, how easy it is for anyone to raise their hand to serve).
Fast forward to Graduation Day of High School. There’s this guy in uniform standing outside my school. They were not letting us in and we were all outside. He kept peeking in and I thought he was a watch guard. So I asked him if he was one, he got slightly offended and we shared a few jokes. Turns out he is a recruiter. I told him that I didn’t even have the strength to open a water bottle, and that I was extremely physically weak. Asked him if I could join the military. He went “Nah don’t do it.”
I went home… few days later, I couldn’t shake off the curiosity. I called the nearest recruiting center, someone picked up and we chatted for a bit. The recruiter on the line goes “Did you go to (My High School’s Name)” And I was surprised that he knew. Turns out it was the same recruiter from that day. The reason he remembered is because I kept saying I was physically weak. This was such a cool coincidence because keep in mind there are like more than 5 recruiting stations in NYC, and more than 50+ recruiters and he happened to be the one I called.
Anyways,, we get done with the processing and initialization and whatnot. I shipped out to Basic Training and I failed it the first time because I could not pass my fitness test. Imagine being there for 2 months and seeing all the people that started with you, pass and you’re the failure. I asked them for a second chance and I did basic training a second time, and I was able to pass my fitness test. Now I am here, almost 19 months deep in my contract, 1 year and 11 months left to go.
Hope this was a fun read. :)








