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3 Things to Consider Before Joining The Military
On election day in 2016, I signed my paperwork to join the United States Army. I was scared as hell in the MEPS building because I had no idea if I’d be signing up for war or if this was going to be a big mistake.
By Jordan Mendiola4 years ago in Serve
5 Lessons The Army Taught Me About Life . Top Story - September 2021.
Joining the military taught me a lot about life. I feel wiser beyond my years and friends with their degrees. I absolutely value education, but a lot of the degrees seem like useless, debt building degrees.
By Jordan Mendiola4 years ago in Serve
How I Reintegrated to Civilian Life After a Deployment That Transformed My Life
Every new place you go comes with different emotions, aspirations, priorities, and purpose. After being in the military for three years, I was tasked out to deploy overseas to take on my role as a U.S. Army Engineer.
By Jordan Mendiola4 years ago in Serve
How to Be Productive on an Army Deployment
Imagine one day being told you’re deploying overseas for a year and have to leave everything behind. You feel bummed because you planned on graduating from college and finishing your final year out strong. Instead, you’ve got to pack your 100 pounds worth of gear and hit the road. This was my reality in the middle of 2019.
By Jordan Mendiola4 years ago in Serve
The Pros and Cons of Being in The Army Reserves
Growing up, I always knew that I’d someday join the Army like my bloodline of relatives who have served. Never did I think I’d join the Army reserves, let alone did I ever know about it until I graduated from high school.
By Jordan Mendiola4 years ago in Serve
My Military Career is Coming to an End and Here’s What I’m Most Proud of
Wow, where do I even start? My entire military experience has been an extremely rewarding one. For a kid who didn’t know what he wanted to do with his life after high school, the Army was a great fit for me.
By Jordan Mendiola4 years ago in Serve
The Battles Soldiers Face in Long-Distance Relationships
When the Army told me my unit was deploying for up to 400 days, a rush of emotions hit me. Before thinking about school and my future, I thought about my loved ones. Deployment would make me sacrifice important events — family dinners, my sister’s wedding, my dog’s last breath, and many more.
By Jordan Mendiola4 years ago in Serve
Documentary Review: 'Heval' A Hollywood Actor Makes Friends in Syria
Heval, in Kurdish, means friend or comrade. Actor turned Freedom Fighter, Michael Enright received many questions and concerns after he claimed to be a Heval of the Syrian refugee movement. The former deep bench supporting player in the original Pirates of the Caribbean movie, Enright joined the U.S backed Kurdish Militia to fight ISIS in 2015. The new Curiosity Stream original documentary, Heval, examines the mystery surrounding the actor turned unlikely soldier, the doubts surrounding his account and the evidence that may show he’s sincere.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Serve
Become a Sniper in the Indian Army
Sniping is a lengthy-variety taking pictures technique. This entails guns that could hearthplace lengthy-variety and deal quite a few damage. Many defenses aspirants dream approximately being enrolled withinside the Indian Army as a Sniper. Joining the Indian Army as a sniper withinside the sniper crew isn't with the aid of using any manner a joke. It isn’t taken into consideration clean at all. It calls for precise talent. If an aspirant desires to turn out to be a sniper, 3 abilties are very critical and the candidate has to preserve the ones in mind. The 3 abilties are:
By DeshKe Heroes4 years ago in Serve
My First Submarine Watch. Top Story - September 2021.
This was it. I was finally a useful member of the crew. Earlier that morning, I had finally qualified to stand the Shutdown Roving Watch. Our boat was in the shipyard, which meant the engine room was shut down, but someone still needed to walk around every hour and check on different machines and temperatures and pressures. Enter the Shutdown Roving Watch, or SRW, or roving watch as it was spoken. This is the guy that wanders the depths of the engine room with a clipboard and flashlight, writing down the same set of numbers each hour, bored out of his mind. During the day there are plenty of crew members to chop it up with, shipyard workers to yell at, and commotion to keep us busy, but at night, there’s nobody. Three guys look after panels in the maneuvering room, one of which takes the occasional trip down into the engine room, and every few hours one of the supervisors will take a tour of the space and review the clipboard, but that’s it. It’s an important job, sure, but only on the rare occasion that something goes wrong. Otherwise, it’s a lonely way to spend a day, switching off with other watchstanders every few hours.
By Jackson Sherry4 years ago in Serve
