Personal Narrative: Did We Do The Right Thing

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Did we do the Right Thing?
This refection paper reflects back on a time in the military. My husband and I were young E-6 in the military; living in government off post housing. We were the senior Non-commission Officers of the floor. One evening when we arrived on our floor we heard loud voices which sounded like an altercation between a couples on our floor. Once we enter our apartment one of the children knotted on our door and said, “My mother and father are fighting”. Since my husband was senior, I informed him he should go; which he did; however, he came back and told me to call the Military Police. I looked at the children faces, they were crying. I immediate put on my Senior Non-commission thinking and I marched out of my apartment

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