Army National Guard

As an Army National Guard I was determined to do things that would set me apart from others. I started out my career as a Quartermaster Chemical Equipment Repairer and then converting over to a Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic. I was the only female mechanic in my company. My older brother was a Sergeant First Class in my Company and he always pushed me to do different things. He knew how much I hated the stigma of “Females are not equal to Males’, in the Army. So one day I was talking to my grandfather and he said to me, “Baby girl what is your greatest fear?” I had to think for a moment and I said, “I’m afraid of flying.” So the next day my grandfather took me down to the airport to just watch the airplanes take off and land. I was trying to figure out what he was trying to show me. He then turned around and said, “You would make a great Pilot.” I looked at him like he was crazy and said, “Grandad, do you really think so?” He said “Yes I do, even though you are afraid.” I paused for a minute and…

During the spring of 2013 as my final days of being in high school were dwindling down, I found myself in a predicament. I desired to further my education by pursuing a bachelor’s degree at Wichita State; however, I wanted to avoid becoming the victim of crippling debt. After a little research, I found a solution to my problem with the Kansas Army National Guard (KSARNG). I quickly learned that joining the guard provides numerous benefits and opportunities that would fit my needs. By becoming a…

It all started as a typically cool mid-winter day. *******Insert more details here about this day – touch, taste, smell, hearing, sight******* Little did I know that by the end of this day, my life would be drastically changed forever. This was going to be the day I would be Called to Arms. I enlisted in the Florida Army National Guard in October of ’97 as a Fire Support Specialist. This job mostly entailed being on the front lines with the Infantry, calling in fire support and suppression of…

As part of the terms of losing, the Prussians were to occupy Paris for two days. During this time, the Parisians closed all of their shops in protest. The National Guard was unhappy of the compromises due to the war and they teamed up with some of the Parisians to voice this. This ended up with the deaths of two generals. This didn’t stop until June when the leader was killed. It was not before the slaying of an Archbishop that helped the people during the bitter winter of the Siege along with…

A watershed event is defined by the Oxford dictionary as an event or period marking a turning point in a course of action or state of affairs. One such watershed event that affected me professionally as well as personally was being selected to serve as an officer in the Air National Guard. After eleven years of serving as an enlisted member of both Active Duty Air Force and the Georgia Air National Guard (GANG), I applied and was selected for a commission as an officer in the GANG. At the time…

The gate was wide open and there were off-duty soldiers scattered in three different spots playing random games. Two guard were at the bridge sitting there and didn’t notice them until they went right in front of them. They had barely anything to say but the captain arrived and asked Gen, the Magus and Sophos to follow them. When they followed the off-duty got suspicious and followed too. A beefy solider came by and took Sophos hands out of Gen shoulders. When they did, that Sophos yelled…

that nobody else sees..” Freddy stood by the guards doorway smirking “Open up.. you wont last forever..” he chanted laughing slightly. He heard a small whimper from the backstage area and blinked in confusion. He walked to the backstage area and opened the door slowly “Chica..? Bonnie..?” he asked looking in. He saw a small girl huddled up in the corner, she was covered in some blood and wearing a black jacket and small purple dress. Freddy’s eyes widened as he remembered the small girl from…

usually went out to eat when they visited their families our they stayed at home and watched movies and eat popcorn. They had stopped at a gas station and they got all kinds of fans crowd around them so they had to be escorted to their car from a security guard. They said thank you to the security guard because he was so nice to them. The next stop was back to there old school to see what the principle believed and if he did . The group walked into the school and as they walked into the…

Only seven guards and two handmaidens remained. Princess Alara felt ashamed at how she dragged them across Sway, only for them to perish along the way. While she grieved, her surviving company consoled her and thanked her for her strength and wit that saved them from the monster in the marsh. Alara dried her tears and prepared for the last part of her…

timid he pulls himself together and gathers his gear and heads out to search for his friends. After an hour of searching, he comes in contact with a Glieseians lookout; he is shocked at what he sees. Over a large hill, past a thick tree line, stands a massive Military staging area. “What is that thing?! The others were probably taken hostage by these things...” says Jesus He knocks out the guard with a large branch and takes his weapon and I.D. card; Jesus is suppressing his weak side of him…