een playing lip service to what everyone had been saying all along. The military had such a profound effect on me that I decided to make a career out of it. There is no greater reward than to serve for a cause or something bigger than yourself. It doesnt matter whether you are a civil servant, in the ministry, or just a volunteer for a charity or cause. It not only fills a void in an individuals life, selfless service helps others as well.Since joining the military I have gone on to receive a commission as an Officer in the Army. I am currently a Company Commander with around 280 soldiers that I am directly responsible for. I hope to be promoted to Major within the next 18 months. It seems like yesterday that I was walking into that recruiters office just to ask questions. It is hard to believe it was 15 years ago. I am married and we are currently expecting our first child in May 2002. I hope to raise my children in the same atmosphere that I grew up in only I will leave them wide open to learn whatever they want to learn. I just hope that I will be able to help them understand the big picture earlier than I did. I hope I have the moral courage to have faith in God and family to help them along. In this unstable world we now live in it is going to take a lot of prayer, and faith to make it.I know it sounds as though I have been rambling on about a hodgepodge of matters and experiences. The fault lies in my thought processing. It is the way I think. So please excuse me if I offend. This is just my way of explaining how I think and how I became the person I am.What influenced me the most growing up? I could sit here and pontificate using long scientific terms and diagnosis to be politically correct or I can just be honest. I think it was a combination of natural Cognitive Development as a child. I am a product of my environment, parent, mentors, and peers. I received my Ethological Development from these sources as well. These merely lai...
