Boot Camp
Spending a full week of training at Camp Pendleton made a serious impact on my life. My freshmen year of high school I was actively involved in the JROTC program, and one of our field trips is Camp Pendleton during Spring Break. It's a good program, first I lived in the barracks and ate the food that the Marines ate. I repelled off a three story tower and shot the M-16 assault rifle. And received a basic understand of what Marine Corps life is like. First, I was forced to live like a Marine, starting with living inside of Marine barracks. When we arrived at the camp we were assigned barracks and given a pillow, sheets and a blanket. Making up our beds was the first thing they taught us, because there is a certain way that the beds have to look. The sheets go on a certain way and the blanket is put on so tight and perfect that you could bounce a quarter off of it. Then after the beds were made, the barracks had to be cleaned and swept out. Which forced us to use our chain of command, the cadets with higher rank giving directions
In conclusion, spending a week full of training at Camp Pendleton made a serious impact in my life. The program gave me an experience that many don't get the opportunity to do or even think about doing. The training that I received at Camp Pendleton made me more disciplined, it challenged my courage and trust that I had with the other cadets. Lastly this training gave me the experience of an actual Marine, because that's how they treated us, like we were one of them. And that is something that you can't understand until you've done it. The Marine instructors took us to the firing range on our fourth day of camp. First a safety class was given to us, then we had to show that we were paying attention by using a simulated M-16. The simulator is nothing like the real thing, from the sound to the kick that the gun gives. When I was on the firing line and took my first shot, it almost made me drop the gun. The sound was deafening even with ear plugs and the power that this eight pound gun contains is amazing. We were shooting at a ta
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