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Alright, here's another update on the happenings of my life.
This summer was the most challenging, miserable, demanding time of my life. After three years of preparation including mountain warfare school, two years of drill team, and endless PT, I finally went to Marine Corps Officer Candadates School and I completed it. I went there in as good a shape as I have ever been and still I was pushed to my phsical limit almost every day. We were sleep deprived, physically exhausted, and tested mentally, and many of us didn't make it through. The instructors kicked out people who weren't fast enough, strong enough, or simply because they didn't think they had the leadership potential. We started at 57 candidates, ended at 35. Now, I know I'm usually a conceited, self-centered guy. So this summer was probably good for me as I have never experienced such a feeling of humility as when I realized that I was going to make it through. I was going to join the ranks of Marine Corps commissioned officers I would be given the privilege to lead Marines in the fleet. Words can hardly express how overwhelmed and humbled I felt. The site of OCS, which had been for me a place of misery and pain, now seemed like hallowed grounds, a place where Marine officers present and past had gone through the same things I did. I love the Marine Corps and almost everything about it. As time goes on, I find it easier to see myself making a career out of this.
Mock trial is about to start and I'm excited. I'm in my last year at UCSD and I would like to have as much fun as possible. I'm still driving buses, but I'm off to a bad start with that this year. It looks like it's going to be a busy year.
This summer was the most challenging, miserable, demanding time of my life. After three years of preparation including mountain warfare school, two years of drill team, and endless PT, I finally went to Marine Corps Officer Candadates School and I completed it. I went there in as good a shape as I have ever been and still I was pushed to my phsical limit almost every day. We were sleep deprived, physically exhausted, and tested mentally, and many of us didn't make it through. The instructors kicked out people who weren't fast enough, strong enough, or simply because they didn't think they had the leadership potential. We started at 57 candidates, ended at 35. Now, I know I'm usually a conceited, self-centered guy. So this summer was probably good for me as I have never experienced such a feeling of humility as when I realized that I was going to make it through. I was going to join the ranks of Marine Corps commissioned officers I would be given the privilege to lead Marines in the fleet. Words can hardly express how overwhelmed and humbled I felt. The site of OCS, which had been for me a place of misery and pain, now seemed like hallowed grounds, a place where Marine officers present and past had gone through the same things I did. I love the Marine Corps and almost everything about it. As time goes on, I find it easier to see myself making a career out of this.
Mock trial is about to start and I'm excited. I'm in my last year at UCSD and I would like to have as much fun as possible. I'm still driving buses, but I'm off to a bad start with that this year. It looks like it's going to be a busy year.