I once thought I knew for sure that I wanted to join the military as a career. I decided to go to New Mexico Military Institute for high school as a way to prepare myself for one of the United States service academies. I was completely sure that I wanted to grow up and be Rambo, and be an army hero. Since I came to New Mexico Military Institute, I have reevaluated my own personality and what I would like to do with my life, and my future. I have decided I am much more of a pacifist than I used to believe.
As I have matured, I have begun to look at the institution of war as a much less glorious and honorable profession than I had thought. While I have been at military school, I have had the opportunity to live and learn in close contac
I think my views of war and the military as a career have changed as I have become older, because I know more about war, and I have been able to form my own opinions about what I believe. As my knowledge grows, my understanding has expanded to include not only the glory and honor of combat, but also the unpleasantness and horrors that go with them. I have certainly changed my mind about what I would like to do with my life.
t with people who have chosen to join the army, and I have learned a lot, about what the military actually does. I now know that no one in the military is Rambo, and the only glory one can gain through that life is by killing. I always knew that an army career would involve killing people, or helping others to kill, but I
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