I felt depressed as I watched my hometown fly away as I left the army recruiting station on my way to boot camp. I signed up only one month ago, but with the war raging on they are trying to get people into the war as fast as they can. I fell asleep on the bus, even though they told us not to, I would hear about that later…All the sudden I awoke with the smell of coffee directly over my face. As I came to I realized it was the breath of Sgt. Weathers. “Private!” he hollered in my ear “what do you think you’re doing!” “Umm. Nothing sir I’ve had a long day” “GET OUT! GET OFF THE DANG BUS!!” “Yes sir. Right Away sir” They told us to go for a run, no specific run, just follow the road, because it was on a loop. So I ran. And I ran and I ran and I RAN. All of us new recruits had to get to know each other, because it seemed as though we would need all the help we could get. Our run started at 4, I was the first to finish, but I didn’t finish until nearly 8. We had run for almost 4 hours. After I got my cot and set up all my belongings, I was called outside of our barrack. Some guy who was like 6’7 started talking in a very low voice. “Your run today was amazing. You set the course record. Do u Run marathons?” I said no. “Well we are very impressed, and we are inviting you to our special Program for top Recruits. Gather your things. You leave in 1 hour.” “ But don’t I get a say in it!” he looked at me and told me to get my stuff before we had a problem. Crap.
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nice. I think you should be more descriptive.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great story, I liked that it was about you in the arm forces. It gives me an idea that you want to probable be in the arm. There was only one mistake where you spelled coat(cot), but besides that it was great.
ReplyDeleteI thought this story was very good, but you should start a new paragraph for every piece of diolauge.
ReplyDeleteAfter qatching the pacific last night and then reading, this you got my mind hooked on the marines and what it would be like to be one.
ReplyDeletejoe this is absolutely touching. it gets into the inside of a soldier departing from his former lifestyle and leaving everything that he once had behind. i go to bed every night and stare at the ceiling thinking "what if that was me?" or "joe, you changed my life"
ReplyDeleteCheck your grammar young man, I think I spy a "u" in there instead of a "you", I could be wrong because my eyes are getting bad, as I get older and older, and watch your language! their might be teachers checking this sight!!!
ReplyDelete-Grandma O'Donnell
Haha, reminds me of when I was in the Army, I stormed the beaches at Normandy. I received a medal of Honor, two Purple Hearts and three Silver Star Awards. Oh boy, was that a while ago, but I still think about everyday. The Army is one heck of an experience! I insist that all of you young men think about joining one of our military's branches.
ReplyDelete-Grandpa O'Donnell
Sorry guys, my grandparents got their first glimpse of the internet and their wasn't any stopping them, I hope you don't mind them joining us on this site, they are obsessed with these slices of our lives and want to meet all of you guys.
ReplyDelete-Mike O'Donnell
I thought that it was a really cool idea but could have used a little bit more description on things like the four hour run. Other than that I think this is a very fun story and you should add more to it.
ReplyDeleteJoe, good story, but you need to watch your captilization and where you quote and where you out the quotes.
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