Convoy through sheetz

It is funny to consider how far I have come in my Military Career. Many people do not realize what is involved, what is required of an individual until he/she is fully ready to emerge themselves in the military doctrine. The discipline, the dedication, the duty; all of these things are considered a part of the cogs and gears of a greater machine.

However, National Guard is in itself, an entirely different entity. When considering the degree of professionalism which is always present, most do not realize the fun side of the military. For example, the image to the left is an image of my unit filling up fuel at a local sheetz. All the while we are joking and carrying on about how the people around us are peaking their heads out and taking pictures of us from their vehicles. Some people actually asked to take pictures with us, almost like we were some kind of novelty.

It is funny to consider that the degree in which the public is removed from the military, while most of the world runs into it every day, both saddens me and excites me. It saddens me that our civilians are so cozy in their every day life that when they see one of us, they feel want to put us in glass display cases and add us to their collection of cute things they have seen. Yet it also excites me to know that we are doing our job in securing the future for those we love.

Just a thought.