The Army And Me

I can say I was overwhelmed and nervous. I felt alone, so many strangers. When I got off the plane, I was taken to a bus that was full of other recruits where we were driven to the army base. I remember seeing all these people marching and chanting RAH! RAH! Verses. When I got off the bus the sergeant was yelling "move, move, move"! Hurry up, do this, do that! Oh my god, I thought take it easy man. The first couple of days of boot camp was totally bewildering to me, I was only seventeen years old, still a kid and an angry one at that. The only reason I enlisted in the Army was to stay out of jail. My lawyer said it was the only way because of what I did.