I feel like as a person I put my friends first. I’d say family but if you’re my friend you’re right there. One and the same. If you ever need anything. No matter the time of day or night, distance, etc. I will do my best to make it happen. If you need an ear I’m there to listen. For my friends I’d drop everything and come running to help. I’ve been that way for as long as I can remember. Being that friend that even if I know you probably wouldn’t do the same, it didn’t matter. I’d still be there to help. This is good and bad in a lot of ways. You get used, thrown to the side because people get complacent and know that when push comes to shove, they have you to fall back on. Finding someone let alone a group of people who have that “would do anything for you” mindset is almost impossible. That was what I firmly believed until I joined the military.
People who join the military are a different bread. Yes there are some who are selfish, stuck up, and would still throw you under the bus the first chance they get. There will always be people like that who slip through the cracks. But for the majority it’s completely different. The mindset and caliber of people you will find in the military are like no other. Most people you meet in the military will become the closest friends you will ever have. We know what we’ve signed up for when we raised our right hand and swore in. I’d die for my battles and they would do the same for me out of love for our country and for the love we have for one another. It doesn’t matter how long we’ve known each other. What background you have. One of the best parts of the military if getting to meet, live, and get to know people from literal y’all around the world, I have friends now that are from Puerto Rico, NY, California, Virginia, Minnesota. Coming from a small town in Arkansas I never thought I would meet as many people as I have. People in the military are fiercely loyal, we love hard and fast because you never know when you’ll have to leave, wether it be because of deployment, heading to a new duty station, or they are just going home.
My best friend is a female I met at the school house fresh out of basic. She's spunky, loud, opinionated, lively, loves the chorus of Benny and the jets, and can quote the Office like no other! But her most amazing quality is how loyal and selfless she is. I’ve known her now for about a year and a half. She lives about 9 hours away from me. I know if I called her and needed her she would be here in a heart beat and I’d do the same. For her and so many others who are scattered across the globe from bases in South Korea and Hawaii, to places like Spokane Washington that I never would of heard out I am eternally grateful to have a family like y’all.
