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Show Brent Huff r 2 09 Corps that I worried about, because I probably didn't know a lot about the extended military life, or the bigger picture, more just this is what boot camp's like and the thing that the recruiter tends to sell you on. It's the challenge. It's something that, when you're at that point in your life, you don't want to just live a boring life; you don 't want to get into a job. I didn't feel like going back to school, I wasn't doing the mission thing, so I needed something a little bit more meaningful to be a part of. JCW: So why did you choose to join the Marines? Did you talk to other services? BH: No, I just walked right into the office and that was it. There wasn't really any convincing. I just kind of went off basically two people I knew, which was my best friend and also some guy I met down at Snow College and climbed with a little bit. They were both probably above average, I would say at this point, examples of people, of Marines, that is. For me it was the challenge. I wasn't doing it for money or a career. I never envisioned myself doing any kind of career. I just thought I need a catalyst for my life. I'm going to go to boot camp for a summer. Go to SOI, then I figured I'd come back and have discipline and then go back to school, then just do the Reserves for a few years. JCW: Was there any point where you thought maybe I'll go active duty? Or was Reserves the route for you? BH: Reserves was the route. Honestly, at that point I was still thinking I would probably do this and then mostly like come back and do the mission, go into a mission. JCW: So the Reserves allowed you do that? BH: Yes, the Reserves, you can straight out of basic training. You can take two years off and you can go on a mission. Most people, it's at the end of your contract, usually, that you go inactive. 3 |
