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4 proud to Be Army stronG
Profle o Sta Sgt. William Alston
7 inside West point
As told by Cadet Zach Coutreau
8 Army reserve civil AFFAirs: mAkinG A diFFerence
One Soldiers mission to Aghanistan
10 experiences oF A liFetime
One National Guardsmans tribute to his riends
12 mAkinG mArines, WinninG BAttles, developinG QuAlity citizens
by Sgt. Guillermo Vargas
16 lieutenAnt Junior GrAde AndreW Bonderud
Lie on board the USS John L. Hall
19 nAviGAte your roAd to success
Find out i the Military is right or you
20 WhAts your roAdmAp For success?
These websites can help you fnd the inormation you need
22 BeneFits
The Military oers much more than a paycheck
24 stridinG toWArd success
How a high school track star built her Navy career and beyond
26 Air Force elite: tAkinG the leAp!
Pararescuemen save lives
29 Air GuArd: pArt-time Blue, Full-time you
These well-trained units are ready or mobilization
30 Air Force reserve: stAtioned locAlly, servinG GloBAlly
How one Citizen Airman serves his country
33 selective service
What everyone should know about registering
34 AlWAys reAdy
Meet the Coast Guards frst emale Arican-American pilot
37 From enGine repAirs to puBlic AFFAirs
What its like to be enlisted in the Coast Guard
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fAsTfactThe Patriot system is the air and missile deense system o the U.S. Army and ormany other countries as well, including Israel, Japan, Kuwait, Netherlands and Spain.
Sta Sgt. William Alston neer backs down rom a
challenge. He credits his persistence and work ethic
or haing helped him adance in his Army career.
Ie been ortunate to hae done well in the Military,
says Alston. I hae adanced because Ie applied
mysel. My best day in the Military was the day I
was promoted to sergeant.
Fie years ago, Alston let his ciilian job doing sheet
metal work to enlist in the Army. Today, he is a sta
sergeant or the launch platoon in a Patriot missile
battery. Hes responsible or 27 ellow Soldiers and
millions o dollars worth o sophisticated missile-
launching equipment. The Patriot missile protects
against enemy tactical ballistic missiles, cruise
missiles and aircrat by shooting them out o the sky.
Our platoons mission is to get six launching stations
and a Guided Missile Transporter out to a speciclocation, get it deployed and get ready to shoot at a
moments notice, says Alston. Its my job to make
sure all the training is being conducted, theres a
good working enironment and that my Soldiers are
happy most o the time.
Mentorship appeals to Alston. Ie
always liked the idea o teaching
people, he says. To go out eery
day and constantly get new Soldiers
in and to teach them how to do
their job, that is one o the most
rewarding things.
Alston has spent most o his time in the Army
stationed at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, but he has
also traeled all oer the world including a year
in South Korea.
Liing in Korea was denitely a culture change,
says Alston. It was a abulous time liing there
and learning about a completely dierent culture.
The only tough thing was being away rom amily,especially during the holidays.
Howeer, Alston ound that his ellow Soldiers made
being away rom home bearable.
Youre with these guys 24/7, 365 days a year during
deployment, he says. Theyre like a amily. I
theres a plus side to deployment, its knowing that
youre not alone.
Alston and his platoon will soon leae or a yearlong
deployment in Qatar near the Persian Gul. Although
his job can be dicult, Alston nds it motiating to
sere a greater cause.
To walk around eery day in that uniorm and know
that the United States has the reedoms that we
hae because young women and men like me sere
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Going to school at West Point, I am constantly remindedo the people who came beore me. Walking to class andpassing the statues o American heroes such as General(s)Patton, Eisenhower and McArthur, the history and tradi-tion o West Point is always around us. I eel proud andalso humbled to ollow in the ootsteps o these renownedindiiduals. It motiates me knowing that they, too, haeendured the same things I hae at West Point and haegone on to lead incredibly successul lies.
Once a candidate has been oered and accepts admission
to West Point, Cadet Basic Training (CBT) is his or hernext hurdle. CBT takes place the summer beore reshmanyear, when new cadets learn how to perect the simplethings, like keeping a proper room and adapting to WestPoint and its military culture.
A Avra Day
At West Point, an academic day begins with the rst classat 7:30 a.m., and the last classes o the day
conclude by 4 p.m. While some may thinkwe spend all day studying military
tactics, this is not true. Animportant part o the West
Point academic experience just like at any othercollege or uniersity is theselection o a major. Thereare 45 majors to chooserom, ranging rom mechani-cal engineering to philosophyto anti-terrorism to my chosenmajor, business management.
Once the academic day is oer, each cadetmust participate in a arsity, junior arsity orintramural sport rom 4 to 6 p.m. Most cadetsparticipate in intramurals, which includeootball, soccer, biathlon, street hockey, wres-tling and grappling. I participate in intramuralorienteering and biathlon sports that comple-ment my loe o running and keep me actieand in shape while also building camaraderiewith my classmates. Following sports, cadetshae ree time until lights-out at midnight.
Brac ad Post
In my senior year at West Point, I will choosemy branch and post. Branch is the eld in theArmy I will be inoled with once I graduate.Choices include inantry, armor, aiation, eldartillery, military intelligence, engineering, airdeense artillery, adjutant general, chemicalcorps, nance, medical corps, military police, ordnance,quartermaster, signal corps and transportation corps.
Post is where I will be stationed ater I graduate. TheArmy has posts all oer the United States and in Germany,
Italy, Korea and Japan to choose rom. Class rank at WestPoint helps to determine which branch and which post Iam assigned to once I graduate.
West Point, thus ar, has been a unique and wonderulexperience. I hae already made riendships that shouldlast a lietime. Whether its completing a 12-mile marchor passing math class, I need the help o my riends eerystep o the way. Through those struggles, bonds areormed that are shared only by cadets.
The United States Military Academy, also known as West Point, is both an Army post and
the countrys oldest military and service academy. Cadet Zach Coutreau, a junior, oers a
frst-hand account o what it is like to attend the prestigious institution.
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West Point is not the only commissioning source or the Army. The Army Resere Ofcers' Training Corps (ROTC) programproduces nearly 60 percent o Army Ofcers currently sering in the Army, Army Resere and Army National Guard.
ROTC is oered at more than 1,100 traditional colleges or uniersities, including 11 junior and senior military colleges.It oers students the option to pursue an undergraduate degree in nearly any major while also becoming cadets wholearn frsthand what it takes to lead others, motiate groups, manage an organization and conduct missions.Upon completion o the Army ROTC program and graduation rom college, cadets earn the bar o a second lieutenant asa commissioned ofcer in the Actie Army, Army Resere or Army National Guard.
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Theres this human need to make a dierence inthe world, says Sgt. Jesse Reder o the Army Resere.I know Ie made an impact, instead o just sitting onthe sidelines.
Reder deployed to Aghanistan with the 405th CiilAairs Battalion or a year starting in March 2006. Aspart o a ciil aairs unit, Reder and his team actedas liaisons between local ciilians and the Military.
Our goal is to help restore theirgoernment to as good as itwas or better, he says. Wewant to deelop their econo-my, and its important thattheyre able to maintain aproper goernment.
Reders unit worked with sixdisplaced-persons camps,helping indiiduals and amilieswho had returned to re-settle intheir country aterbeing displacedinitially by the
Russian inasion andfeeing to Pakistan.
We built roadsconnecting thosecamps to the maincity, and the cityproided a bussystem so peoplecould get intoJalalabad (A-ghanistan) to ndwork, saysReder. Byplacing roads, property alues goup, death rates go down It makes a dierence in peo-ples lies. We did eerything we could to help make thosegroups sel-sucient.
One o the primary tenants o the Army mission in Aghani-stan is the ability to protect the ciilian populace and tounderstand their needs. With that mission in mind, Reder
madeit a priorityto interact with localcitizens wheneer possible andespecially enjoyed the time hespent with children.
We went and plowed out a littlsoccer eld on our base, remebers Reder. "We een builtsoccer goals with camoufage
netting. Then we inited some othe boys to play soccer.
Howeer, Reder noticed that the girls welet out, since they werent allowed to plaboy sports.
So, I bought a whole bag ull o jumpropes or the little girls, he says. I sorealized that I didnt hae enough, so Istarted a competition: Whoeer could lastlonger than me could keep the jump rope. een taught them Double Dutch! That was
really un day.
Reder says nothing could describe the eelino accomplishment he elt when he returnedhome. Hes looking orward to his next missioand a new opportunity to make a dierence.
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I came rom a small town with only one stop sign,says Sgt. Nic Ashby, an Army National Guard memberwith the 579th Engineer Battalion in Santa Rosa, Cali.I elt the Military was the way I could get out there andexperience lie.
Experience it he did. Ashby deployed to Iraq in 2004 as ademolitions expert.
I could run any weapons system that we had in ourarsenal, he says. I was a gun truck drier, a gunnermounted and dismounted, a grenadier, a demolitions
expert worked with Special Forces, and I was eenpart o the security detail in the elections in Mosul.
Though Ashby is a combat engineer, he emphasizes thatsome o the most important things Soldiers are doing inIraq hae nothing to do with combat.
A lot o (Iraqi) kids didnt hae clothes or shoes. Soldiersstarted writing to companies back home and had ouramilies and other(s) send us clothes so we could distribute them in our ree time, he says.
Iraq was the best experience o my lie, adds Ashby.What I miss is how much you actually accomplish in aday compared to being here in the U.S. Eery minute oeery day you are productie. People dont realize howmuch time they lose by not liing lie, watching Tv, etc.
Howeer, Ashbys deployment also proedto be among the most dicult o timeswhen his battalion lost three Soldiers.Upon returning home, he was determinedto honor his riends in a meaningul way.
In his ree time, Ashby is a tuner, an
automotie enthusiast who mechanicallyand cosmetically alters cars. Hedecided to customize an Innity 345with images o his three allen riends.He then took the car, known as theThe Fallen Heroes Car, on a nationaltour and receied acclaim on the tunercircuit and within the National Guardor the patriotism he inspired. He hassince built the Citizen Soldier Car,which is also on tour. He isrecognized by tuner media
journalists as one o thehottest car designers inthe nation and continuesto build cars in supporto the National Guard.
Ashby eels his sericein the National Guardhas helped him as araming diisionmanager at anengineering
company, wherehe leads 80employees. Hissel-discipline, leadership,condence and attention to detail are charactertraits Ashby beliees help him succeed in both hismilitary and ciilian careers.
When asked to sum up his experiences, Ashby sayssimply, At 27, I already hae three careers: my ciiliancareer, my military career as a demolitions expert and mrole as the (Army) National Guards ocial car-builder.
Not a lot o people can say that.
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Marines are made, not born. Twelve weeks o the toughest trainin
the world transorms civilians into members o the United States
noble fghting orce.
A person must hae the desire to become a Marine regardless o
adersity, said Gunnery Sgt. Lysa Packard, a ormer drill instruc
currently stationed in Camp Pendleton, Cali.
Being one o the ew and the proud and to be a emale in the
Marine Corps just makes it een more o a challenge. I I was awoman in the Military, in the Marine Corps, I thought that I cou
accomplish anything. So I was like, I might as well go or it and
see what I can do, Packard said.
Anything was a small understatement. Packard decided she
wanted to make Marines a prestigious position held by a ew.
My best moment was probably graduating my ery rst plat
as a drill instructor, she said. Its a thankless job until you ge
to the end, when you see the aces o those recruits who nally
become Marines and you see the aces o their parents. The exp
sions alone are enough or me to say, This is why I do what I do
Gunnery Sgt. Jorge Castillon, a drill instructor stationed at Mari
Corps Headquarters in Quantico, va., has enjoyed eery day o
Marine Corps career, he said.
It was a dierent experience. All the structure took a lot o
adjusting to, he added. My biggest misconception was that
eerything was going to be about combat. It was more academi
than I thought it would be. Eery day was an accomplishment,
and it built my condence up.
Castillons aorite moments were when he spoke to the amilie
o new Marines.
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Ie had parents come up (at Basic Training graduation) and
ask me who their son is because they dont recognize them,
Castillon said. (Its because) they stand a little bit taller. Its
just that the aura (Marines) gie o is dierent.
Castillon currently trains ocer candidates and is proud he is
part o putting Marine leaders into the Corps.
Were here to train, screen and ealuate or leadership po-
tential, Castillon said.
Marine Basic Training challenges young people both physi-
cally and mentally.
One o the reasons drill instructors scream all the time isbecause one o the stresses a Marine will ace in combat is a
lot o unnering sounds. I we get Marines used to being able
to concentrate with controlled chaos in the background,
we know were setting them up or success, and theyll come
back saely.
But that is only the beginning o becoming a Marine. Marines
are taught in Basic Training that mission accomplishment
is the most important part o becoming a Marine. Winning
battles is top priority or Marines.
The Marine Corps is Americaspremier expeditionary orce, ready to protect our nations interests
on the battlefeld and beyond.
On August 2, 2007, Cpl. Moses Cardenas, 20 years
old and a lance corporal at the time, was doing a zone
reconnaissance mission while deployed to Anbar proince,
Iraq, when he ound his platoon barraged by an insurgent
suicide bomb, numerous rocket-propelled grenades and
heay machine-gun re.
First thing in the morning we had two ehicles come
in. They were just fying through the desert. We started
chasing them, recalled Cardenas. We pulled them oer,
and the drier and the passenger went behind the
tanker truck, and Im yelling at them come here, come
here! And theyre not listening. Not een a second later
three guys pop up rom the top o the truck, and we started
engaging in the reght.
In the heat o the moment, Cardenas receied an order.
My chie scout (Sgt. Randy Roedema) gies the command
to all back to the ehicles or coer, and as were bounding
back, thats when my sergeant got shot. He went down right
away, Cardenas said.
It defnitely made me a lot more responsible.
Now, everything I do, I always have the
Marine Corps in the back o my mind.
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Marines live the American way o lie they protect. They are
leaders at home and in their communities.Once a Marine always a Marine is a common saying
among Marines.
The Marine Corps is not just something you join or
years, Castillon said. Its a way o lie, and it chang
your lie. Youll always be a Marine and think like a
Marine. The Marine Corps is something you become.T
Corps gies you a lot o qualities that the ciilian worl
looks or: the ability to lead, the ability to superise a
train people and get the task done. I someone is able
succeed in the Marine Corps, theres no reason why th
shouldnt succeed in the ciilian world.
Not all Marines stay in the Marine Corps or 20 years, bthey will deelop skills that will help them in the utu
His order was to all back to the ehicle, but Cardenas couldnt
complete that order without his sergeant.
I got shot twice. The second bullet brought me down. I looked
oer and saw my sergeant, and I couldnt keep going without
him. I said, Not today. So I run to him; my riend is proiding
coer or me. I pick him up; I tell him youre going to see your
daughter. (Roedemas wie was expecting a baby girl.)
Marines are people who not only risk their lies or a comrade; they
also are willing to risk their lies or the innocent and their reedom.
Sgt. Oman Gomez is a Marine aircrat reghter who manned
a 24-hour aireld in Iraq, and his mission was to preent res
rom escalating.
Once, we had a C-130 come in with a wheel re, and we were
able to respond and put out that re with minimum damage to
(the aircrat and the people in) it, Gomez said.
Putting that re out was his job, he said. But helping the Iraqis be
ree was his commitment.
One o my proudest moments that stands out in Iraq is that they
had oting ballots, and women were allowed to ote or the rst
time. We were there or that, and that was pretty great, Gomez
said. Giing seen months, eery single day giing my best, I was
able to see what the war eorts are doing in Iraq, whether it was
opening schools or opening up the oting process.
Marines are trained to win battles, but not een all the training
in the world could teach a person to risk his or her lie to sae
someone else. Those are the types o people that hae theopportunity to call themseles Marines. For some, the Marine
Corps is a lietime commitment.
Im getting out (o the Marine Corps), when they kick me out,
Cardenas said.
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The Marine Corps is an organization that encourages
people to continue learning. Personal achieement is
highly looked upon in the Marine Corps. That is why the
Marine Corps oers higher education programs such as
Tuition Assistance, the Montgomery GI Bill and the Marine
Corps College Fund.
Sta Sgt. Michael Wul, who is currently sering at Quantico,
joined the Marine Corps because he hopes to become a lawenorcement ocer in the ciilian world and wanted to gain
military experience.
There are many education benets you can take adantage
o in the Marine Corps, Wul said. I looked up the GI Bill
and Tuition Assistance and managed to do distance learning
and completed my graduate program. I got my masters in
criminal justice 100 percent paid or. I know that i I decide
to get out o the Marine Corps, I hae something to all back
on or my resume.
Marines also try to improe the community around them
through olunteering.
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(As a Marine) Ie done a lot o community serice
eents around San Diego, said Sgt. James Weygandt.
Wee done eerything rom picking up trash around
the beach to planting trees and doing dierent landscape
work at parks. You can coach kids baseball teams
and stu like that anything you can do to help out
around the area.
Weygandt added, Sering your country is one o thebest things you can do. I haent decided whether Im
going to make a career o it or go to college and nd a
dierent career. My options are still open. So ar, Ie
taken general education classes so I can begin to nd
my course. Im interested in physical therapy and the
medical eld in general.
Nay Fleet Adm. Chester Nimitz said, O the Marines
on Iwo Jima, uncommon alor was a common irtue.
Some o those Marines hae passed away, yet their
legacy is perpetual. It starts with ordinary citizens whochallenge themseles to do extraordinary things or
the good o all that we cherish and hold dear as
Americans. They still come today, and they are proud
to call themseles Marines.
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a lot o responsibilities. Theres neer a moment whencant perorm. With these moments o stress comeanxiety, but at the same time I know Im contributing something thats greater than me.
Today, Bonderud is the damage control assistant on thUSS John L. Hall based in Mayport, Fla., on a guidedmissile rigate an anti-submarine warare combatantthat has an anti-air warare capability. Bonderud is
responsible or training and directing the entire crew icontrolling an emergency like fooding or a re thatmay put the ship in hazard o sinking.
In addition to his deployment in the Arabian Gul andcounter-narcotics work in the Caribbean, Bonderud haused the Spanish language skills he picked up as astudent in the Naal Resere Ocers Training Corps(ROTC) program at vanderbilt Uniersity in Tennessee
Ie been ortunate enough to trael through theMediterranean on seeral occasions, says Bonderud.
While I was deployed in the Mediterranean, Iestopped in Spain, Malta and Crete and hae experienca ew diplomatic engagements. I was my commanding
ocers translator, while we paid a isit to the localsenior naal ocer in Spain.
When Bonderud joined the Nay, he was initiallysurprised to see the extent o his responsibilities as anocer. When I was commissioned, I was entrustedwith a diision o 10 enlisted Sailors, including one chpetty ocer with 15 years o experience. As a 22-yearold ensign, I was responsible or leading them andmanaging their work.
These days, he is used to being responsible or thepeople around him. Bonderud is not sure where theuture will take him, but he eels that his Nay traininghas prepared him or anything.
The Military oers a ariety o education benets,rom technical training to ull-tuition coerage or
adanced degrees.
There are a lot o options or my uture both in the Naand outside. Right now all options are on the table,Bonderud says. Fortunately, because o my training abecause o the education the Nay has proided me, Ihae many opportunities whether I stay in the Nay oleae to pursue other aenues.
With the Nay, its not just going out and ghting wars.There are other things we do or national security. Thatday, we preented someone rom taking a billion dollarsworth o cocaine onto the streets o the United States,says Lt. j.g. Andrew Bonderud.
For Bonderud, the drug seizure was just anotherexciting day on the job. He has also deployed withthe USS Gettysburg to the Arabian Sea to supportOperation Iraqi Freedom, and to the Arabian Gul tosupport Operation Enduring Freedom with theEnterprise Carrier Strike Group. During his ArabianGul deployment, Bonderud sered as a surace
warare ocer responsible or a department o 70Sailors and the maintenance and deployment o allo the ships weapons and combat systems.
When we deployed to the Arabian Gul, we supportedground operations in Iraq to help ensure the securityo troops on the ground and maintained security in theGul, says Bonderud. It was ery gratiying to helpthose operations in a tangible way. One thing about beinga surace warare ocer in the Nay is that it comes with
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NAVIGATE YOUR ROAD TO SUCCESSTi t Military is rit for yo? Fid ot it ts simpl stps.
TAke The ASVAB TeST Developed by the Department of Defense, this test is usually
taken by students in grades 10-12. Designed to discover skills and interests, it helps
students explore careers available in both the civilian and military sector.
DO YOuR ReSeARCh Visit Service websites (on next page) to read up on general
prerequisites such as health, education and citizenship, and to learn about benets.
TALk ABOuT IT Discussion with family, friends, teachers and military recruiters can help you
with your decision. Visit todaysmilitary.com for help initiating a thoughtful discussion
about military service with your family.
MILITARY enTRAnCe PROCeSSIng STATIOn (MePS) Here youll take a physical exam, meet
with a counselor to select your job and take the oath of enlistment. Most recruits head to Basic
Training shortly after MEPS. However, if you enlist through the Delayed Entry Program (DEP),
you can agree to enlist at a specic time up to a year in the future.
BASIC TRAInIng This will mark your transition from civilian life to military life. Basic
Training (also known as boot camp or recruit training) varies from 8.5 weeks to 13 weeks
depending on the Service branch.
Youre now ready to begin advanced training for your new job in the Military. Way to go!
nAVIgATe YOuR wAY TO SuCCeSS AT TODAYSMILITARY.COM.
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Whether its o to college, straight to work or something in between, the Military may be
right or you. The ollowing websites can help you nd the inormation you need. In additionto actie-duty, ull-time serice opportunities, these websites also proide inormation on
opportunities to sere while enrolled in college, as well as part-time military serice options
such as the Guard and Resere.
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MiliTArY BeneFiTST Military offrs bts tat o ay byod a paycc, icldi alt
car, moy for dcatio, fr travl, discots ad mc mor. For mor
iformatio, visit todaysmilitary.com or tal it a rcritr.
eDuCATIOn The Military can pay for education during service or afterwards.
Programs include the GI Bill, Tuition Assistance, College Fund Programs, Loan
Repayment Programs, Servicemember Opportunity Colleges and even
On-the-Job Training.
heALTh CAReIn the Military, theres no need to worry about paying for health
or dental care. Health care for family members is available at low or no cost.
TRAVeL With 30 days vacation per year with pay for those on active duty, the
Military offers great opportunities for those who like to travel. These include
Space Available travel free ights between military bases on a space-available
basis and discounts at military vacation resorts.
FInAnCIAL The Military offers good pay and has programs and benets to make
it easy to save money. Programs include:
Incentive pay and bonuses for signing up and re-enlisting
(for select jobs/Services)
Tax-free housing and food allowances, or free room and board
for active duty
Substantial discounts and deals throughout the private sector
Special duty allowances family separation, overseas and
special duty pay
Thrift savings plan investment opportunity
Free counseling and assistance programs
Special deals on home loans
Discounted shopping at on-base grocery and department stores
InTAngIBLe RewARDSAbove all other things, the Military offers intangible
rewards like self-discipline, leadership skills, respect, honor and devotion to duty.
T pot 9/11 Gi Bboat t ot corv catobft ackag c t orga Gi B wa g to aw 1944.
Th w b gos w byod hpg to pay fo tuto. May vtas who svd aft Spt. 11, 2001, w gt fu tuto ad fs, a w mothy housg stpd ad a $1,000-a-ya stpd fo books ad supps.
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As a high school track star, Jocelyn Butcher recognized at an early age that she enjoyed being ahead oeeryone else.
I always had ambitious ideas or my uture, she says. I always wanted to do something unique andseparate mysel rom other people.
That opportunity presented itsel when the United States Naal Academy recruited her to runtrack. My amily didnt hae a lot o money or college, so I was already looking or scholar-
ships, says Butcher. But I had neer heard o the Naal Academy, so I had to do someresearch. My mother thought it was a great opportunity and something not eeryone can do. You
hae to be smart and a great athlete. People go on rom there and do great things, so I took acloser look.
Ater considering seeral prestigious uniersities, Butcher chose the Naal Academy because
the opportunity to trael and the unique experience appealed to her.
The process is pretty similar to applying to any regular college, she says. You need to haegood SAT scores, etcetera. But you also hae to be nominated by a member o Congress or the
ice president. Een ater nomination, you still hae to be accepted by the school.
Butcher entered the Naal Academy as a plebe (amember o the reshman class) in 1997 and began
the our-year program with Plebe Summer, an indoctrination programdesigned to turn ciilians into midshipmen. Midshipmen are students in
training or a commission in the Nay or Marine Corps.
Getting used to the military regiment combined with school was a chal-
lenge, says Butcher. Going through reshman year with 21 credits oclasses while also haing to be up at 5:30 each morning and marching atlunchtime It was such an accomplishment just to learn how to manage
my time and energy. Ater that, eerything else seems easy!
All Naal Academy graduates are required to sere or eight years part owhich can be sered on inactie-resere status and or at least e o
those years, they must sere on actie duty in the Nay or Marine Corps.When Butcher graduated in 2001, she was commissioned as an ensign in
the Nay and was selected as a surace warare ocer her rst choice.
During her six-year actie-duty military career, Butcher traeled with her
ship to more than 14 countries and led 14 to 70 enlisted personnel,depending on her leel o responsibility.
The Nay gies you increasing responsibility airly quickly, Butcher says.
You hae so much training to be a leader and learn how to manage people. Its a great experience!
Today, Butcher is on inactie-resere status as she completes her MBA at the Uniersity o Michigan. Always onestep ahead, she already has a job lined up ater graduation working or a major ood company doing marketing and
brand management. Butcher eels more than prepared or the responsibility. It would be dicult or my ciilianpeers to compete with all the managerial experience Ie already had so early in my career.
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airman 1st class
lUcas ferrari
airman 1st class
Dana wriGht
a chilDhooD experience anD
a family traDition
Despite a shared loe o outdoor actiities and an
interest in medicine, both men cite ery dierent
reasons or joining the Air Force. Wright remembers a
childhood experience in which he struggled to sae a
drowning riend but was unsuccessul. That memory
has long drien him to be better trained to sere in
emergency situations and sae others lies to the
point that he turned down college wrestling
scholarships to join the Military.
Ferrari comes rom a amily steeped in military
tradition. When considering the Air Force, Ferrari
spoke to his ather rst because he, too, had sered
in that branch. They agreed the Air Force oered the
best opportunities to match the type o experience he
was looking or.
Both Airmen recommend serice to those consideringit but stress the importance o doing the legwork rst.
Really take the time to understand the goals you want
to achiee by enlisting in the Military, recommends
Wright, to which Ferrari strongly agrees.
traininG, eDUcation anD
life on Base
The training pipeline to become one o the Air Forces elite
takes about 2.5 years to complete and eatures great
adenture. Imagine swimming out in the ocean, surrounded
by phytoplankton that glows eery time you moe! Picture
fying out near the U.S. border o Tijuana, Mexico, learning
to jump out o a plane in the middle o the night!
When asked i he was scared to jump out o a plane or the
rst time, Wright says, No. The eeling is kind o like
when you drie down the highway with your window down,
and you stick your arm out and eel the pressure o the air
fying by. Its cool.
Aside rom the adrenaline rush, one o the major benets
o pararescue training is that pararescuemen earn 38
semester hours toward an associate degree in surial and
rescue through the Community College o the Air Force.
They are also eligible or other educational benets suchas ull tuition assistance while on actie duty or the Post
9/11 GI Bill ater completing military serice (see Military
Benets on page 22 or more inormation).
fAsTfactThe United States Air Force became a separate branch o the Military onSept. 18, 1947. The Air Force was previously a part o the United States Army.
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for more information, visit
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fAsTfactOn any given day, 99 percent o the 447 aircrat assigned to the AForce Reserve are mission-ready and able to deploy within 72 ho
The Air Force Reseres main mission is to proide Citizen Airmen to deend
the United States and protect its interests through air and space power.
One such Citizen Airman is Capt. Dennis Castro, a fight nurse or the 514thAir Mobility Wing at McGuire Air Force Base in New Jersey. As a fight nurse,
Castros skills are in especially high demand. Knowing he is needed, Castrohas olunteered to deploy on more than one occasion, giing up his personal
time and taking time away rom his ciilian career so he can help others.
In my ciilian career, Im a trauma program manager in the emergencydepartment at St. Josephs Regional Medical Center in Paterson, N.J.,
says Castro. Ie been deployed our times throughout my military careerand hae returned to St. Josephs ater each time. It does get to be a
struggle to transition back and orth rom my military career to my ciiliancareer, but my ciilian employers are ery supportie o what I do.
Castro says his aorite thing about being in the Air Force Resere is
getting experience with the Militarys medical technology that isnt yetaailable in the ciilian world. He also considers it an honor to assist on a
C-17 aircrat to carry the most precious cargo o all: Americas warriors.
We use a C-17 aircrat, which is primarily a cargo aircratthat we conert to a fying hospital, says Castro. We take
care o wounded sericemembers and air-eacuate them roaround the world to bring them to arious medical treatmen
acilities either abroad or throughout the United States.
As a fight nurse, Castro is part o a highly trained aeromecal eacuation team ready to handle any type o patient
concerns while aboard the aircrat, rom treating a heartattack to perorming in-fight surgical procedures. The
medical team cares or patients on the plane just as i thare in a hospital.
At the time o this interiew, Castro was training or histh deployment to Iraq.
Putting on this uniorm, I eel proud to be a Citizen
Airman and know I am sering my country, he says.
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Q: WhaT is selecTive service?
A: The Selectie Serice System is a goernment
agency whose job is to proide untrained
manpower or the Armed Forces in the eent o
a national emergency.
Q: WhaT is selecTive service reGisTraTion?
A: By registering, you add your name to a list o all
the men in the nation, ages 18 through 25. This
list would be used to identiy men or possible
military serice in case o a national emergency.
Q: WhaT happens iF There is a draFT?
A: There has not been a drat since 1973. I there
were an emergency sucient or Congress and the
President to order another drat, Selectie Serice
would conduct a birth date lottery to decide the
order in which to call men. Those who turn 20
during that calendar year would be called rst
in a sequence determined by the lottery. I more
men were needed, those who are 21 to 25 years
old would be called rst, beginning with the
21-year-olds.
Q: Who is reQuired To reGisTer?A: The law says all 18-year-old men, including U.S.
citizens liing abroad and noncitizen immigrant
males 1825 residing in the U.S., must register.
The only young men exempt rom registration are
noncitizen males who are in the U.S. temporarily
as tourists, diplomats and their amily members,
oreign exchange students, incarcerated or
institutionalized men, men on actie duty in
the Armed Forces and students at U.S. military
academies.
Q: Why donT WoMen have To reGisTer?
A: Our nation only registers men. This has alwaysbeen the case. Selectie Serice law as it is
presently written reers specically to male
persons in stating who must register and who
could be subject to a drat. Thereore, Selectie
Serice procedures dont apply to women. In
order or women to be required to register with
Selectie Serice, Congress would hae to change
the wording o the law.
Q: WhaT iF i donT reGisTer?
A: Youre breaking the law. I prosecuted, you could
be sent to prison or up to e years and ned up
to $250,000. In addition, i you ail to register,
you cant qualiy or ederal student grants or
loans or college, job training benets, and many
state and ederal jobs.
Q: is reGisTraTion hard?
A: No. In act, its neer been easier. A young man
can register with Selectie Serice in less than
two minutes online at www.sss.go. You can also
register by going to your local post oce andcompleting a registration orm. Its as simple as
lling in your name, address, telephone number,
date o birth and Social Security number.
Registration orms should be aailable in your
local recreation or social serice center schools
guidance or registrar oce, or you may receie a
orm in the mail. Simply complete the orm and
mail it to Selectie Serice.
Q: When should i reGisTer?
A: Within 30 days o your 18th birthday. I
you cant register on time because yourehospitalized or in prison, you hae 30 days in
which to register ater you are released. I 30 days
hae already passed since your 18th birthday,
register immediately, either online or at your post
oce. Although Selectie Serice will accept a
late registration, the longer you wait, the longer
youre breaking the law and jeopardizing your
uture benets.
Q: hoW do i prove i reGisTered?
A: When registering online, you will receie
your Selectie Serice number immediately.
That number is your proo o registration. Forsaekeeping, jot down that number. Youll
receie a Selectie Serice card in the mail
conrming that number. I you dont get your
card in the mail within 90 days, write to:
Selectie Serice System
Registration Inormation Oce
P.O. Box 94638
Palatine, IL 60094-4638
reGisTer online: www..g 1-847-688-6888
Whateveryonesh
ould
knowaboutregist
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Lieutenant Jeanine McIntosh Menze is many things:
a natie o Jamaica, a college graduate, a daughter,
a sister and a wie. Shes someone who has camped
on glaciers in Alaska in her ree time and, as the rst
emale Arican-American pilot in the United States
Coast Guard, she is also always ready to embark on
liesaing rescue missions at a moments notice.
Born in Jamaica, Menzes house sat under the nal
approach path or Kingston International Airport.
She can remember eeling a sense o ascination as
she watched the aircrat slowly descend toward their
destination a ascination that remained with her
through her amilys immigration rst to Canada,
and later to Miami, Fla. Howeer, it was not until
she enrolled at Florida International Uniersity to
study or an international business degree that
Menze decided to pursue her dream o fying.
She learned to pilot commercial aircrat and also
became a fight instructor, all while earning herbachelors degree and joining her amily in earning
their United States citizenship.
On Sept. 11, 2001, Menze was sitting in a college
classroom when she heard the news o the terror-
ist attacks. It was at that moment she decided to
change the course o her career. That day moed
the whole country and really made me stop and think
about how I wanted to carry out my lie. I knew then
that I really wanted it to be through some type o
serice to the country. So I signed up or the Coast
Guards Ocer Candidate School (OCS).
U n i t e D s tat e s c o a s t G U a r D
LIEUTENANT JEANINE MCINTOSh MENzE
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Sink or Swim
Menzes desire to gie back to her adopted country did not
come without its own unique set o challenges. Many o
the Coast Guards missions are executed on the water, and
yet Menze joined without knowing how to swim!
I had a ear o the water that I had been nursing since I
was a little girl. There was this incident where I had been
sitting on the shoulders o a cousin and ell o into some
deep water, and that is probably where it began, explains
Menze. When I signed up or the Coast Guard, I knew I
would nally hae to oercome my childhood ears and
learn how to swim. I went to Barnes & Noble and bought a
book about how to swim and brought it to the pool. I also
tried enrolling in a class at the local YMCA and, while that
helped me a lot in conquering my ear, where I really learned
to swim was actually in a program oered through OCS.
Searc and Rescue
Today, Menze is a C-130 Hercules aircrat commander
stationed in Florida. She is in charge o signing out the
aircrat and is responsible or the saety o her crew, which
usually includes seen other members o the Coast Guard.
Working as a team, the crew is responsible or executing
missions that all into any one o three dierent categories:
search and rescue, law enorcement and humanitarian
cargo transportation. They hae saed the lies o thoselost out at sea, enorced shery laws and transported
endangered seals to saer waters.
When I was in OCS, it was one big leadership test. It is
a tough job to be in charge, says Menze. When you are
in the 11th hour o a search-and-rescue mission, you really
want to nd the missing person. Your heart and endurance
are on the line to nd someones amily member, and it is
hard not to eel attached. But as the person in charge,
I need to make the judgment call about staying out there
on the scene longer, and whether or not I can run the risk
o atiguing the crew or pushing the limits o the aircrat.
On Being te First
When asked how she eels about sering as the rst
emale Arican-American pilot in the Coast Guard, Menze
says, It is something that I eel ery excited about. I am
denitely motiated and honored to hold that title. I say
motiated because I hope, in the uture, other people
will look at me and realize we can continue to eole the
ace o all Military Serices with diersity. Perhaps just
as amazing is the act that Menze has accomplished all
o this, and she is only 28!
FOR MORe InFORMATIOn, VISIT
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fAsTfactThe U.S. Coast Guard seizes one drugsmuggling vessel every fve days.
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Coast Guard Fireman Whitney Bell attended the University o North Carolina at Pembrokes School o Business or three years beore realizing she
was looking or something more in her lie. She had grown bored with classrooms ull o books and wanted a thrill. So she spoke with her sister,
who is in the Air Force, and a brother in the Marine Corps, beore fnally deciding the Coast Guard was right or her.
Ater seeing my sister and brother sign up or the Military, I had a really high expectation o what serving would be like, explains Bell. I always
looked up to both o them as such strong people and never thought that I could ollow in their paths. But as my lie moved along, the Military
seemed more and more like the best ft or me. Ater
enlisting, I discovered that there was never anything I
couldnt handle. The Coast Guard is great about always
giving you all o the tools you need to succeed.
Today, Bell is stationed in Florida and loves her job.
Every day, I can look out the window at work and see the
ocean and the swaying palm trees. Some people dream
o a warm getaway to a place like this, but this is where I
actually get to live and work. It is pretty amazing!
PUBLIC AFFAIRS SPECIALIST
Bell explains she elt the public aairs role would be a perect it or her
because, in her three years o college, English was always her avorite subject,and she loves to write. Photography also happens to be a personal hobby o hers,
and in combining the two, Bell thinks she will be well-prepared to help tell the
Coast Guard story.
Overall, the Coast Guard was defnitely the right choice or me. Knowing that I can
do the same job the guys do and sometimes even better that makes me walk
around with my head held high!
CAREER OPTIONS
Bell explains there are a variety o roles Coast Guardsmen
can fll when they frst enlist, especially i they dont know
exactly what they want to do when they leave or boot camp.
The Coast Guard will let you go into the feld to check out what
everyone else does and then decide, Bell says. Thats what
I did and how I fgured out that I want to become a public
aairs specialist.
Right now, I work on boats, she explains. As a freman, that
means I work below deck with the engines and am responsible
or the integrity o the systems. Seamen work above deck.And now that Ive decided Id like to pursue public aairs,
Im in the middle o the interview process or that job.
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atrwrd, thy bcom tty ofcrs.
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