Personal Narrative: Hell Week

During my time at Recruit Training Command, I had som adversaries endured during my time there. With swimming was one of those that I found to be very challenging, I thought I failed myself; I remember taking those walks from the building to the pool approximately eighteen times. It was my final week in which is known to most as "Hell Week." "Hell Week" was an "If you have it, you have it. If you don't, you'll stay here until you do." However, at this point, I did not have it, I was forced to a holding area until I could pass the swim portion of boot camp. Upon arriving there and walking in to see all the people who had injured themselves throughout their time in Bootcamp. The depressing part was that they were walking in with crutches and
casts on their feet. I was determined to leave the somber place. The very next day, I went to the pool and swam my heart out. Completing the swim portion and being reunited with my division was the best feeling anyone could imagine. I then went on to graduate boot camp on April 28, 2010, I moved on to the start of a brighter future.