Personal Narrative: The Afghan War
The Afghan War also named “The War on Terrorist,” is known as America’s longest war ever fought. Stemming from the day of September 11th 2001. A day in American History that we will never forget as two commercial airplanes ran into the Twin Towers in New York and one into the Pentagon. Most people remember the day the event happen, for me I was just 3 months out of high school, it was 7:30 in the morning when I get a call from my mom panting in such disbelief saying “Turn on the the news! A plane just ran into one of the first buildings of the Twin Towers and another into the Pentagon,” as I turned the news on, and I am watching
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By the way my cousin is a Huey pilot. So he took me to his friends recruiting office in Fullerton and I am not a punk so I took my cousins words as a challenge I said, “well let’s do this” we did it, a week later they had me swearing in and taking a few test. I told them I want this and that can you guys give me that they said yes! I was ready for what they were going to give …show more content…
Almost like, when your family tells you to do your chores and your either the youngest or oldest of the siblings.
My another question was, if the experience of being shipped all over the world has been ever shocking to him. He points out the culture shock and adaptation problems which he experienced.
“Man I have to say it was a major culture shock both times I got assigned in Afghanistan the second you get off the plane it is like your nose hairs get burned by the God awful smell. I mean damn I know there were times where we were not taking showers for several days but that first and second time you step off the plane it is like where the hell is my gas mask. The whole place smelled like a restroom that you know no one courtesy flushed. It is the type of smell that lingers in your mouth. But I was also based in Naples, Australia, Oman, all those places were fine just no where close to what you get when you first land in Afghanistan. (...) I was not there for the smell, I was there to do a job and that is what I
By the way my cousin is a Huey pilot. So he took me to his friends recruiting office in Fullerton and I am not a punk so I took my cousins words as a challenge I said, “well let’s do this” we did it, a week later they had me swearing in and taking a few test. I told them I want this and that can you guys give me that they said yes! I was ready for what they were going to give …show more content…
Almost like, when your family tells you to do your chores and your either the youngest or oldest of the siblings.
My another question was, if the experience of being shipped all over the world has been ever shocking to him. He points out the culture shock and adaptation problems which he experienced.
“Man I have to say it was a major culture shock both times I got assigned in Afghanistan the second you get off the plane it is like your nose hairs get burned by the God awful smell. I mean damn I know there were times where we were not taking showers for several days but that first and second time you step off the plane it is like where the hell is my gas mask. The whole place smelled like a restroom that you know no one courtesy flushed. It is the type of smell that lingers in your mouth. But I was also based in Naples, Australia, Oman, all those places were fine just no where close to what you get when you first land in Afghanistan. (...) I was not there for the smell, I was there to do a job and that is what I