My First Submarine Underway I was stationed in Pearl Harbor‚ Hawaii and had recently graduated from Advanced Sonar School in Groton‚ Connecticut. In May of 2000 I embarked on my first submarine underway of my navy career. To have been there was one of the worst moments in my life. I arrived on the USS Key West full of energy and ready to finally start my job after six months of grueling sonar school. Little did I know my new division had other things in store for me. Immediately I was handed
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In 2009‚ it was my first tackle football game. I was 9 years old. I have practiced tremendously hard for the first game. My family would be there and other parents would be there too. I had to do good. After weeks of practice‚ it was the day before the first game. Then‚ I wasn’t really worried about the game. But that night‚ I started to think about it. I was really excited and anxious for the game the next day. At the same time though‚ I was nervous for some reason just thinking about it. I didn’t
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In the summer leading up to my first semester in college‚ my expectations were high. I assumed that all I had to do was study‚ attend my classes and I would breeze through the courses with ease. As I predicted‚ I began the fall semester effortlessly and my confidence was higher than before. As a student in the Honors College‚ I was presented with a mass amount of opportunities that I found it impossible to isolate myself from others which I always had a tendency to do. I began to participate in several
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our first pep rally of my first season of cheer took place. We had practiced and practiced to make this one incredible. This pep rally was the most exasperating thing I have ever done‚ but I knew what to do so I just went out there and tried my best. My cheer squad had been anticipating this day for months‚ our first pep rally. That was the first day we got to wear our cheerleading uniforms to school. When I walked into the office doors that morning‚ Mrs. Smith ran in there to see my cheer
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My First Time Shooting It’s Christmas 2014‚ my Dad and I went to go shooting with my Cousins‚ my Uncle‚ and my Grandpa. He brought his AR (Assault Rifle)‚ .45‚ .09‚ and his AS 12 gauge (Assault Shotgun). I brought my BB gun too. The boys shot off a couple of rounds with the .45‚ the .09‚ and the AR. Grandpa taught me how to shoot a BB gun first. Then my Dad let me shoot the .09. The .09 goes like this BAM…… BAM…….. BAM it is semi automatic‚ that means it is not rapid fire. I was pretty good with
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“Strike!” yelled the umpire. I knew my time was getting close. I tried not to think about hitting a home run because I have before‚ and I always
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My first time to Hawaii went like this. The first 5 hours I was on the plane I was feeling extremely sick and tired and felt like throwing up. After all that torture we finally got off of the plane and tried to find our hotel. We got lost for about 30 minutes until we actually found it. After we got into our hotel‚ I noticed that they didn’t have a refrigerator or a microwave‚ so every time we wanted to eat‚ we had to go buy some food. After we unpacked all of our stuff‚ we went out to the shopping
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As I woke up to the smell of French Toast and bacon while my mom was yelling for me to get in the shower‚ all I could think about was that days’ game. The moment I got to school‚ I immediately had to rush to the team meeting before class. While every other team meeting was the usual‚ brief‚ “Y’all stay focused today now. We’ve got a ball game to play‚” This one was different. It was homecoming‚ and we had to deal with all the distractions of the homecoming parade‚ pep-rally‚ and all of the alumni
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First Time Tubing... My heart beats fast like it’s in a race. It’s the start of Summer and the Sun is shining right on my face as the Water is hitting me like tiny rock pebbles sliding across my cheeks. It’s been awhile since me and my sister‚ Lane‚ went tubing on Gun Lake. After we started to speed up‚The Tube jerked every witch way and skidded across the dark blue sparkly water and the water winced at me. I started to feel the fun‚ happy emotions inside of me.I remember when I was little
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myself through the pain to make me stronger. Sometimes all I can feel is hate and anger filling my blood‚ my body and my mind. When I think of those years‚ the awaiting dark holes are released to blacken the rest of the few memories filled with light. *** The war had broken out and all the children were being evacuated to distant cousins or aunts in the surrounding war-free countries for safety. My parents had told me that I was only going away for a while‚ the war would be over and I would see
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