Hello everyone, I'm Dayna I'm 24 years of age, my birthday is on February 17, so yes, that makes me an Aquarius. I was born in Miami, Florida. I'm Colombian, Italian, and Greek. I like to take pictures, I like to read stories, I'm always up for a good read. My favorite genres of books are fantasy sci-fi, fantasy christian, mystery, bonechillers, and military books, especially the ones that deal with women. Since of course I'm going into the military myself, it's nice to read about women who have served before me, and the experienced they faced as a woman serving their country.
This blog is intended to help future women who plan on serving in the Marine Corps, or for those people who don't know the process on what it takes to be a Marine, and for those women who are going through the process with me (you know who you are), pretty much this blog is for anyone. I just feel the need to share my journey since it is taking me a lot longer then what I expected it to be.
I'm not really a writer, I'm more of a reader, but I will attempt to be up to date with my progress. Just to let you know, I've had 5 different diaries in my life and could never really stick to writing in any of them. No matter, how bad my day was I could never seem to sit down long enough to write about it. (You can say that I have an attention span of a pea. ''OH, look a bug!'')
Just to clarify things before I even start writing about my journey. Everyone's experience in the Marine Corps is different, so don't expect to have the same experience I'm facing trying to get in, or when I am in, okay? All right, now that I clarified that, I can begin on telling you why I want to be a Marine.
*So out of all the services the United States has, why the Marines?
I'm choosing Marines because I love their tradition, the discipline they teach, the way they carry themselves when they walk, what you get out of the Marines, and because the Marines are badass! Oh, and don't forget their uniforms! Dress Blues.... (drools) ;-)
I want to be a Marine because I love the challenge on trying to become one, and because I know in the end I can look back and not have to ponder and question myself with ''What If's''?
*Why so late in the game that you're joining the Marines? How come you didn't enlist when you were 18?
Good question. I didn't enlist back then because I had no clue what the military was like back then. You see, I don't come from a military background like a lot of the kids do when they sign up at 18. So, I had no way of knowing about the Marines, let alone the military for that matter. The only thing I did know, was that the military is used for fighting, we were at war during that time. (we still are, but it was much worse back in 05 when I was 18) I was in college for two semesters taking up Fashion Design. I thought that was what I wanted to do at that time because I grew up with the Olsen twins. I figured if they can do it, I can too, but realized I don't like it as much as I thought I would. So I quit college and a few months later ended up moving with my dad to where I live today. My mom ended up coming up with us a year later after she found someone to buy the house. I met my ex during the time I was in college during my second semester. I met him online, on Myspace, I know so cliche, but I didn't plan it that way, it just happened and I fell in love with him so we stayed communicated. When we met he told me he was interested in the Marines and that he wanted to become a Marine so he can pay for wrestling school. I was all up for it and was ready to stand by his side if he did decided to go in. He contacted a recruiter some time around June or July and ended up leaving for bootcamp in August. He graduated bootcamp on November and was at MCT in January, because he took RA (recruiters assistance) after boot. We were together for 4 years and yes I did ended up meeting him, but it took a year for me to meet him.
So during that whole time we were just talking on the phone and chatting with each other online through yahoo and Myspace. After we met we spent the rest of our three years, traveling, eating out, fighting, you know regular ''couple stuff''. We broke up last year shortly after I turned 23 and he turned 24. You see, our birthdays are a week apart so right after our birthdays in March was when he wanted to go back to his home state Michigan to start a life of his own. I didn't mind because I knew that our relationship wasn't going anywhere and that we needed to go our seperate ways. You see, I'm an Aquarius and he's a Pisces we don't make a good relationship because Pisces are too clingy and us Aquarians need our space from time to time because of our independent personality and our free-spirited nature.
Anyways, I spent the whole year last year just doing my research on the military and was researching every branch the United States has. I always loved, and admired the Marine Corps I just never really gave it much thought of becoming one. I always was fascinated about the miltary and always supported them I was just clueless about it when I was a teenager. And because my ex ended hating the Marine Corps and the military for that matter, it also was another reason why I never attempted to join in my early twenties. Even though, I do wish I would have enlisted back in my early twenties, it is what it is and I did learn a lot in my past relationship with him. I learned a lot about life, about love, and how a relationship works because he was my first boyfriend so I didn't really know much about love and romance until I met him.
There's a lot I can go on about this, but it's getting late for me and I need to be going to bed. I will continue this another day and start talking about my experience so far at my local RSS (DEP).
Good night kiddies... stay safe and God Bless. =)
Xoxo Dayna oxoX
This blog is intended to help future women who plan on serving in the Marine Corps, or for those people who don't know the process on what it takes to be a Marine, and for those women who are going through the process with me (you know who you are), pretty much this blog is for anyone. I just feel the need to share my journey since it is taking me a lot longer then what I expected it to be.
I'm not really a writer, I'm more of a reader, but I will attempt to be up to date with my progress. Just to let you know, I've had 5 different diaries in my life and could never really stick to writing in any of them. No matter, how bad my day was I could never seem to sit down long enough to write about it. (You can say that I have an attention span of a pea. ''OH, look a bug!'')
Just to clarify things before I even start writing about my journey. Everyone's experience in the Marine Corps is different, so don't expect to have the same experience I'm facing trying to get in, or when I am in, okay? All right, now that I clarified that, I can begin on telling you why I want to be a Marine.
*So out of all the services the United States has, why the Marines?
I'm choosing Marines because I love their tradition, the discipline they teach, the way they carry themselves when they walk, what you get out of the Marines, and because the Marines are badass! Oh, and don't forget their uniforms! Dress Blues.... (drools) ;-)
I want to be a Marine because I love the challenge on trying to become one, and because I know in the end I can look back and not have to ponder and question myself with ''What If's''?
*Why so late in the game that you're joining the Marines? How come you didn't enlist when you were 18?
Good question. I didn't enlist back then because I had no clue what the military was like back then. You see, I don't come from a military background like a lot of the kids do when they sign up at 18. So, I had no way of knowing about the Marines, let alone the military for that matter. The only thing I did know, was that the military is used for fighting, we were at war during that time. (we still are, but it was much worse back in 05 when I was 18) I was in college for two semesters taking up Fashion Design. I thought that was what I wanted to do at that time because I grew up with the Olsen twins. I figured if they can do it, I can too, but realized I don't like it as much as I thought I would. So I quit college and a few months later ended up moving with my dad to where I live today. My mom ended up coming up with us a year later after she found someone to buy the house. I met my ex during the time I was in college during my second semester. I met him online, on Myspace, I know so cliche, but I didn't plan it that way, it just happened and I fell in love with him so we stayed communicated. When we met he told me he was interested in the Marines and that he wanted to become a Marine so he can pay for wrestling school. I was all up for it and was ready to stand by his side if he did decided to go in. He contacted a recruiter some time around June or July and ended up leaving for bootcamp in August. He graduated bootcamp on November and was at MCT in January, because he took RA (recruiters assistance) after boot. We were together for 4 years and yes I did ended up meeting him, but it took a year for me to meet him.
So during that whole time we were just talking on the phone and chatting with each other online through yahoo and Myspace. After we met we spent the rest of our three years, traveling, eating out, fighting, you know regular ''couple stuff''. We broke up last year shortly after I turned 23 and he turned 24. You see, our birthdays are a week apart so right after our birthdays in March was when he wanted to go back to his home state Michigan to start a life of his own. I didn't mind because I knew that our relationship wasn't going anywhere and that we needed to go our seperate ways. You see, I'm an Aquarius and he's a Pisces we don't make a good relationship because Pisces are too clingy and us Aquarians need our space from time to time because of our independent personality and our free-spirited nature.
Anyways, I spent the whole year last year just doing my research on the military and was researching every branch the United States has. I always loved, and admired the Marine Corps I just never really gave it much thought of becoming one. I always was fascinated about the miltary and always supported them I was just clueless about it when I was a teenager. And because my ex ended hating the Marine Corps and the military for that matter, it also was another reason why I never attempted to join in my early twenties. Even though, I do wish I would have enlisted back in my early twenties, it is what it is and I did learn a lot in my past relationship with him. I learned a lot about life, about love, and how a relationship works because he was my first boyfriend so I didn't really know much about love and romance until I met him.
There's a lot I can go on about this, but it's getting late for me and I need to be going to bed. I will continue this another day and start talking about my experience so far at my local RSS (DEP).
Good night kiddies... stay safe and God Bless. =)
Xoxo Dayna oxoX
