So Happy!

I am preliminarily extremely excited...
I think I know what I want to do!

If possible (in the from of losing weight, doing push-ups, and passing MEPS... which would be a mere miracle), I am thinking about joining the US Navy. I would do a job called RP. LOL!

It's an enlisted position called Religious Programs Specialist. Along with assisting Navy chaplains, I would operate shipboard libraries! And they pay for continuing education... library school! What a good deal that would be! I'm mostly interested in serving my country, and in this job I would be serving the people serving the country! I'm still just thinking about it, and I haven't told my parents yet... they are still adjusting to my brother being gone and in the Marines. If it happens, it would be over a year away.

Just a "wow" moment. Nothing is decided yet.

Possible reasons why this came on:

1. I love how the Navy is steeped in history and tradition, yet is embracing new technologies while continuing those old traditions.

2. My grandfather on my dad's side served aboard a small aircraft carrier during the later part of World War II.

3. On Saturday, January 10, 2009, before the first bike ride, I happened to watch the commissioning of the USS George H. W. Bush on TV, as my dad had it on and I was up early. Former President George H. W. Bush Sr. spoke about his service during WWII, and it was inspiring.

4. I've wanted to be in the military since I was around 12, but I found out the Army was not for me at 17 yrs old and again at 22. MS4 Rother, from ROTC, during a ruck march (that was impossible to keep up on), in all sincerity, suggested that I join a less physically demanding service like the Navy or Air Force.

5. I want to work in libraries, but the field is pretty full-up right now. This might be a good transition job, as I do not want to do my current job for the rest of my life.

[6. There are several people I really love who were in the Navy before I met them.]

Jp