Crecimiento individual

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Being around the base has helped me grow as an individual both emotionally and mentally. We have so many resources whether it's the education center because it provides a way for you to find your path in your educational aspirations. It's nice to have the library to have an environment on base for self-betterment and growing through the knowledge that's available to you. In that resource the arts and crafts center is nice to have around because you have that opportunity to delve into different hobbies and try different passions and also grow with the people around you and create new relationships. The opportunities are endless, you can build your education toolbox as much as you want and you will get nothing but support. I think, I definitely feel more in control of my life due to the communication skills and personal growth skills that I've acquired in my short time in the military so far.

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When I first joined the guard I was pretty shy and not very confident because I thought like wow, I really don't belong here, like I'm never gonna make it in this. And then I went to the basic training and I graduated like one of the top students. I went to advanced individual training and I graduated one of the top students again and then I've just been excelling, and like whatever I do. I feel like I've gained a lot of confidence and some really really really good friends, they're my girls, ,y second family she's grown a lot as a soldier my confidence in her is also grown and I I know that she could handle herself I think a really big goal that's always been something that I want to do is come a noncommissioned officer like an e5 sergeant once you become an NCO you lead people and you better than guess soldiers so you're almost like a mentor I really think the military path for her is something that just fits with her it's just clicked I just see her light up when she talks about it it smells over into her everyday life I mean what parents set out for their children to do and it's a goal I feel that the military is been a big big part of that.

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As soon as you step into a new unit you're looking for Mentors. Sometimes you have people that are 40 years old working for you and you're 23, and those people have a wealth of experience. You're still technically the boss but they're the people that you lean on for most of your decision-making. So you learn to be humble right away and in how you go about making really critical decisions for the United States. And you learned that anyone can have information that can help make a situation better. So the most junior person, the most senior person in a unit can be your coach through a situation. It's a very small community of people that you grow and lean on for all sorts of issues in your life.

 I love that he has built a community for himself here. It was kind of how we function as a family and he's kept it up, so I feel very privileged to have the opportunity to meet the people that have taken over for me. That are growing my son through adulthood and it's special it's really a wonderful thing as a parent to look back and look at your kids and feel like wow we made good choices in his life. I just couldn't be any prouder of them.

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So I was born and raised in Senegal but then later on my family came to United States. My culture and everything are related and based in Islam religion and culture. So I was actually raised Roman Catholic.  Originally as I grew up I started learning more about my family's history. My ancestors were Vikings. I am the the son of a Nigerian father and Dominican mother so I was born from University uh molded by it you could say.

The United States is considered a Melting Pot. So we have all these traditions cultures beliefs, it's become part of who we are but at the same time a lot of those pieces are separate. Somebody else's beliefs are completely different from my beliefs, but that's okay. And I think the religious diversity piece is also honoring those differences, celebrating those differences, respecting those differences exactly as I would honor celebrate and respect my own beliefs.

I think it's it's super important that soldiers feel like they have their freedom they're not going to be pressured ,you know. From their leadership or anyone to believe a certain worldview. The people in my religion, they're allowing us to have a exceptional policy for our beard growth and like other religions they're allowing like turbine as long as you have definitive proof that that is truly your religion. Even if a soldier is of a different Faith than the chaplains are prepared and they will go the extra mile to accommodate and find services for soldiers to attend.

When I am not performing my Sunday service my focus is then on ensuring that everybody has the opportunity to practice their faith in the manner that they want to practice

their faith so it again it's going back to that honoring celebrating and respecting the religious diversity piece and part of that is just making sure that if a soldier has a special service that week that there's an opportunity for them to attend that special service I attend Agape Carson that's the the chapel service I attend on Saturdays we're actually right here in the soldiers Memorial Chapel if you go to the chapel Court museum at Fort Jackson. There is a copy of George Washington's letter to the Continental Congress requesting the establishment of the chaplain court.

So we have been part of the army since the very beginning. Our purpose has never really changed we've always been there to provide for the religious freedom of soldiers since 1775 and we continue to do that same mission. Honestly I've never had any issues since I joined the army I was able to do my basic training with my hijab on as you can see I'm still wearing it in here in my unit also my NCR are really understanding.

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Before I joined the Navy I was a daycare teacher. 

I was initiated system my background is in criminal justice.

I can fix almost anything on a car and I could build a house from the ground up, but when it comes to computers I didn't know anything about them.

The cyberspace clove force that we're developing coming from all walks of life is a key factor to being successful at anything.

Diversity is important as far as technical problem solving because everyone's going to have a different angle of how they would like to attack a problem in using that diversity you can come to the best possible solution.

I tell my students that they are the first line of defense together even though they come in and they have you know different job titles ascites and CTS etc we kind of all merge in and blend together and we support one another.

Our learning process is extremely collaborative we have joint service students and almost every single night they're setting up study groups to make sure that they understand the material we have multiple modules where they have to work as a team in order to succeed.

My favorite thing about this experience is I've learned a lot of different things that I've never learned before I met a lot of people that have good bonds with now there's a lot of things I didn't know I was capable of until I came here.

When I got here and I was really surprised to see how everybody is together and it was all like a brotherhood and you just fit right in everybody just fits right in and if you don't we pull you in.