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nobodys_hippie
04-18-2009, 05:37 PM
Hello everyone!

My name is Annie, but I was born "Shaquanna Anne", and I am 18 years old.
I have been thinking about joining the Navy for a long time.
A few of my friends have gone, and my best friend is due to leave this summer.

Then, a Navy recruiter visited one of our Business classes and talked to us for a while about joining.
I gave the recruiter my number, and I hope to start talking to him seriously about joining, soon.

I still have one more year of high school to do, but after that I think the Navy is the path for me to take. I am a mother to a 2 year old. His name is Salem Alexandar. I am engaged to his father, and have been with him for 6 years now.

I have had a rough life, with parents who were into drugs, and a mother who tried to poison us for calling the police to come and help us. So I know what it is like to have a terrible life. I want to be a better person because of it, and I know the Navy would help me be that much more of a better person than I am already.

I would like to hear from anyone who has "beginner" stories or anything like that and who can kind of give me more of a personal idea of what the Navy means to them, and what it could potentially mean for me as well.

:)
-Annie

sweetmtn
04-18-2009, 06:26 PM
WELCOME...if you are just a Junior in high school...the recruiter really cant talk to you until you finish this year and become technically a Senior. But if you are 18...they can!

nobodys_hippie
04-18-2009, 07:51 PM
I am a senior. I am taking an extra semester though because I missed the ACT and I also still need to take Government.

poddoc
04-19-2009, 01:01 AM
Welcome,
You sure have endured a lot in your young life, but it sounds like you are pushing yourself in a different direction (and that is a hard thing to do). Good luck with finishing school and the application process.