 The day that I actually went into the recruiter's station, I was there for my sister. My sister was actually supposed to join that day, but as I was listening to the recruiter and kind of the spiel that they were given, the soldier, or my sister, I realized that they could provide me with a lot of experience, a lot of training opportunities, and most importantly, education. That was something that was really important to me, was being able to get a proper education. The very first opportunity that I got to train soldiers was when I got promoted to a non-commissioned officer. I thought at the time that I was going to get out of the Army after my first enlistment, but that was really the reason why I was able to stay in, was because it was at that point that I first was able to influence the type of training that my soldiers got. One of this uniform is kind of a source of pride. I've gotten to be able to do a lot of training as a young NCO, so it's really a source of pride to be able to display all the things that I've done and been able to train on. It also kind of shows an amount of professionalism, like this is a uniform that I wear every single day. I represent the Army.