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Moving Away Essay

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I was the only one that didn’t know. My family was hiding something for me, but I didn’t know what it was. Today was like any other day. We had Math, English, Science, Social Studies, Gym, lunch, and my favorite recess. I heard the bell ring telling us it was time to go home. I jumped to my locker, grabbed my books and headed to the bus. When I went home my mom was cooking. She told me that tonight we were going to have a family meeting. It was strange, it felt like my mom was hiding something from me and my brother, something important. I answered, Yes mom and dash to my room. I finished my homework and quickly rushed downstairs. When I scurry downstairs I heard my dad arriving home from work. As usual I ran to hug him. He whispered me the …show more content…

They weren’t that mad, they were just sad. Today was the day I was moving. I practically lugged myself to the car. I sobbed, Goodbye home you are the very best. That drive felt like the drive to no return.When we attain to our new house it was a lot bigger than my old house. I had my own room, and even my own bathroom. I think this was the only good part about moving. I quickly unpacked and explored more around the house. We have 5 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms. When my mom was placing away stuff in the kitchen. She told me that school started next week. I was excited, I was also nervous. I kept asking myself the same questions, Am I going to make new …show more content…

The foot march is 10k with full battle rattle all equipment; about one hundred pounds, whoever falls out will be recycled and will start basic training all over again. Basic rifle marksmanship is about twelve days straight of waking up at 0400 and shooting all day at the range until 2000 then going to bed and doing it again. Then we were sent to a qualifying range for a record shoot. You have to hit a minimum of twenty four targets out of forty targets and if you fail you will be recycled. I shot expert thirty eight out of forty targets. Engagement skills include tactical movement with live fire this includes a range with a bunch of obstacles we had to pass as a team while covering my battle buddy we had to shout Cover Me While I Move. then your battle yells out I Got You Covered. they opened fired towards the target while the other ran to the next obstacle then you rotate so it’s your turn to cover them. We had to learn how to move as a unit and cover each other, we also learned how to flank and cover each

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