Baggett example essay topic

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People often call them weekend warriors, but they are much more. Yes, the military foots their bill for college, but they deserve this luxury. They are students at McNeese during the week and defenders our country every third weekend of the month... At school, professors teach them things like Newton's Law of Gravitational Pull. So do their Drill Instructors but not with an apple. They use mortars and grenades.

So what do these three young "mortar men" think of the war in Iraq and possibility of them having to leave? It's like the song says, "the future's so bright, I gotta wear shades". Robert Baggett, 25 of Ragley and a member of the Nation Guard, said that this war is long over due. "I think we should " ve stepped in back the early 90's when Saddam first staring breaking the rules we gave him", he said. Baggett, who is also a McNeese student majoring in Sociology, said that he is ready to answer Uncle Sam's call at anytime. "I'd be ready to go at the drop of a hat", he said.

Having already served four years in the Marine Corp, Baggett joined the National Guard so that he could receive money for college. Baggett said that the only things that would hold him back from leaving would be his family and school. "I'd really miss my mother and I'd have to have to make up so much school", he said. Baggett said he is just ready to put his skills to work.

Matt Mouhot, 24 also of Ragley and a veteran Marine turned Nation Guard member, for financial aid, shares many of the same feeling as Baggett. "I love school, but I also love to drill and I feel useless here", he said. Mouhot is a Sociology major also and says that he is ready pack up and go if need be. "I see all of the other soldiers fighting on TV and I want to be with them, on their side", he says. Under war-time conditions, Mouhot believes he would fare just fine and assures everyone that he has been trained well. Jack Gunner, 25 of Sulphur and in the National Guard, said that he would not be the least afraid to leave.

"I get more nervous thinking about finals, than leaving", he said. Gunner said that they are trained not to think about the fear, or to allow the fear to overcome their thinking process. "I'd hate to have to leave school and all my family and friend, but I would", he said. The only thing that would really scare Gunner is if someone had remembered to feed his dog back home. Gunner's major at McNeese is currently undecided.