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How Did JROTC Influence My Leadership Skills And Motivation?
I had done JROTC throughout high school. This organization had greatly influenced my leadership skills and motivation. However, one particular incident had allowed me to experience true failure, in both the literal and metaphorical sense. Since middle school, I’ve always been the sprinter type, able to run short distances as fast as possible. Once got second place out of the whole school, so it made sense to me to join the Navy Junior R.O.T.C track and field team. After a couple of competitions of doing really well, the team captain thought it would be best for me to serve as the anchor. The anchor runs last to try and catch up to any other opponents and win the race. However, a lot of good sprinters on our team had graduated the previous year
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