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On February 8, 1993, I was sworn in to become a part of the United States Navy. I was inspired to join by my best friend Doris, but when she had decided to join the Navy, I was the one trying to talk her out of it. One evening, she had a meeting for “new sailors” and we had previously made plans to hang out that night, so I went along with her. I received a lot of information at the meeting and became interested in joining the Navy, but I told the recruiter, Chief Diaz, I would join only if I could go along with Doris. Chief Diaz told me I had a lot of catching up to do: Doris had been preparing for a month and was leaving in a week, but Chief Diaz assured me I would be ready if I woke up early every morning the following week to undergo the necessary preparations. Chief Diaz told me Doris and I could go under the “buddy system,” a program allowing friends to be in the same company during boot camp and be stationed together at their first duty station. Every day that week, I woke up at 3:00am, and Chief Diaz drove me to the Military Entrance Processing Center (MEPS). MEPS is a facility where newly recruited individuals take their ASVAB test (a test similar to the SAT containing math and english questions), complete a