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I once thought I knew for sure that I wanted to join the military as a career. I decided to go to New Mexico Military Institute for high school as a way to prepare myself for one of the United States service academies. I was completely sure that I wanted to grow up and be Rambo, and be an army hero. Since I came to New Mexico Military Institute, I have reevaluated my own personality and what I would like to do with my life, and my future. I have decided I am much more of a pacifist than I used to believe. As I have matured, I have begun to look at the institution of war as a much less glorious and honorable profession than I had thought. While I have been at military school, I have had the opportunity to live and learn in close contac