WISE journal 2

    On thursday, I went to the recruiters office in plantation to start on my WISE project. There were two Marines that just came back from bootcamp which I love to talk to. Daniela Jimenez and I interviewed almost every Marine in the office including two of the recruiters. Major Bruce Morales of the Marine Corps was there, but he did not have time to interview; however, we got to interview one of my favorite recruiters, Staff Sergeant Jose Uribe. I enjoyed the interview mostly because he gave us some insight of when he was in the position we are in to where he is now. Also, I was able to learn a little more about him. For example, I had no idea he was ever in Iraq. I believe he said he went once or twice, and would go again if he could. That he enjoyed being over there, which for me was interesting given the stories I have heard from other Marines. Staff Sergeant Uribe told us the only thing he really enjoys about recruiting is being able to connect to people that remind him of himself when he was a poolee and giving other people the same opportunity and benefits he was given. Other than that, recruiting is mostly paperwork and getting their poolees ready to take on the challenges they will face at bootcamp.