A Girl's Guide to Military Service: Selecting Your Specialty, Preparing for Success, Thriving in Military Life by Amanda Huffman

Author:Amanda Huffman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Elva Resa Digital
Published: 2022-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

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MENTAL PREPARATION

BASIC TRAINING IS MEANT TO BE CHALLENGING. Even those who excel at basic training often struggle in one aspect or another. Being afraid of the challenge is completely normal. You might struggle to survive each day and just graduate, or you may excel. Everyone starts out on the same footing.

This chapter is focused on the mental aspect of basic training because it was the area I struggled with the most. Looking back, I had the potential to excel at basic training. Physical fitness was easy for me. But my lack of self-confidence inhibited every other aspect of my training.

The program you are going through will determine the specifics of what you need to bring with you and how you will get there. Your recruiter will have all the information, and there are too many different trainings or variations to cover in one book. These two chapters are a guidepost for all trainings, pulling out the common themes to prepare you to not only get through training but to thrive.

The one thing you need to know is: you can do it. Having confidence in yourself will make the training so much easier. It is okay to be nervous or afraid and to worry about the unexpected. That is normal and a level of anxiety is good because it is part of the experience. But not believing in yourself or doubting your ability to complete training will add an unneeded level of stress. So, start telling yourself now, “I can do this.”

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