Personally, the military has impacted me and my family in many different ways. To start off with my father (Alan Pascua) who has served 21 years in the Hawaii Army National Guard as a Combat Engineer with numerous deployments under his belt. The military has not only set a good foundation for himself straight out of high school, but an amazing foundation for his future family. Although, his GI Bill wasn't able to be transferred over to me due to the change of Presidents during the time he got out, he was still able to motivate me to get my own GI Bill and learn from his past mistakes. I truly am determined for this scholarship which will help me not only pay for my college, but help me save for my future. A little background for myself, I am Jayce Pascua and I am also in the Hawaii Army National Guard as a Field Artillery Fire Control Specialist. Although, I have the GI Bill and other benefits, I want to save that for my future children. Going back to how the military impacted me, in basic training the Drill Sergeants instill literally everything in you and what I fostered from that experience was a strong sense of duty, discipline, and camaraderie. I feel like these are the three things that you need in order to survive in the world. Sense of duty can literally mean anything, but in the military world it is the sense of belonging because if you weren't in the position as you are need the mission can't be complete. So knowing what you are made of and the duty that you serve is very important. Discipline can go a long way, but more focused on self-control and knowing from right and wrong is one of the most important life lesson that everyone should learn especially in todays world. Camaraderie would have to be my personal favorite because there were life long friendships that were made when we were at our lowest points in our life during basic training. Camaraderie is where you learn how to work and team up with your weakest link and learn how to thrive out of any situation. Camaraderie to me is to look for the best in the worst people and grow along side with them to get the job done. The military has gave me some of the hardest challenges that I had faced, but, I think that is what makes the military to have the biggest impact on someone. To test and show how strong a person truly is. Moving onto my future goals. First of all I would love to complete my Bachelors in Criminal Justice & Criminology, after I would like to go to Warrant Officer school and shortly after go to Flight school. I see myself working in the Counter Drug program that the Hawaii Army National Guard has for helicopter pilots to work along side investigations.

Personally, the military has impacted me and my family in many different ways. To start off with my father (Alan Pascua) who has served 21 years in the Hawaii Army National Guard as a Combat Engineer with numerous deployments under his belt. The military has not only set a good foundation for himself straight out of high school, but an amazing foundation for his future family. Although, his GI Bill wasn't able to be transferred over to me due to the change of Presidents during the time he got out, he was still able to motivate me to get my own GI Bill and learn from his past mistakes. I truly am determined for this scholarship which will help me not only pay for my college, but help me save for my future. A little background for myself, I am Jayce Pascua and I am also in the Hawaii Army National Guard as a Field Artillery Fire Control Specialist. Although, I have the GI Bill and other benefits, I want to save that for my future children. I understand how it feels to be a kid straight out of high school trying to figure out how to pay for my future education and I don't want my children to feel that way, therefore I am saving my benefits for them. Going back to how the military impacted me, in basic training the Drill Sergeants instill literally everything in you and what I fostered from that experience was a strong sense of duty, discipline, and camaraderie. I feel like these are the three things that you need in order to survive in the world. Sense of duty can literally mean anything, but in the military world it is the sense of belonging because if you weren't in the position as you are need the mission can't be complete. So knowing what you are made of and the duty that you serve is very important. Discipline can go a long way, but more focused on self-control and knowing from right and wrong is one of the most important life lesson that everyone should learn especially in todays world. Camaraderie would have to be my personal favorite because there were life long friendships that were made when we were at our lowest points in our life during basic training. Camaraderie is where you learn how to work and team up with your weakest link and learn how to thrive out of any situation. Camaraderie to me is to look for the best in the worst people and grow along side with them to get the job done. The military has gave me some of the hardest challenges that I had faced, but, I think that is what makes the military to have the biggest impact on someone. To test and show how strong a person truly is.