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I Joined for the Pride of Serving My Country
Arab American Generation-X signing up to Serve
America
- Ayman Kafel is one of hundreds of
young Arab Americans nationwide who committed his life to serving his
country by enlisting in the Armed Forces. Ayman is currently signed up for
the Army and will go to boot camp in 2 months. We will profile and keep up
with his progress. Why did Ayman Join the US Armed Forces? These are his own
words....
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- I joined the armed services of
the U.S. because of the pride I have being here and all the
opportunities this country offers a person. I have this certian feeling
inside me. I went away last month to one of my drill weekends and Master
Sgt. Foster put it plainly to me that this feeling I have is a feeling
that most people in the service have. Which is the pride of being here
and the pride to protect this country. I mean the way I see it Arab
Americans in the military shed blood in the same mud that Americans did.
In order to give us the opportunity to live in such a marvelous nation.
I want to do my part. I joined long before Sept. 11th and Sept. 11th
gave me more motivation on the decision that I made. I also want to show
that not all arabs are bad. We are good people, and the minority of bad
arabs make the majority look very bad. There are plenty more reasons on
why I joined but I just can't explain in words. It's just this feeling
that I got inside me that I know I want to do this and I know I want to
be in the U.S. Armed Forces.
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