Private First Class, Military Training

The summit guide training had a tremendous impact on me because it taught me that it’s okay to have “baggage”. We are soldiers but first and foremost we are human and sometimes we forget that. The training taught how it’s okay to open up and talk about the things that bother us, I learned how to listen to someone that may be going through something and not make them feel weak or unwanted but instead help them and understand that we all go through things that may be hard to bear alone. The Summit training helped me talk about things in my past that would bother me and allowed me to feel closer to other guys in my formation because they now know why I may act the way I do sometimes. The training made all summit leaders across my battalion closer because we all learned from one another and we can help each other grow and be there for each other. I believe future training like this across our formation is needed and will be crucial to building unit cohesion. It will also give leaders a much deeper understanding of their soldiers.