Rising To The Rank Of Sergeant
By 2016, she had earned the rank of sergeant. “It’s kind of natural to judge a book by its cover… But then, it makes you want to be as good, if not better than those people, to show that you can keep up and you are equal,” Ihrke shared with Yahoo! Lifestyle. By then, she had been in the military for four years. Other things were on her mind. For one thing, she still had her eyes set on a degree from college!
Rising To The Rank Of Sergeant
It Changed Her Life
She did not know, as a young woman, what to do with her life. She knew that enlisting in the Marines was the best thing she could have done. Ihrke said to the Daily Mail, “Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But, the Marines don’t have that problem.” She felt a desire to explore her other options, despite this. Her next move had taken everybody by surprise.
It Changed Her Life