Socialization process that was my military experience
Like any other young person in the world I grew up in my environment, and that is what one knows. My life started in Austin, Texas and that is where the first ten years of my life took place. Although memories do not really start becoming vivid and detailed until after leaving Austin, I did still have lasting impressions from there. The culture there is much different than Green Bay. First of all, the diversity in ethnicity is glaring obvious compared to the primarily Caucasian ethnicity that is Wisconsin. There were no brats, no men that would fight over a disrespectful jibe at the great Clay Matthews, and glaring heat. Again though, no vivid memories on the subject of diversity besides the huge Hispanic culture. When the new century started is when my life in Wisconsin began. People here are used to the brats, the football, the brewers, fishing, sitting at the bar for awhile. In my opinion, although everyone is unique, Wisconsinites tend to be very similar. There is strong cultural transmission in this society, everyone does it and that is what most of these kids are raised in. I can run into my friend's parents all the time at the bar, its just what Wisconsin people do. Predominately Caucasian, the men like the brewery and their sports. Women tend to like those very same things. People from different ethnicity and different states just are not very common. My high school had a decent Asian-American population with a few African- Americans, but still typically Caucasian. In summary, mostly everyone was Caucasian and tended to have very similar beliefs and ideas. Then the culture shock of my life took place. I said goodbye to the comfortable environment that was Green Bay, and joined the military to see the world and experience life outside of what one knows. It started off in Pensacola, FL where I spent two months living without parental guidance for the first time, thus lacking situational awareness. I spent time there, but never really immersed myself