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 certain feeling inside me. In 2003 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.