Broadside Correspondent Alexandra Orellana
U.S. Army: To Join or Not to Join?: ‘The Idea of Working 9 to 5 On a Civilian Job Scares Me More Than Getting Shot At’
|Katesha Biagas, a Florida native and George Mason University student, starts her day at 4:30 a.m. The 31-year-old public administration major dons on her full Army combat uniform and heads to campus, ready for a physically and intellectually stimulating day.
Biagas is a sergeant in the U.S. Army and a student in the Reserve Officer’s Training Corps. As she walks around campus, she hardly goes unnoticed. Her boots alone weigh approximately two pounds each.