As the last few weeks of their final year of high school wound down, Jefferson High School seniors have been faced with the decision: What next? Most will head to college in the fall — but a select few will be entering the military to serve our country.
Jeyden Sullivan is a senior from Boulder who plans to join the National Guard. On May 30, he will head to basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina; he says he is excited about the prospect of getting out of Montana for a while.
Sullivan decided to join the National Guard for a steady job and all the benefits that come with it. He was unsure about what he wanted to do for a profession, and hoped to set up a solid base for the rest of his life. “I plan to use this experience as an opportunity to pay for my college education and better myself as a person,” he said.
