Ahmedabad: Shooting targets, driving humvees and training with chemical elements for warfare are not the usual tasks of a 20-year-old girl but Neha who recently immigrated from Ahmedabad and joined the US Army is doing all of the above.
Born in a family of doctors, Neha moved to the US two years ago after getting a Green Card and joined the Army School to take her career ahead as a 'nuclear, biological and chemical specialist.'
"Joining the US Army is like a dream come true. I just knew that I wanted to do something that normally people would not do. The US Army is a very special place to work as it tests your skills and it is a very well paying job also," Neha Hotchandani, who is visiting her parents in Ahmedabad as part of her Christmas vacation, told PTI.
Her grit and determination has earned her the position of a Company Leader (Bravo Company) of the 82nd Chemical Battalion (Fort Leonard Wood) in Missouri state where 250 people work under her, Neha said.
"Strangely I have not met a single Indian during my six-month stint with the US Army,", she said, adding, "My opinion is that every citizen of Indian should undergo Army training, even if it is in India itself as it teaches you so much" .
"Actually I was fed up of living under too much peer pressure in my home town and saw that the young are not allowed to make their own independent choices till a long time. That is why I decided to move to the US for studies and when the Army opportunity came my way I grabbed it", Neha said.
(With inputs from PTI)
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