Primarily documents the life of Jada Lee Jones and her service with the United States Army. Jones recalls the regrets she has about graduating from high school early, the lack of options that she felt were available to her, and how not knowing about educational opportunities when she was younger made a huge difference on the path of her life. Personal topics include the feeling of abandonment she experienced when her mother enlisted her in the U.S. Army without her knowledge, the difficulty she had with authority in the military, and the belief that she was too young to recognize the benefits that she could have gained from the service.